2012-3-21 PNB Development Taskforce Draft Minutes

DRAFT AGENDA
I. Call to order and roll call (5)
II. Approval of Agenda (5)
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. Elections for development taskforce for chair and secretary
V. 2012 activities

. Seeking support for coverage of elections
. Debt relief
. Capital campaigns/endowment
. Promotion/marketing campaign for Pacifica
VI. Adjourn
2012-3-21 PNB Development Taskforce Draft Minutes
I. Meeting called to order at 8:14pm. Present: T Allen, C Birden, S Reese, G
Reiter, H Gray
II. Approval of Agenda: S Reese moved approval of agenda. Approved without
objection.
III. Approval of Minutes: 2-6-12 minutes approved without objection.
IV. Elections for Development Taskforce for Chair and Secretary: S Reese
nominated Heather Gray for Chair. No other nominations. H Gray elected as
Chair. S Reese nominated T Allen as Secretary. No other nominations. T
Allen elected as Secretary.
V. 2012 activities

. Seeking support for coverage of elections: H Gray's report of the meeting
with the ED indicated the cost would be @ $40K. T Allen suggested using
more affordable proposal submitted by H Gray for coverage of relevant
issues rather than personalities. H gray will re-send her proposal. S
Reese considered contacting 5 GM's to see if they have allocated any
resources for Presidential Convention (Charlotte, NC, Tampa, Florida,
Vegas, Baltimore) coverage. T Allen & S Reese will try research V Grant
and will talk to ED about this. S Reese will talk to I Alcime about
texting money method of fundraising.
T Allen will inquire on Kickstarter.
. Debt relief- postponed.
. Capital campaigns/endowment- postponed.
. Promotion/marketing campaign for Pacifica: H Gray has established an
account with Constant Contact; doing press releases; C Birden will do
editing. H Gray solicits ideas for stories. T Allen moved that notice be
sent to then PNB, LSB's, GM's, PD's (to announce to programmers), Archives
Dir, and Affiliate Dir. to send Pacifica-related story ideas to H Gray
heather@pacifica.org .
Discussed importance of soliciting email addresses.
VI. Meeting adjourned at 9:30pm EST.

Respectfully submitted,

Teresa J. Allen

Secretary

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