Agenda of the Pacifica Board of Directors MeetingNew York City, September, 1996
The following is the agenda for last month's Pacifica Board Meeting
in New York. It is clear that it is an agenda for regular meeting
and not for a "retreat" according to the common understanding of
that term.
PACIFICA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SEPTEMBER 26-29, 1996
THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL 8 AM - 5 PM
8:00 AM Finances
WPFW - 8:00
National Programs - 8:30
9:00AM Programming
National Programs
Program Fund
Archive Relations
KU
12N Lunch
1:00PM Facilitator -- Barbara Miller
Audience Development
Performance/Audience criteria
Program Fund/Scenario B
Must Carry
Remaining sequencing
Basic Minimum Standards (BMS)
What if the Board says "no" to 50th Anniversary Campaign
Advisory Boards
Strategy for the Board planning retreat
Prioritize among discussion topics
Discuss in order of priority
5:00PM Adjourn
5:15PM GIFT ACCEPTANCE COMMITTEE
7:00PM Adjourn
GENERAL MANAGER'S DINNER
Please speak with Marci Lockwood for details
FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
BOARD AND STAFF RETREAT 9AM - 5PM
9:00 Expectations and Outcomes
Revisit and recommit to meeting agreements
Review agreements from last retreat and process since then
9:30 Discuss primary strategy: 50th Anniversary Campaign
Presentation: Dick Bunce
Why this strategy?
Factors influencing the recommendation
Overview of the campaign
What makes the objectives feasible?
What are the prerequisites for success?
Questions and Answers - clarification
Comments and Discussion of prerequisites, especially
- * Start up capital
- * Local station readiness
11:00 Implications of the proposed campaign on the Board - role in
the success of the campaign
Participation
Composition
Selection criteria: Expertise/Resources/Access
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Continue discussion of implications of the proposed campaign
on the Board
2:00 Implications of the proposed campaign on Pacifica's strategic
planning Initiatives and priorities, especially:
-Programming/Audience Building
-National infrastructure,inc. Finance and Public Relations
-Technology
-Local stations
3:00 What does Pacifica leadership have the will, the energy, the
resources and the time to do?
4:00 Next steps: How to share the plan with the rest of he
system
5:00 Adjourn
5:00 Executive Committee - please get dinner on your own 5PM - 7PM
7:00 Executive Committee - Executive Session
SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
BOARD AND STAFF RETREAT FROM 9AM -1PM
In Executive Session
9:00
- Expectations and Outcomes
9:15
- Finalize policy re: Executive Director and Board Authority
- related to personnel decisions
10:15
- Finalize policy re: Executive Director and Board Authority
- related to financial decisions
11:15
- Finalize policy re: composition and role of Advisory Boards
- Strategize how to recruit and keep local board members who
- contribute to Pacifica's mission and vision
12:15
- Accountability - how will the Executive Director and the
- Board honor and tend to their agreements and policies?
1:00
- LUNCH (Lunch will be served for Finance Committee only)
2:00
- Finance Committee
6:00
- Adjourn
Reception hosted by WBAI advisory board
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1996
BOARD MEETING 9AM - 12 NOON
9:00AM
- Seating of board or alternate members
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of minutes 6/96
9:15AM - Finance Committee report
- Action: Approval of budgets
9:45AM - Presentation of Pacifica Strategic Planning process
- Objectives
- Strategy and vision of the future
- Process
10:45AM - Public Comment
11:45AM - Evaluation of the meeting and set dates for February
- meeting in Houston and June meeting in Berkeley
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