Approved December 13, 2009

PACIFICA FOUNDATION

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Pacifica National Board, In-Person Meeting
October 9 - 11, 2009
Houston, Texas


OPEN SESSION MINUTES




Friday, October 9, 2009: PNB OPEN SESSION. 8:15 pm (CT)



I. Call to Order/ Welcome. PNB Chair Grace Aaron called meeting to order at
8:15 pm. She welcomed everyone to the July 24-26, 2009 PNB meeting, in
Houston, Texas; and thanked host station KPFT, LSB, management and members
for their hospitality.

a. Roll Call/ Quorum. Staff Recording Secretary, Richard Uzzell called
the roll and a quorum was established. Jamie Ross agreed to serve as
timekeeper.


For Attendance. X Present; Ab Absent; Exc Excused Absence; AL
Arrived Late.
KPFA - Berk., Ca.: KPFK - L.A., Ca.: KPFT -
Houston, Tx.: WBAI - N.Y., N.Y.:
Ab Sherry Gendelman X Grace Aaron X George Reiter
X Nia Bediako
Ab Bonnie Simmons X Shawn O'Brian X Sandra
Rawline X Carolyn Birden
X Andrea Turner X Leslie Radford X Wendy
Schroell X Kathy Davis
X Joseph Wanzala Ab Ricco Ross X Susan
Young X James Ross


WPFW - Wash. D.C.: AFFILIATES: STAFF & COUNSEL:
X Jim Brown X David Beaton X Ricardo deAnda, Int. Gen. Counsel
Ab Acie Byrd X Efia Nwangaza
X Luzette King
X Billy Ray Edwards


b. Agenda Approval. Young moved that the Agenda be adopted,
Acknowledgments, Public Comment and then Adjourn. HNO, motion
Approved. Young moved that the total time allotted for Finance
Committee be 1 hour and 30 minutes. HNO, motion Approved. Young moved
that the Governance Committee motions be postponed until the next
Teleconference. Motion Failed by a vote of 4-7-2. King moved to add at
3.a. (for 20 min.) WPFW Financial Discussion. Motion voted Approved, 11-
2-1. Radford moved to establish a Time Certain for Public Comment for
3:00 pm on Saturday and for 1:00 pm on Sunday. HNO, motion Approved.
Reiter moved to Approve Agenda [as amended]. HNO, motion Approved.

c. Minutes Approval. None.

II. Acknowledgements.

** Personnel Committee for their work in the search for ED
and CFO. ** by Edwards
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II. Acknowledgements. (Con't.)

** KPFT Building Committee and Phi Slamma Hamma [Richard
Uzzell and John Chachere]
for their Sister to Sister Outreach to WBAI. **
by Davis.

** Those listeners who continue to volunteer to help with the
various stations of the network **

by King.

** R. Paul Martin, Secretary of the National Finance
Committee. ** by Young.

** Grace Aaron for her "heavy lifting in times of
adversity". ** by O'Brien.

** Lem Lem and all who helped with the KPFA Fund Raiser -
$750,000. ** by Turner.

** Those in Houston who worked so hard to host the meeting;
to include Wendy, Sandra,
Deb, Otis, Jon, Bill and Duane. **
by Reiter.

** The Hotel management and employees for their great help.
** by Maclay.

** Staff and Volunteers for KPFKs Fund Drive. **
by Radford.

III. Public Comment. [Audio available at kpftx.org] Joe Wanzala
Assumed the Chair.

IV. Interim Executive Directors Report. Given by iED Grace Aaron.
[Audio available at kpftx.org]

V. Adjournment. O'Brien moved to adjourn. HNO meeting adjourned at 9:24
pm. (CT).


Saturday, October 10, 2009: PNB OPEN SESSION. 1:15 pm (CT)






I. Call to Order/ Welcome. PNB Chair Grace Aaron called meeting to order at
9:17 am.

a. Roll Call/ Quorum. Staff Recording Secretary, Richard Uzzell called
the roll and a quorum was established. Shawn O'Brien agreed to serve as
timekeeper.


