[Rfu-station] Minutes 2009-06-20

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

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 thoughts
CONSENSUS: Lori Serb is Station Manager until May, 2010.

Congratulations, Lori!

2 Proposal: use some of our Radio News fund to buy 3 Zoom H-2s
Rationale: 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 Scheduling
Show proposal:
Michael Jones - Man of the Hour
Time requested: Thursday night/Friday morning 12-2am
We 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 meeting
We 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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