Agenda: Convene meeting - select note taker & Time keeper 5 minutes Approve Agenda 10 minutes Set Date For Next Meeting 10 minutes Approve minutes of March 30th meeting 5 minutes Open nominations for committee Chair & Secretary Establish process and time line for election 15 minutes Review Programming Policy of 11/16/09 and motion passed by PNB on April 10 20 minutes Review Item from Program Policy of 11/16/09 20 minutes with discussion on steps to raise funds to support Pacifica national and local programming. #3 Resolved: The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups. The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and plans. Motions submitted by Leslie Radford on 6.1.09 Motion to ensure the collaborative processes enshrined in National Programming Policy derived from a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09 In compliance with the letter and spirit of the collaborative process articulated in the National Programming Policy adopted in 2006, the Pacifica National Board Programming Committee shall establish and maintain a collaborative process between governance and management throughout the network “in the development of any new regular program or long-terms series that is produced nationally;” and further, in accord with the National Programming Policy, mandates that any such proposals “shall be brought to the PNB Programming Committee for review to assure that both network and local needs are met.” ### Motion to initiate discussion on re-structuring and the recruitment and training of volunteer programmers a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09 In accordance with Article 5.0 of the National Program Policy, which calls on stations to train current and new volunteers in order to bring new voices to the air, every station shall initiate discussions regarding the role of paid producers and volunteer staff and initiate programs to recruit and train community volunteer programmers. Motion on Underwriting The Pacifica National Board does not support any form of station or program on-air announcements of corporate underwriters or sponsors, as defined by the FCC (see attached) on Pacifica's airwaves, including identification of sponsors and underwriters. Adjourn 10:00 PM Please note that following are relevant documents for discussion and attached are documents pertaining to past work of this committee. -------------------------- Following are notes from March 30th meeting (provided by David Beaton): PNB Programming Committee Notes March 30th 8:11pm Rob Robinson WPFW present David Beaton WSLR present Kathy Davis WBAI present Luzette King WPFW present at 8:40pm George Reiter KPFT present Bonnie Simmons KPFA present at 8:27pm Lisa Davis WBAI present at 9:30pm Lesile Radford KPFK present Acting Chair Kathy Davis Kathy-Proposes mtg Monday, May 4th at 8pm EST Passes by concensus Presentation by Rob Robinson on past years work. He spoke of historically of 2 problems that have existed. 1. No structure, no plans, no goals or policies in place for programming 2. With no direction and how do we measure or evaluate programming? He reminded us that programs are our products, what we produce to fulfill our mission. He spoke of Programming Policy adopted in 2006 and resolutions since then from the committee. Kathy gave overview since the coup. She stated that Programming is just a piece of the networks problems. Open discussion on Localism, nationalism, parochialism ensued. Motion to encourage GMs to focus on programming improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they might need to accomplish such goals as stated in the resolution. Put forward by David Beaton. Rob Robinson's amendment failed Rob y George y David n Lisa n Kathy n David Beaton's Motion passed David y George y Rob n Lisa n Kathy y adjourned 9:45pm -------------------------- Motion Passed by PNB 4/10/09 1. Motion that the PNB ask the Executive Director (IED) to encourage the General Managers to focus on programming improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they might need to accomplish such goals as stated in the resolution. Referenced Policy: Programming Polcy Adopted by the PNB on Nov. 16, 2008 Pacifica must increase its audience dramatically so that stations can survive, maintain quality programming, and not be vulnerable to fluctuations in pledge revenue, recessions and unforeseen events. Therefore, our programming must have impact and be mission-driven and our stations must strive for audiences worthy of full-power, major-market and prime-time exposure. The Programming Committee emphasizes that mission fulfillment, should be as significant as audience and revenue generation in determining what gets and stays on local station airwaves. Clearly, local stations need to balance their allocation of programming between the airwaves, the internet and HD sidebands. The Programming Committee supports the principle that local station program schedules must include national programming and network broadcasts, in addition to local programming, to sustain growing, broad-based audiences. However, network access to local station airwaves is key to any network recovery plan, so, we feel the terms of such a policy would best be negotiated by Pacifica’s next ED with station managers and program directors, and submitted to the PNB for approval, so that the ED will have the capacity to impact the long-term health of the local stations. In order to further these aims, we propose the following resolutions: #1 Resolved: The development of national programming, in concert with the local GMs, PDs and appropriate National Office Staff shall be part of the job description of the Executive Director. The ED is authorized to pursue foundation and grant funding as a significant revenue source capable of developing local and national programming and production assets. Pacifica shall develop internet and digital platforms, in conjunction with innovative licensing technologies, to create worldwide exposure for local station programming, Pacifica Radio Archives (“PRA”) and affiliates programs, by creating access for audiences beyond local station signal areas to local station programming. National Office staff shall be responsible for implementing this, in conjunction with GMs, PDs and paid and unpaid staff. #2 Resolved: GMs and PDs at all stations will be responsible for developing quantifiable program goals as part of an overall national strategy for audience growth, designed specifically to: - reach listeners who are not currently listening; - convert more listeners to members; and, - reach-out to nonrenewing and inactive members. In order to achieve such goals, including those requiring changes in programming, all stations will develop objective measures to assess mission fulfillment, review program schedules and evaluate individual programs. These review/evaluation processes and procedures will be developed in consultation with national staff and local station paid and unpaid staff. Public concerns and needs of non-listeners, listeners and members shall be included in these review & evaluation processes. Local stations are encouraged to allocate budgetary and staffing resources to improve the production of existing programs, in order to reach larger, more diverse audiences and develop new programming capable of reaching new listeners with new voices. Plans for reaching the agreed-upon goals should include but are not limited to: - increasing stations’ presence during, and coverage of, local events; - cross-promoting programs with other local nonprofit media; - taking advantage of grants available from community foundations, governmental entities and private foundations; - working with nonprofit organizations to enhance and promote their local programming; and, - encouraging programmers to place articles about their programming in free media, including online outlets. Requests for these plans will be submitted by the Programming Committee through the PNB to the ED. Such plans will be submitted in writing by local station GMs and PDs through the ED to the Programming Committee and on or about December 31, 2008 and formally presented to the PNB at its January 2009 meeting. #3 Resolved: The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups. The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and plans.