WPFW Regular LSB Meeting
January 8, 2020
WPFW
1990 K St NW
Suite 14R
Washington, DC
Sabooh Hakim
– Chair
Ellen Williams Carter - Secretary
I. Call to order
Sabooh Hakim, chair called the meeting to
order at 6:35 pm. Quorum was established at 6:40pm.
II. Roll call
23- Members that were present at roll call: Chuk
Nixon, Craig Hall, Craig Williams, Donna Grimes, Dennis Williams, Eileen Rosin, Ellen Williams Carter, Julie Hewitt,
Louis Wolf, Marsha Coleman Adebayo, Martha Peterson, Maskeelah Washington, Nancy Sorden, Nick Arena, Sabooh Hikim,
Thomas P. O'Rourke, Thomas Blanton, Tony Leon, Vanessa Dixon-Briggs, Wayne Bruce, Ron Pinchback, Jay Winter Nightwolf,
Arthur McCloud, Lucille Perez, Tim Willard
1- Excused Absences: Kathleen Malloy
Segun Adebayo
resigned
The IPD Katea Stitt was absent. A report was not submitted.
Timekeeper: Arthur McCloud
Sergeant at
Arms: Ron Pinchback
III. Agenda
The Agenda was approved with amendments.
Ron wanted to include in the agenda
seating of LSB listener candidates Lucille Perez and Tim Willard who are eligible based on their participation in the
2019 LSB election for listener delegates. He wanted it to take place at the beginning of the meeting to affirm the
rights of those candidates to fully participate in the deliberations of the LSB scheduled for that meeting. A vote was
taken.
8 Favored 7 Against
The WPFW-LSB voted and approved that the following WPFW-LSB candidates be placed on the
LSB:
Lucille Perez, Tim Willard
Congratulations!
IV. Approval of the Minutes
The November
13, 2019 minutes were approved. The December minutes were not approved.
V. Management Reports
The General Manager,
Jerry Paris stated the following:
Pledge Drive
During the December pledge drive $150,000 was raised in 6
days.
Expenses Paid
All immediate expenses are paid. The station can make 2 Central Services payments. There is a
new IED Lydia Brazen.
Antenna/Transmitter
The Transmitter is working okay; however, we are still on low power
from 9am to 6pm. At this time there is work going on at the American University tower. We should have full power by
February 1st.
Bylaw Amendments
We need to vote on the Bylaw Amendments.
Questions
Sabooh asked how much was
received from the Nora Hendricks fundraiser. GM stated they raised $5,000.
Martha asked whether the Howard theater
fundraiser has a firm date. GM replied that there isn’t a firm date.
Thomas asked what pledges were actually
fulfilled. What worked well this time during the pledge drive? GM reminders will be sent out and calls will be made to
ensure fulfilment of non- credit card payments. Most pledges were on a credit cards. We had great programming that
helped our fundraising.
VI. Finance
A written report was submitted
Station Cash Flow Update:
The Bank
Balances were $108,000 as of December 31, 2019. The End of Year Drive exceeded its goal by approximately $50,000. This
was outstanding work by the Staff and volunteers. Funds continue to be received from this Drive. Off-air fundraisers are
planned through the end of February 2020.
Budget Revenue and Expense Updates:
There are (5-8) Central Services
payments that are past due including approximately $20,000 in National Election costs that are not included in the
FY2020 budget. The Station has not been asked to make payments for the National Election to date. Loan interest payments
of $3,150 per month are included in the Budget starting in December 19, 2019.
VII. PNB Report
The PNB Election
was held. These are the results:
PNB Listener WPFW-LSB delegates
Eileen Rosin
Nancy Sorden
Vanessa
Dixon-Briggs
PNB Staff WPFW-LSB delegates
Ron Pinchback
Congratulations!
Nancy Sorden stated:
There is a
new IED her name is Lydia Brazon. She stated that WBAI is back on the air. The 2018 audit will be completed this
month.
Bylaw amendments were submitted to the PNB for LSB vote. The bylaw amendments are at Pacifica.org.
VIII.
MEETING AS ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES TO DISCUSS PROPOSED BYLAWS
AMENDMENTS
The WPFW delegate assembly is comprised of
the 23 members present and 1 excused absence as listed above. The regular meeting was called to order at 6:40pm with 23
members present and 1 excused absence as listed above. The regular meeting recessed at 7:10pm for the WPFW assembly of
delegates and reconvened at 7:30pm. At that time, the proposed Bylaw Amendments were discussed and not approved as
follows:
Proposed Bylaw Amendments - All members present (23) voted no on the proposed bylaw amendments.
The
regular meeting reconvened at 7:30pm.
IX. Community Comment
Verna Avery Brown
She is excited about the new
board. The LSB has the opportunity to make the station what it was intended to be. We have a mission to uplift and make
a difference.
Joe Brown
He wants to work on the fundraiser sponsor’s list that he and Lou
submitted.
Cliff Smith
Code Pink’s show is great. How much a month do we get from sustainers? The IPD
needs to meet with the LSB.
John Anthony
Our listeners are our prime source to raise funds. The station needs a
fun drive to lift spirits. He wants the unity walk people to come into the station.
Miyuki
The station staff
decided to begin the end of the year drive on December 26 because they felt they wouldn’t compete with other
station drives. Most of the donations were made on a credit cards. We need a development director.
Tony Norman
Happy New Year!
X. MASC Committee
An Executive Session was requested regarding personnel matters.
XI. Outreach
and Development
A written report was submitted that stated the following decisions were made by the
O&D:
• LSB and Management should provide a summary of the event expenses and profit at an LSB
meeting.
• Create a fundraising calendar.
• LSB should sell tickets.
• Update the online
ticket website so ticket purchasers don’t have problems using it.
In the report, several suggestions were made
for future fundraisers: a cruise on Odyssey, a Town Hall meeting and sell CDs, etc., Amazon smile.
During the
meeting, Gloria stated that three events are planned: the U street Jam will occur in April and the Blues Festival in
August and the 5k walk in September.
The following Motion was made: A Calendar of fundraising events will be posted
online.
Vote: Unanimous
XII. Programming Committee
The programming committee discussed the structure and
participants on the Friday, January 31, 2020 WPFW-LSB show. The program discussion was outlined and approved.
Additionally, the programming committee wants news programming on the weekend.
XIII. New Business
Lou introduced a
fund-raising proposal for WPFW’s community support with a model of three to six promos each hour of the day and
evening of their funders.
XIV. Adjourned the Regular Meeting at 9:38pm
Convened the Executive Session
9:41pm
Sabooh Hikim, Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:47 pm
Minutes submitted by: Ellen Williams Carter