Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 6:15 pm

LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY RADIO
Meeting Minutes  (subject to approval and amendment)
July 18, 2019

I.      Call to order at 6:15 pm by Vice-President Chloe Karl. Olga Martin-Steele showed up a few minutes later.

II.                 Board Members Present: Roberta Actor, Doc Bilardi, Picabo Dolloso, Ron Green, Chloe Karl, Susan Krones, John Moorhead, Olga Martin-Steele, John Saare Absent:  Jim Brown,   
General Manager:  Andy Weiss was present. Guests: See attached sign in sheet 

Public Input:   Joan Moss handed out a proposed agreement with KPFZ.  Milos Lubner said he does not like more rules and regulations regarding the radio station. Milos Lubner said that the radio station has too many rules.             

III.      Approval of Minutes –The minutes from the last regular meeting on 6/20/19 were approved as written.

IV.      Treasurer’s Report – Actor submitted a written report. Our ending balance as of date of meeting is approximately $17,000.  So far for 2019 we are in the black. Martin-Steele said we have two outstanding requests for funds:  100 Women Strong and the Wine Alliance.        

V.       General Manager’s Report – Weiss was present.  a. We need to pick up equipment from Linda Guebert’s garage before she moves out. b. Cheryl Carr has donated a generator to power the studio just in case the power goes out.  c. Andy bought a new CD player for the studio.            

VI.      Committee Reports:  

a. Program Committee – a.  Chloe Karl reported that we have several new applications for shows.  Linda Guebert is leaving and that will create a big hole in our programming.  Her show, Denim Alley will be greatly missed, as will Linda herself.  b. It is important that programmers get a person who has been trained on the studio equipment and who can lock up the station before that person fills in for the programmer.  Chloe will be distributing important information to all programmers about rules we must all follow to keep our FCC license.        

b. Underwriting – Written Report by Susan and Roberto Lozano.  There have been several renewals. There are now several underwriting spots that have 2 announcements on one CD.  Please play both at the top of the hour.          

c. Tech Report – John Saare is going to teach Olga how to send out an email blast to our members so she can do that if he is gone.  Alan fletcher said we have about 3,000 visitors a month to our website. 

d. Fundraising / Events:  Net Proceeds from the “Sock Hop” were $757.  There was a lot of competition for that Friday night with other events in the county.  There are several ideas for upcoming events.  One is a Hispanic Folk Band and Dancers.  Second is a Reggae concert.  Third, Bring back Barry Melton in March 2020.  Also, Scottish singer Jim Malcolm will be performing in Lake County on January 31, 2020.  
   
e.  Website:  There is a website programmer’s piolet project with the hopes that soon every programmer will have a page on the website.  Fletcher reported that each programmer will have a page on the website with pictures, bio’s of programmers and even audio files from the programmer describing their show. Beth Hyde is in charge of this and is contacting several programmers to do proto types. Programmer Pages will be discussed more next meeting.  

VII.      Old Business – a.  Response to Letter from Milos Lubner is tabled to next meeting.    

Next  Meeting will be Thursday, 8/15/19 @ 6:15 pm at the station.          
Adjournment- 8:03 p.m.