Board Minutes

Board of Directors 09

John Yingling
President
Term expires 11/10
Chuck Cole
Clerk
Term expires 11/11
Madeline Miller
Treasurer
Term expires 11/11
T Gandolfo
Term expires 11/11
Char Priolo
Term expires 11/10
James Paul Ludwig
Term expires 11/10
Robena Malicoat
Term expires 11/11
Seth Rolbein
Term expires 11/10
Dennis Allee
Term expires 11/10
Dave Cole
Term expires 11/11
John Guerra
Vice President
Term expires 11/11
John Nelson
Ex Officio, non-voting
WOMR Station Manager

Board of Directors - Meeting Minutes

Here are the minutes of the latest meeting of the WOMR Board of Directors....

WOMR Board of Directors
Minutes of 12/7/2009 Meeting

Present:
Members: John Yingling, T Gandolfo, Robena Malicoat, Madeline Miller, James Paul Ludwig, John Guerra, Chuck Cole, Dennis Allee, Interim Station Manager John Nelson
Station Volunteers/Station Members: Bob Weiser, Wendy Scott, Steve Roderick, John Braden
Absent: Seth Rolbein, Char Priolo. Dave Cole

Meeting called to order at 5:30 PM.

Election of Officers:

Motion made by Robena Malicoat to Nominate John Yingling as Board President, seconded by Chuck Cole. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Motion made by Robena Malicoat to Nominate John Guerra as Board Vice President, seconded by Madeline Miller. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Motion made by T Gandolfo to Nominate Madeline Miller as Treasurer, seconded by Robena Malicoat. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Motion made by Robena Malicoat to Nominate Chuck Cole as Secretary, seconded by T Gandolfo. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Public Comment:

Statement by Frank Foley read re his concerns about "less than prudent spending". Bob Weiser thanks John Braden for INet reports. Bob Weiser states he feels that the corporate meeting elections were not run well in the last election, names of nominees not given to members, ballots handed out before the meeting. The Rev says there is no written policy and the matter should be taken up by the policy committee. Chuck Cole mentioned the possibility of a wind turbine going up next to Mt. Gilboa and the possibility of placing the antennae atop of it to possibly power transmitter. John Braden said it may very likely interfere with the signal. Chuck Cole will investigate the matter further as height and location may make a difference in whether there is interference.

Corrections to November minutes: Motion to accept Oct. minutes vote was 7-0-1. In personnel Committee report "Development Committee" should be deleted and replaced with "Search Committee".

Motion made by John Yingling to accept November 2nd, 2009 Minutes as corrected, seconded by Madeline Miller. The motion passes, 8-0-0.

Finance Committee:

Committee did not meet, but Steve Roderick has set up an account with Cape Cod Five for WOMR to be able to take stocks, bonds, etc. into receivership

Discussion- Dave Davis donated $50k in stock to WOMR, designated for the Orleans Capitol Campaign. Rubber room would be renamed "Davis Room".

Motion to accept the October financial report was made by Madeline Miller, seconded by John Yingling. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Motion to receive a gift of stock for the Capital Campaign from David Davis was made by Madeline Miller, seconded by John Yingling. Motion passes, 6-0-2.

Interim Station Manager Report:

Discussion of stream signal on line being stereo. Problems occur with 24bps on dial-up. John B. was directed to upgrade to 64bps at an additional cost of $1100 a year. The Rev spoke of underwriting rules and procedures and stressed their importance. It will be a focus at Jan. 9th DJ summit. Rev also spoke of the importance of a CAB re WOMR's FCC license compliance. A CAB is being formed and will meet in the near future. The bell is up and it rings very well. All are pleased. Pledge drive: Lower amounts are coming in but "soft sell" will continue after 12/11 as the soft sell brought in $8000 after the summer pledge drive.

Programming Committee: no quorum. Little was discussed.

Personnel Committee: Looked at Development Director job descriptions. Board Self Evaluation forms were handed out.

Policy Committee: Meets in a week. Madeline will ask the committee to take up gift receivership policy.

Capitol Campaign: Committee: So far written pledges of $150, 000 (three year period) exist for the Capital Campaign.

Nominating Committee: Discussion of when to activate committee and purpose.

Motion made by Chuck Cole to make the Nominating Committee a Standing Committee for WOMR, seconded by Dennis Allee. Motion passes, 8-0-0.

Motion made by Chuck Cole to make the Events Committee a Standing Committee for WOMR, seconded by Dennis Allee. Motion lost, 2-5-1.

Old Business:

Orleans repeater project discussion: John Nelson would like to see a public hearing to present the project to the community, present the issues and different options for feedback from the community. The McGregor location option is lower rent, but there is a height issue as far as the license is concerned, so it is not a realistic possibility. There are only two options: put it up or sell it. The SBA rental for commercial stations is $5000, but as we are non-profit, they may reduce it to $3000. It is estimated at $36,000 for rent and $14,000 for electricity equaling $50k a year. John Yingling contends that we should move forward. It will bring in more money, possibly 8 times the number of additional listeners. It is argued that going forward with the stick would make it easier to advance the Capital Campaign.

Motion made by T Gandolfo to go forward with Orleans Repeater Project, seconded by Chuck Cole.

Motion made by Madeline Miller to table previous motion, seconded by Robena Malicoat. Motion to table does not pass 2-6-0.

On the advice of the Interim Station Manager, the motion is clarified such that to go forward with the Orleans Repeater Project means to no longer consider any other options.
Motion passes, 6-2.

New meeting times, first Sundays of the month at 5 PM, next meeting Jan.3rd at 5 pm.

Motion made by Robena Malicoat to adjourn, seconded by John Yingling.
Motion passes, 8-0.

Meeting adjourned at 8:07 PM

Respectfully submitted,
James Paul Ludwig,
Acting Secretary