[Rfu-station] Minutes from WRFU Tuesday meeting

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

We had a small meeting on Tuesday, with myself, reps from our new show  
(Collective Thought - Tuesday at 9pm), Radio Triple R, and new member  
Lori Serb.

In formal business. Decisions and what-not:
1 We APPROVED the inclusion of Collective Thought in the schedule in  
the Tuesday 9-10m slot. Welcome!

2 SUMMER HIATUS CONSENSUS: This year, as in previous years, we will  
allow regularly scheduled shows to go on hiatus through the summer  
months, reflecting the fact that many volunteers move out of town  
during the summer. If you want to go on hiatus during the summer, you  
must apply before our meeting on May 16. Send a message to myself, the RFU-membership at lists.chambana.net 
  list, or to the main list, announcing your intention. We will deal  
with all these applications at the May 16 meeting.

If a show stops airing through the summer, without giving notice by  
the 16th, we may assume they've stopped permanently and give the slot  
away to another group.

[Note: if you plan to end production permanently, you should also send  
a message to the lists at the earliest opportunity, so we can make  
your slot available to others]

At our May 16 meeting we will make a decision on what date shows must  
resume by in order to regain their slot at the end of the summer -  
this date will be around the start of the U of I academic year, unless  
another date is agreed with a particular group.

3 T-shirt printing. We got some more volunteers at the meeting. Since  
the meeting I've learnt a new batch of t-shirts has actually recently  
been completed, but depending on sales at the benefit, we may need  
more for use at the Farmers' Market, so we'll keep an eye on this.

4 Speaking of which: we need volunteers to coordinate our Farmers'  
Market stand, and also to operate the stand on Saturday mornings. I'll  
put up a sign in studio soon, checking when volunteers will be  
available for the market, and we can make our initial set of bookings  
on that basis.

5 PSA policy: CONSENSUS to continue with the restriction of only  
allowing non-profit groups/events to run PSAs.

Other items discussed:
- The lock for the IMC changed recently. The #4 key still gets you  
into studio, but not into the main space.
- There will be an automation group meeting soon - watch out on-list  
for announcements
- We need more trainers - and trainers need to contact Noel (or send a  
message on the RFU-membership list) so we know when training is  
available
- BENEFIT - May 16. Mike 'n' Molly's. Be there. :-)
- Urbana has Arts Grants opportunities. Deadline next week. Want to  
apply for a radio-related project? Cool. Let me know and I'll put you  
in touch with people who can help.

Andrew