WOMR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Monthly Meeting - November 6, 2006

Present:  C. Cole, T Gandolfo, J. Harrington, T. Lynde, M. Miller, C. Poosikian, W. Sullivan, D. Willard and J. Yingling.  Members absent:  Robena Malicoat.

Also present were C. Foster and J. Braden.

The meeting was called to order by President T. Lynde at 7:05 p.m.

It was moved and seconded and voted unanimously to approve the minutes from the October meeting with the spelling correction of the Heibert Foundation.

Tina then asked for any public comment:

* Deborah K. asked if the stipend given to Kent Isham came from the Operating Fund.  

* John Braden offered that the two office help personnel recently hired are also paid from the Operating Fund.

* Tony Pasquale asked about the possibility of holding fundraising concerts in the meeting room at the station - perhaps once a month.  Also he asked about selling beer at these concerts.  He indicated that he would be interested in doing another CD of WOMR music as a fundraising item.  It was suggested that he talk to Bob Seay about the process.

Christy Foster gave the Business Manager’s Report.  The Audit begins on November 7.

John Braden gave the Operations Report, stating that all goes well with the completion of the renovation of the studios.

The President presented a written report from Kent Isham, no longer a staff member, suggesting several things for the Board to consider.

Tony Kahn was present tonight as proposed Director of the Local News Program, which would air initially for 5 minutes on Friday at 5 p.m.  He would be paid $100/wk as a start up fee for this service, which would hopefully blossom into a regular news slot, perhaps even daily at which time he would expect more compensation. The Board moved and seconded and voted unanimously to support the programming committee in the development of the Local News Department and gave a verbal endorsement of this endeavor.

Dave Myers’ report on backup power for the Station asks for endorsement from the Board for initiating the process as described in Phase I.  It was moved and seconded and voted unanimously to authorize Dave to get started on this project by pulling together a budget and gathering all data before the next meeting.  It was stipulated that no monies shall be expended before the Board meets next.

Tina reminded the Board that pledge drive is scheduled for one week beginning November 27.

There was no report from the Personnal Board and no report from the Finance Committee, since neither one has met yet.

The Programming Committee has no new news.

It was moved and seconded and voted unanimously to add John Yingling to the bank signiature roster so that he can sign checks for the Station.

Other business included more discussion about using the meeting space to host band concerts which would be recorded for future use in fundraising projects.  Perhaps there could be beer available, paid for by donation.  John Yingling cautioned that the question of licensing should be investigated.  He will help with that process.  It was moved and seconded to let Tony P. look into the procedure, to try having a concert over Thanksgiving weekend and to come back with a firm proposal to the Board in December.  This motion passed unanimously.

It was moved and seconded and voted unanimously to move into Executive Session at 8:45 p.m. for personnel matters.

The Board resumed regular meeting at 9:05 p.m.

It was moved and seconded and voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 9:07 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Anne Freyss,

Recording Secretary