Minutes of the December 2006 Board of Directors meeting

Meeting convened: 6:17 p.m.
Directors present: Herrick, Beckett, Lipton, Augustine (staff rep), Richardson, Courtney, Fung

Staff present: Stockwell, Mitroff, Moore

Guests: Peter Streicher

I. Minutes: November 2006 minutes approved

II. Announcements/Communications from the public: Peter Streicher

III. Reports

A. Officers: no reports

B. Staff: Reports submitted
Music

Listener Sponsor Development

Business Development

Events

Grants

Operations

Volunteer Coordinator

News and Public Affairs

C. Committees: reports submitted unless noted as “no meeting”

Executive: see interim hiring committee report

PROM (formerly MCOC)

Programming

Engineering

CAB: no meeting

Fund Raising: no meeting

Regulatory Compliance: no meeting

Bylaws: no meeting

Events: no meeting

Elections: see Operations report

Ad hoc Sister Radio: no meeting

Ad hoc facilities planning

Finance: 2 action items: 1. Action: Annual Conflict of Interest Policy suggested by Wegner for all Board members to sign; 2. Action: 6-month budget review

Personnel: Action: Addition to Policy manual

IV. Old Business
A. Proposed change to Volunteer Handbook regarding production for national programs.

Moore asked to postpone

B. Oaxaca letter proposed by Nancy Mae at Nov. meeting and referred to staff. Staff recommends signing the letter.

Lipton moved, Augustine 2nd; motion to sign letter passed

C. Volunteer Handbook update (a mistake on the agenda.): read Policy manual

December Board Action Item:

The ad hoc policy committee members suggest the following addition to the Policy Manual:

“The job of actually printing the policies enacted by the Board and updating the WORT Policy Manual after each meeting is assigned to the Board Secretary whose job it already is to report policy language additions and changes as part of the monthly Board minutes.”

All in favor; concept passed

D. Staffing proposal discussion (staff and personnel committee)

Four positions presented by staff/Stockwell:

1. Summer assistant for Glenn

Approved

2. Discontinue contract with Blue Bird Cleaners in order to hire a cleaner/janitor (10 hours/week)

Approved

3. Expand Chief Engineer hours from 10 hours/week to 15

Approved

4. Info Tech half-time position expanded to full-time staff collective member

Approved

E. Other old business: None

V. New Business
A. News and Public Affairs Facilitator vacancy

1. Interim hiring report: Moore and interim hiring committee (Personnel). Meeting Dec. 21

2. Permanent hiring staff report. Motion to form a hiring committee passed.

Board members: Lipton and Richardson, Fung to fill in when he returns to town, if necessary.

Staff members: Augustine and Goronson, Mitroff to serve as back-up

C. Annual Conflict of Interest Policy suggested by Wegner for all Board members to sign

“Each member of the WORT Board of Directors agrees to sign a conflict of interest statement provided by the WORT auditor.” Approved

D. Letter to Isthmus from Staff re: Air America. The letter will be sent in response to “save the mic” commentary which has ignored the role of community radio in its reporting on the issue. Approved

E. Scheduling: Not needed until February meeting

F. Staff evaluation: Stockwell: closed session

VI. Adjourn: 9:30 p.m.