DRAFT MINUTES
WPFW Local Station Board Meeting
2390 Champlain Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Meeting Convenes 7:20 pm
1. Board members in attendance:
Acie Byrd
Ambrose Lane
Ayo Handy Kendi
Billy Ray Edwards
Cade Campbell
Carol Wolfe
Gloria Turner
Hakam Takash
Jane Gatewood
Joni Eisenberg
Kalonji Olusegun
Luzette King
Mark Roberts
Mark Berman
Norberto Martinez
Thomas Ruffin
Zarinah Shakir
Excused Absences - Joe Chiara, Rob Robinson, Jim Brown, Dan Logan
Unexcused Absences - Donnie McKethan, Sarah Bittle
Ron Pinchback, station GM and non-voting board member is also absent.
2. Review and approval of agenda
Ruffin makes a point of order, stating his belief that the agenda should pick
up where it left off at the previous meeting. Chair indicates that Mr. Ruffin's
concern is not a point of order but invites him to introduce a motion to change
the order of the agenda.

Berman moves to accept agenda in the order as presented. Lane Seconds.
Discussion
- Gatewood moves to add an item to new business, addressing concern raised in
email from Ruffin about Ryhm Kathouda's access to her file cabinet in a storage
room.
Chair asks if there are any other proposed amendments.
- Ruffin moves that old business be dealt with immediately after approval of
minutes
- Shakir moves to add item under new business dealing with conduct
- Handy-Kendy moves to add item to new business for clarification of status of
recording of January meeting
- Campbell moves to item to new business about why LSB minutes went to PNB
without permission of LSB
Chair asks to vote on amendments, adding four new business items. Additions to
new business are approved 12y; 0n; 0a
Chair asks for vote on motion to change order of agenda to move old business
after approval of minutes. Ruffin objects, stating that this is a point of
order. Chair asks Parliamentarian for clarification. Parliamentarian states
that this is a new meeting.
Ruffin appeals ruling of chair. Martinez seconds.
Vice chair asks for vote on appeal, asking members to indicate if they uphold
the chair's ruling. Ruffin challenges vice chair's right to vote.
Parliamentarian states that chair, or in this case, the vice chair, always has
right to vote.
Chair's ruling is upheld. (9y; 2n)
Agenda is adopted, as amended. (9y; 2n; 1a)
(7:40 pm)

3. Review and Approval of Minutes: January 11 and February 8
Lane moves to accept both sets of minutes
Both sets of minutes are approved (10y; 0n)

4. 2006 PNB and LSB Committee Membership

(a) PNB Committee Nominations - Chair indicates that we will need to elect one
director and three LSB delegate representatives. All other committees require
two LSB delegates (PNB has already elector director representatives to all
committees except COI). If there are more nominations than openings, elections
will be held using STV voting method. Eisenberg asks for information about what
committees do and how they function. Discussion ensues. The floor is opened for
nominations. Nominations are summarized:
Committee of Inclusion
Kalonji Olusegun
Hakam Takash
Norberto Martinez
Lane (director)
Governance
Cade Campbell
Jim Brown
Audit
Mark Roberts
Thomas Ruffin
Programming
Dan Logan
Kalonji Olusegun
Joni Eisenberg
Technology
Hakam Takash
Thomas Ruffin

Election
Carol Wolfe
Jane Gatewood
Archives
Kalonji Olusegun
Dan Logan
Affiliates
Kalonji Olusegun
Ayo Handy-Kendi
Hakam Takash

The only committees with more than the allotted positions are Programming and
Affiliates. Gatewood prepares ballot and makes and distributes copies.
Wolfe moves that ballots will be completed at the meeting, placed in a sealed
envelope and given to Jane Gatewood who will take the envelop to the Takoma
Park office of Fairvote who will complete tabulation using STV counting method.
Motion is approved without objection.

Ballots are distributed. King asks for clarity as to whether duplicate rankings
are permitted. Gatewood notes that this will dilute vote but that there is no
reason the vote cannot be handled since it is to be hand-tabulated. Chair
states that since there is no problem with software, members are free to use
duplicate rankings.

Completed ballots are gathered up by Handy-Kendi who seals and signs envelop.
(b) Reformulation of Management, Assessment and Search Committee (MASC)
Chair reports on results of LSB Officers task of selecting new MASC membership,
as directed by LSB. New committee members are: Jim Brown, Carol Wolf, Rob
Robinson, Mark Berman, and Gloria Turner
Takash moves to extend item by 10 minutes to allow for discussion. Approved
without objection.
Takash moves to open nominations for committee. Berman seconds.
Roberts indicates that motion is out of order since Board previously delegated
responsibility for formulation of this committee to LSB officers. Chair
consults with parliamentarian who agrees that this would require a motion to
rescind.
Lane moves to move the agenda. Motion approved (9y; 3n; 3a)

5. Community comment

6. Proposal for LSB leadership assignments (Gatewood). Some discussion but, due
to lateness of hour, proposal is set-aside for time being. Members are asked to
complete "committee preference sheets," which will be tabulated as draft LSB
committees
Meeting is adjourned 10:00 pm
Unfinished Business
Reports (LSB Committees, GM, PNB)
Staff election of replacement to complete Katea Stitt's term
Old Business
LSB Secretary
LSB response to PNB Programming Resolution
LSB show
New Business
- 2007 WPFW Budget preparations (5 min)
- concern about Ryme Khatkhouda's access to her file cabinet (Gatewood)
- item about conduct (Shakir)
- clarification of status of recording of January meeting (Handy-Kendy)
- question re: why LSB minutes went to PNB without permission of LSB (Campbell)

Respectfully submitted,
Jane Gatewood, Acting secretary