2-21-13 Full Board Minutes FINAL

MINUTES FROM BOARD MTG. 2.21.13 DRAFT
AIR Board of Directors
Minutes from Thursday, 2.21.13
11a-12:30pPT / 12-1:30pCT / 2-3:30pET
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David Freedman, President
Keith Brand, VP and Strategic Development;
Programming Co-Chair
Hyo Choon Lee, Treasurer (ABSENT)
Tena Rubio, Secretary and Election Co-Chair
Amy Mayer, Membership Chair
John Crigler, Governance Chair
Rob Rosenthal, Director
Bob Cross, HR Chair
Jay Kernis, Programming Co-Chair
Lu Olkowski, Strategic Development Co-Chair
Ellen Rocco, Director
Claire Schoen, Election Co-Chair (ABSENT)
Julie Shapiro, Programming Co-Chair
Laura Starecheski, Director
Sue Schardt, Executive Director
TAKE 20 MINUTES IN ADVANCE OF MEETING: Rough Ride/Black Gold Boom: http://roughride.blackgoldboom.com/
Support materials:
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Minutes November board meeting
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December FS
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Comp memberships
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Quarterly Membership Report (pgs 3-9)
Biography: Jennifer Ferro
1. Approval of minutes
November Minutes. Keith moves to accept, Lu seconds. Approved by all members except for Amy and Julie who
abstained. They couldn’t open the minutes.
2. Approving agenda/round-robin
No additions to agenda. Keith runs meeting till David is on and gives his report. David is running late. Meeting begins
at 11:08aPT.
3. Treasurer/Finance Report: Hyo Choon Lee Absent. Sue Schardt fills in.
Sue. If there are questions regarding finance report, please direct them to Hyo Choon and copy in David and Sue.
Status of Audit. There were a few corrections to the audit. No material changes, just cosmetic. Nothing that would
affect numbers.
Travel Policy. Hyo Choon wanted to make sure we have an improved and solid AIR Travel Policy in place. Sue will let
Hyo Choon bring that forward.
4. President David Freedman reports.
David tosses to John Crigler. John informs us that he’s stepping down. Says, “It’s time for fresh blood to come in”
adding that it’s been a “great board”. He’ll remain available to AIR if needed. David says it’s regrettable and thanks
him for all his outstanding work. Board agrees whole-heartedly.
David informs us that Hyo Choon and Jay Kernis are heading into their 2nd term. Hyo Choon is staying on with us. Jay
has not been contacted yet.
Board appointment. David recommends Jennifer Ferro, GM of KCRW, be appointed to the Board. She’ll replace John
Crigler. Discussion ensues amongst board. Amy asks for some clarification on whether Jennifer will become second
VP. (Yes.) Amy suggests Jennifer post to AIR Daily so membership can become familiar with her. Sue – Great
suggestion. David asks Board to approve Jennifer to Board. Unanimous approval to appoint Jennifer to Board.
Election of officers. Approval to nominate Jennifer Ferro as a VP on the Board. Ellen moves to accept, Amy seconds.
Unanimous approval.
VAM: proposed Tuesday June 18th @ 8pmET. Discussion ensues. Amy says June 18 is first night of PRNDI. David says
June not very good month for him. Sue – not many people show up to VAM in June anyway. We discuss moving it.
Ellen suggests moving meeting to Third Coast. Amy – Great idea. Sue – untenable for AIR staff. David suggests leaving
it on June 18th or the 25th. Sue suggests the 18th. No hard decision is made.
Board retreat: proposed Oct. 20-21st. Some people say October is a bad month. Can we propose other dates? Should
we send out a Doodle. Some people suggest early November. No hard decision made.
5. Committee Reports
Elections. Tena Rubio reports.
There are five board members whose terms end this year. Four elected individuals: Lu, Keith, Claire and me. 1
appointed – John Crigler. So that means there are four elected seats available on the board -- all incumbents seeking
those seats. Although technically, this will be Claire’s 1st term because she took over Deborah Begel’s term. Claire and
I will put together an election committee. We’re in the process of tossing around some names. If several AIR members
come forward to run, Claire and I will recuse ourselves from the selection committee so there’s no appearance of a
conflict of interest.
Break Down of AIR Board:
14 directors: 8 elected individual, 1 elected organizational, 5 appointed
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David, 3rd term ends 2013 [org member] –
opening
John, 1st term ends 2013 [appointed individual]
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Keith, 1st term ends 2013 [individual] -incumbent
Lu, 1st term ends 2013 [individual] – incumbent
Tena, 1st term ends 2013 [individual] –
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incumbent
Hyo Choon, 1st term ends 2012 [appointed/org]
Jay Kernis, 1st term ends 2012
[appointed/individual]
Claire, 1st term ends 2013 [individual] –
incumbent; officially if elected again, it will be
her 1st term. She took over Deborah Begel’s
term.
Tentative sked.
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May 21 Save the date for VAM
June 4 Open Gates for Nominations
June 18 – VAM
July 2nd Deadline for nominations
July 16 Elections Open (that’s when the voting takes place)
July 29 Elections Close
August 2 Results Announced
Amy – kudos to getting the schedule done so early.