For Attendance. X Present; Ab Absent; Exc Excused Absence; AL
Arrived Late.
KPFA - Berk., Ca.: KPFK - L.A., Ca.: KPFT -
Houston, Tx.: WBAI - N.Y., N.Y.:
Ab Sherry Gendelman X Grace Aaron X George
Reiter X Nia Bediako
AL Bonnie Simmons X Shawn O'Brian X Sandra
Rawline X Carolyn Birden
X Andrea Turner X Leslie Radford AL Wendy
Schroell X Kathy Davis
X Joseph Wanzala X Ricco Ross X
Susan Young X James Ross


WPFW - Wash. D.C.: AFFILIATES: STAFF & COUNSEL:
X Jim Brown X David Beaton X Ricardo deAnda, Int. Gen. Counsel
Ab Acie Byrd X Efia Nwangaza X LaVarn Williams
X Luzette King
X Billy Ray Edwards
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II. Interim CFO Report. Given by iCFO LaVarn Williams. [Audio available at
kpftx.org] Due to scheduling, the Q & A with the iCFO was done after the
NFC business.

Reiter moved that the schedule be followed moving to Programming,
Listenership and Fundraising. HNO, motion Approved. Edwards and O'Brien
presented a development idea that would involve having nation-wide fund
raising. No action was taken.

III. KPFT GM Report. KPFT GM Duane Bradley gave report. [Audio available at
kpftx.org]

3:00 pm Public Comment.

IV. Election Committee Report. Committee Chair Bill Crosier gave report.
[Audio available at kpftx.org]

V. National Finance Committee Report. Committee Chair Jamie Ross gave
report. The committee has been working on the various stations, National
Office and Archive FY 2010 budgets. The only one ready at this time is
KPFT. Young moved the approval of the KPFT FY 2010 Budget [with line 142
to be adjusted]. HNO, motion Approved.

VI. WPFW Gala. WPFW Representative Luzette King presented an inquiry as to
what took place during this event and asked about "where the money went."
King moved that PNB remove the authority of the WPFW LSB until the WPFW
Gala has been thoroughly investigated. The Chair ruled that the motion
was out of order, due to Bylaws. O'Brien moved to postpone until
tomorrow. HNO, motion Approved.

VII. Adjournment. O'Brien moved to adjourn. HNO meeting adjourned at 6:00
pm. (CT)


Sunday, October 11, 2009: PNB OPEN SESSION. 1:00 pm (CT)




I. Call to Order/ Welcome. PNB Chair Grace Aaron called meeting to order at
1:00 p.m.

a. Roll Call/ Quorum. Staff Recording Secretary, Richard Uzzell called
the roll and a quorum was established. Shawn O'Brien agreed to serve as
timekeeper.


For Attendance. X Present; Ab Absent; Exc Excused Absence; AL
Arrived Late.
KPFA - Berk., Ca.: KPFK - L.A., Ca.: KPFT -
Houston, Tx.: WBAI - N.Y., N.Y.:
Ab Sherry Gendelman X Grace Aaron X George
Reiter X Nia Bediako
X Bonnie Simmons X Shawn O'Brian X Sandra
Rawline X Carolyn Birden
X Andrea Turner X Leslie Radford X Wendy
Schroell X Kathy Davis
X Joseph Wanzala X Ricco Ross X Susan
Young X James Ross


WPFW - Wash. D.C.: AFFILIATES: STAFF & COUNSEL:
X Jim Brown X David Beaton X Ricardo deAnda, Int. Gen. Counsel
Ab Acie Byrd X Efia Nwangaza X LaVarn Williams
X Luzette King
X Billy Ray Edwards
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Radford gave notice that she would move at the next meeting to resend the
motion to hire LaVarn Williams as CFO.

1:05 pm Public Comment. [Audio available at kpftx.org]

II. Adjournment. O'Brien moved to adjourn. HNO meeting adjourned at 1:35
p.m. (CT)





Minutes Scribed and Prepared by: Richard Uzzell, PNB Recording Secretary

Minutes Approved by the Pacifica National Board:

Grace Aaron, PNB Chair December 13, 2009
Witnessed By: Date: