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                         Pacifica National Board Meeting<br />
                                January 30, 2009<br />
                                    Minutes<br />
  (Approved Feb. 20, 2009 with revision to reflect Rafael Renteria's full name)<br />
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The following members were present:<br />
|Grace Aaron                     |Efia Nwangaza                    |Bonnie Simmons               |<br />
|David Beaton                    |Sean Casey O'Brien               |Andrea Turner                |<br />
|Nia Bediako                     |George Reiter                    |Joe Wanzala                  |<br />
|Carolyn Birden                  |Jamie Ross                       |Susan Young                  |<br />
|Jim Brown                       |Rico Ross                        |Dan Siegel                   |<br />
|Acie Byrd                       |Wendy Schroell                   |Donna Niemann                |<br />
|Kathryn Davis                   |                                 |                             |<br />
|Campbell Johnson                |                                 |                             |<br />
|Sherry Gendelman                |                                 |                             |<br />
|Luzette King                    |                                 |                             |<br />
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The following members were absent:<br />
Sandra Rawline<br />
 Leslie Radford<br />
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The trainer for orientation had not arrived by 12:40.<br />
 Grace Aaron moved to start the meeting before training to elect a pro tem chair<br />
 and to resolve the election issues of WPFW.  Seconded<br />
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 Nia Bediako offered a substitute motion to do the legal training first and to<br />
 follow it with the guest trainer's presentation.<br />
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 The chair said that the public session must be noticed and the meeting could<br />
 not convene until 6PM.<br />
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George Reiter made an amendment to Nia's motion, to allow everyone present to<br />
vote on this question without prejudicing the question of who is a member.<br />
Seconded by Susan Young.<br />
 The amendment passed without objection<br />
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 Nia's substitute motion failed unanimously, as the trainer had arrived.<br />
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 Nia Bediako moved to divide the original motion into two motions.<br />
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 The motion to elect a pro-tem chair passed with no objection.  George Reiter,<br />
 Sherry Gendelman and  Jim Brown were nominated.  Sherry Gendelman declined.<br />
 The vote was taken by anonymous ballot;  the secretary collected and counted<br />
 the ballots.  George Reiter received 12 votes, Jim Brown received 9 votes.<br />
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Andrea Turner called the question regarding the WPFW election.<br />
The motion to resolve the WPFW election passed by 10 in favor, 8 against<br />
The chair suggested a 20 minute limit for this discussion.  No objection<br />
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Joe Wanzala presented the following resolution:<br />
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RESOLUTION (Luzette-Joe Wanzala)<br />
SUBMITTED TO: The Pacifica National Board - Meeting of January 30, 2009<br />
SUBJECT: Legitimacy of Recent WPFW Election of PNB Representative<br />
PROPOSED BY:<br />
Acknowledging that the fairest interpretation of Pacifica bylaws as amended<br />
2003 Article 5 Section 1B which states "[Any Delegate who is currently serving<br />
as a Delegate and has served at least one (1) year as a Delegate is eligible<br />
for election to the office of Director by the Delegates for his/her radio<br />
station area subject to Section 3 of this Article of the Bylaws" can only be 1<br />
year equals 365 days or 12 calendar months; and<br />
Noting also, that at least one other Delegate Assembly (KPFT) has interpreted<br />
the mandatory one-year requirement for election to the Pacifica National Board<br />
to mean 365 days or 12 months; and<br />
Declaring, therefore, that a continuing breach of Pacifica's bylaws was created<br />
in qualifying Campbell Johnson for election as PNB Director;<br />
This PNB<br />
1.                  Disqualifies with immediate effect Campbell Johnson as a<br />
PNB director;<br />
2.                  Instructs WPFW Local Station Board to re-tally the votes<br />
from their election for PNB director; and<br />
3.                  Instructs WPFW to inform the Pacifica National Board of the<br />
change in candidate elected in place of Campbell Johnson.<br />
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Grace Aaron seconded the motion.<br />
Luzette King proposed that members from WPFW not be allowed to vote.<br />
The chair said only Mr. Johnson was ineligible to vote.<br />
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 Counsel asked the chair to rule the motion out of order.<br />
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 The chair decided not to do so.<br />
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 The chair called the question.<br />
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 Bonnie Simmons said the portion of the motion regarding a "re-tally" was out of<br />
 order.<br />
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 The chair overruled the objection and  ruled the motion in order.<br />
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The resolution passed 11 in favor, 6 against, 1 abstention, as follows:<br />
|In favor                           |Opposed                           |Abstention               |<br />
|Grace Aaron                        |Nia Bediako                       |Susan Young              |<br />
|David Beaton                       |Jim Brown                         |                         |<br />
|Carolyn Birden                     |Acie Byrd                         |                         |<br />
|Kathryn Davis                      |Sherry Gendelman                  |                         |<br />
|Luzette King                       |Andrea Turner                     |                         |<br />
|Efia Nwangaza                      |Bonnie Simmons                    |                         |<br />
|Sean Casey O'Brien                 |                                  |                         |<br />
|Jamie Ross                         |                                  |                         |<br />
|Rico Ross                          |                                  |                         |<br />
|Wendy Schroell                     |                                  |                         |<br />
|Joe Wanzala                        |                                  |                         |<br />
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The chair charged WPFW with sending the ballots to the Fair Vote organization<br />
for retabulation.<br />
At 2:33PM the Training Session began with the trainer from Milestone<br />
Consulting. It ended at 3:20<br />
At 3:21 Dan Siegel presented the legal portion of the training.<br />
Mr. Siegel made his presentation after which he resigned from the board, as of<br />
the end of this weekend meeting.<br />
6:30 PM  Public meeting.<br />
Sherry Gendelman welcomed participants, thanked the organizers of the meeting<br />
and thanked the 2008 board and the General Counsel.<br />
     1. Acknowledgments.  The body observed a moment of silence in memory<br />
        of Rafael Renteria<br />
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     2. Approval of agenda.<br />
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      Grace moved to accept the draft agenda for tonight; and the rest of the<br />
      agenda to be taken up Saturday.<br />
      Nia  Bediako proposed to amend tonight's agenda to discuss Susan's<br />
      proposal and affiliates director election before the KFFK presentation.<br />
       George Reiter suggested taking them separately.<br />
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     a. whether to put the motion to ask Dan Siegel to rescind his resignation<br />
        on the agenda.  Failed by show of hands.<br />
     b. Discussion of affiliates' election.  Motion failed 9 against, six in<br />
        favor by show of hands.<br />
      Grace's motion on the draft agenda for tonight; and the rest of the agenda<br />
      to be taken up Saturday  passed with a show of hands with 12 in favor.<br />
     3. Sean Heitkemper gave a report on KPFK<br />
     4. 40 minutes of public comment<br />
The meeting was adjourned on 8:30pm Pacific time.<br />