Minutes for the regular National Finance Committee meeting August 27, 2013.<br />
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Meeting convened at 8:37 PM (ET) a quorum being present, the Chair and Secretary being present.<br />
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Attending: Jim Boyd, John Cromshow, R. Paul Martin (Secretary), Tony Norman, Michael Novick, Tracy Rosenberg (Chair),<br />
Richard Uzzell, Barbara Whipperman, also attending were KPFA interim General Manager Richard Pirodsky and KPFA Business<br />
Manager Maria Negret.<br />
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Agenda:<br />
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The committee did not adopt a formal agenda for this meeting.<br />
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Motion: (Richard) “To approve the minutes of the August 19, 2013, meeting.” (passed 7 for, 0 against, 1 abstention)<br />
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The Chair said that the CFO could not be at this meeting because he has to be at the Audit Committee meeting which is<br />
being held at the same time as this meeting.<br />
	The Chair noted that the intended agenda for this meeting was the KPFA budget. Some members cannot open the budget<br />
spreadsheet that was sent to the committee, and this afternoon the committee was told about modifications to the KPFA<br />
draft FY14 budget after it had been approved by the KPFA LSB on August 10, 2013.<br />
	The Chair asked the committee if, given that the spreadsheet could not be opened by all committee members and that<br />
changes had been made to the budget after KPFA LSB approval and that the committee had only been informed of the changes<br />
this afternoon, the committee should postpone the consideration of the KPFA draft FY14 budget to another meeting date or<br />
if the committee should consider it tonight.<br />
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The committee discussed how to proceed.<br />
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It was noted that the KPFA draft FY14 budget spreadsheet includes additional tabs which make the spreadsheet larger than<br />
the other stations’ and may affect its ability to be opened in the various versions of spreadsheet software currently in<br />
use.<br />
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The committee insisted on spreadsheets that all committee members can open, not .PDF files. The committee agreed to meet<br />
again on the KPFA draft FY14 budget on September 3, 2013.<br />
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Adjourned 9:51 PM (ET)<br />
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Submitted by R. Paul Martin, Secretary.