[Rfu-station] Minutes 2009-06-20 and 8/6 on Tower

[Ricardo Diaz]

Greetings:I have volunteered to gather information on the status of the Tower raising and would like to invite those that might know the details to share w/ me. I will put together the info and tasks to do and report back to the group.
So far I have set a meeting with Mike since he seems to be the last point person. I will report to the group via mail as I probably won't be back in town for this weekend's meeting.My initial thoughts are that we'll need to know about:BudgetAntenna Specs and expertise, Legal requirements, Political prepartation for licensesetc.All info appreciated, please withold opinions until we all have the same info.
Ricardo Diaz



diazr at ricardoDiazSoto.org

215-847-0650

--- On Sun, 6/21/09, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:

From: Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
Subject: [Rfu-station] Minutes 2009-06-20
To: "RFU List" <rfu at lists.chambana.net>, rfu-station at lists.chambana.net
Cc: imc at ucimc.org
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 8:22 PM

1 Station Manager- Lori gives a brief overview of her background- Lori leaves- There is discussion and we reach consensus on approving Lori as Station Manager, for a period of about a year. We decide to invite Lori back in to discuss when exactly the term should be reviewed. June seems a poor month to undertake the decision, given low turnout at meetings. Would May or August be better?- Lori suggests May will allow those leaving the station at the end of the school year to weigh in with their experience and thoughtsCONSENSUS: Lori Serb is Station Manager until May, 2010.
Congratulations, Lori!
2 Proposal: use some of our Radio News fund to buy 3 Zoom H-2sRationale: They will be useful in the Summer Youth Program this July. They will then/also be available for news programming.Discussion: Each Zoom could cost up to $180. We should make provision for accessories, including (but not limited to) carrying bags, rechargeable batteries, some memory cards. We should label the equipment, and all parts. While we will buy some cards, which will be available for the Summer program, members will be encouraged to provide their own memory cards (and we won't commit to supplying them on an ongoing basis).CONSENSUS on spending up to $750 on 3 Zoom H-2s and accessories.
3 SchedulingShow proposal:Michael Jones - Man of the HourTime requested: Thursday night/Friday morning 12-2amWe had consensus that, subject to Michael and his show partners (who have been trained) paying their membership fees, the proposal can be approved. That should happen later this week.
Maggie and Joseph want to change their slot, but are unsure which of the available slots would suit them. We agreed that if they can find a vacant slot they can apply to switch to it by going through the Membership list/group, without returning to the main meeting.
4 Volunteer hours - agenda item in next meetingWe discussed introducing regular 'office hours' for the station. The idea is that all volunteers would be expected to volunteer for some 'office hours' during a regular strip, and that it would be during these office hours that much working group volunteering would take place. This should make it easier for members to know how and when to fulfill their volunteer commitment for the station, and make sure that items like PSAs, music processing, and more, are kept up to date.
We did not take a decision on this at the meeting, but will do so at the next meeting. The initial proposal is for something like 4-8pm Monday to Thursday, and 2-6pm on Saturday, with each member doing a 2 hour shift every 2 weeks or so (actual rotation could be agreed between those scheduled to a particular slot). This should mean that we would have 2-3 people present during each shift, allowing people to meet with other WRFU members, and enhancing the feeling of community in the station.
5 Workday Proposal to have another workday in the coming weeks, to undertake a range of smaller tasks in the station, and provide different types of training to members.Discussion: This should be a general workday, not just TECH, as originally proposed. We should check availability through the list. 11th July is sooner; 18th coincides with our regular meeting.
5a Joseph plans to make progress on the cabinet in the coming week or two. He may need to purchase some lumber for the frame.CONSENSUS on approving necessary purchases up to $50 on this project.
6 Sundry matters:- Some reports of CD players being temporarily removed from studio by members, interrupting scheduled programming. This is not acceptable - this equipment should not be removed- We should have an automation meeting soon, to coordinate several projects, including music processing, music library, and PSAs. Also so people can meet Jacob, who will be working with WRFU and Production on these matters in the coming months.- We need to make progress on Farmers' Market, Tower project.


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