[Rfu-station] Meetings of WRFU station meeting, 16 Aug 2008

[Stephen Fonzo]

Present: Ray M., Anna U., Hawkins family, Andrew O'Baoill, Gary C., Stephen
F., Nicole P., John G.
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**MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
*All current members must renew by Tuesday, 9/2 (the next station meeting).
During the week of Monday, 8/25, there will be volunteers at the IMC to take
new membership forms and dues.
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WORKING GROUP UPDATES*
MEMBERSHIP:
- waiting for news schedule to form
- working on a show log
- 5 shows are currently on hiatus
- 1 new show proposal (Eric, has not received training yet or submitted
membership)

TECH:
- Internet connection was out in studio, as of Saturday 8/16
- studio microphone stand needs repair or replacement (threading and screw
do not match on Mic 2)

AUTOMATION:
- met after station meeting to go over remote broadcast
- Ray Morales gave training session; Stephen F. will be contact for future
training on remote broadcast; as each new member is trained, he or she will
train the next interested station member

OUTREACH:
- WRFU and IMC had a table at C-U Days in Douglass Park on Saturday, 8/9

- RFU FUND-RAZOR, Fri 9:30pm, 8/22 @ 107 N. 6th St. -
http://www.wrfu.net/node/1308

- The IMC needs WRFU volunteers for its Quad Day tent, Sunday 8/24 (1 to 3
hour slots) - contact Nicole Pion (nicole at ucimc.org) to coordinate
volunteering
- WRFU will be at Taste of Nevada following Quad Day
- RFU needs new fliers (Andrew has a design, and Anna has volunteered to
design another new brochure)
- station website needs to be updated
- October Radio Film Festival @ IMC tentatively planned for a Saturday that
month.  This will feature documentary films on community radio, live music,
speakers, and airings of RFU shows.  The day prior, RFU should show
something on campus to get interest. [NOTE: There are 3 free Saturdays on
the IMC calendar - 10/4, 10/11, and 10/25; 10/18 is the Books to Prisoners
book sale]

FINANCE:
- the station still needs to raise money
- Ray has "The Show" t-shirts to sell; Andrew has a t-shirt design; the IMC
has silkscreen printing available

*PROGRAMMING
*Item: Should 4-6pm every weekday be reserved for Public Affairs
programming?
Discussion: Currently automation is running a public affairs block during
this period on weekdays, including Progressive Radio, New Internationalist,
Rust Belt, Earth Beat, and Deconstructing Dinner.  Live programs continue to
have priority over automation, but these shows should be public affairs.
Ray expressed concern that there may be a non-public affairs program that
could only broadcast at this time.  The group discussed that there ought to
be a priority list of "who can bump whom?" and reached consensus about
designating 4-6pm as public affairs for the near future.

*NEWS TEAM
*Andrew discussed his idea of building an RFU Radio News Team to do
interviews, capture footage, report, and produce radio news for the
station.  This effort will likely be a collaboration between WRFU and the
IMC Production and Prinr groups.  Some of the station funds set aside for
equipment will go to radio news for field recording.
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STATION RE-TRAINING
*Following membership renewal, all WRFU members must be re-trained and a
core group of volunteers to train new members will form.  Sessions will
begin in late August and extend into September.  There will be eight
90-minute workshops, each with 2 trainers - 1 segment on WRFU station
practices, FCC policies, and IMC membership/consensus; and 1 segment on
studio/equipment operation.
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