Governance. John Crigler. No Report.
Membership. Amy Mayer reports.
Quarterly Membership attached below. Summary: Lots of new members! Annual review of comp
membership. We need to review our complimentary members list. The policy was updated 3 years ago.
There are some funders that have complimentary memberships. Do we have any reservations about
extending complimentary memberships to funders and if we do extend to funders, do we extend to all
funders? Sue: Organizational thinking was that we wanted to have the funders exposed to the AirDaily.
Turns out, many don’t use AirDaily. Amy suggests Sue and Erin vet names, see who still wants to receive
AIRDaily and then let Amy know what to do next week re: their memberships. Sue says she’ll do it next
week (Feb 25).
Human Resources: Bob Cross reports.
Last week worked on Sue’s contract. Will work on new one. Sue’s contract ends May 2013.
Strategic Development: Keith Brand and Lu Olkowski. Lu reports.
Working on AIR’s Name Change and Statement of Purpose. Will have docs ready at May 16 meeting.
Programming: Julie Shapiro and Jay Kernis. Julie reports.
Julie says AIR has a great presence, but suggests that AIR should have a stronger presence at colleges and
conferences like UNITY. She says there are some misconceptions out there about who AIR’s membership is.
Amy & Ellen strongly agree. Ellen suggests that we need to start changing industry wide perception of what
AIR stands for. She suggests AIR post people’s work on pub radio listserves, like the great work of Localore’s
Todd Melbly’s ‘Rough Ride’. Sue says there are VIP lists that go out and AIR staff does post things on pub
radio listserves, but what more can we do to help change misperceptions. More discussion ensues.
Possible tangibles:
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Focus on hard news at Third Coast or in general
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Get more testimonials from members
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Produce quarterly list of material produced by AIR members (where it ran etc.)
Sue reminds everyone of Weekly Public Media Scan that Jessica Clarke puts together.
Julie brings focus back to Localore’s Todd Melby’s ‘Rough Ride’.
Overall Impressions: Phenomenal amount of work, super interactive, takes advantage of medium, awardwinning, breath and scope of storytelling in vast geographic space is huge, incredibly immersive and
engaging.
Ellen. Bottom line: Cost to produce something this impressive in scope? Sue. $110,000 from AIR to assemble
team and do all the work. All 10 Localore projects were 12 months long. ‘Impact Liasons’ tracked the
impact of all the projects. Overall, more than 20 million hits in some form for Localore projects.
6. ED report. Sue Schardt reports.
Give Claire a HUGE thanks for bringing on so many new members in the last month.
Pleased board is bringing on Jennifer Ferro. She raised $1 million for Independent Producer’s Project at
KCRW.
Still waiting on NEA funding. That $ funds AIR’s intensives and mentorships.
AIR is partnering with PRPD and Third Coast. It’s a great way to bring membership physically together.
There’s a plan to have speed dates, pitch sessions, New Voices Scholarship recipients.
Localore a huge success. It’s been a year of building 10 projects. There are many partnerships in the
works: ITVS for two project’s & Curious City is being folded into WBEZ. All projects have a blueprint for
moving forward which was the ultimate goal. AIR will also being launching a metasite that will bring the
projects all under one umbrella.
Calendar of upcoming events:
April 20th, Localore @ Tribeca Film Festival in NY
April 22, An Evening with Localore, Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA
May 30 & 31, Kitchen Sisters and KQED, Unmaking of MOMA, in SF
7. New Business. No new business.
8. Adjourn. Keith moves to accept, Amy seconds. Unanimous approval.
SAVE DATES! 2013 Key Dates and Quarterly Meeting Schedules (3rd Thur/2nd mos/quarter)
April 20th Localore @ Tribeca
April 22nd An Evening with Localore @ Brattle
Theater, Cambridge MA
May 16th Quarter Board meeting
June ?? : VAM
July/Aug Elections
August 15th Quarterly Board meeting
November 21st Quarterly Board meeting
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Quarterly Membership Report
November 2012 – February 2013
** November 21, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Membership:
924
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Retention:
Learned about AIR via an internet search: 8%
Joined for “AIRdaily email list”: 13%
Are available for “grant writing”: 55%
Live in a country other than the U.S.: 7% (representing 18 nonU.S. countries)
68%*
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Lapsed members who renewed after repeated nudging: 4
Re-joined AIR after being away 1+ years: 7
Re-upped from student to individual: 8
New members: 51 (avg 4.5/week)
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Referred to us by Claire Schoen: 10%
Referred to us by the Salt Institute: 8%
Self-identify as journalist: 45%
Live in CA: 30%
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Self-identify as “beginner”: 70%
* This includes members who have not yet been deactivated, but whose membership has technically expired.
Their deactivation is pending board outreach. The retention rate given is therefore inflated.
Referrals:
Justin Banks by Claire Schoen
Luisa Beck by Third Coast
Ellen Berkovitch by Third Coast
Rae Ellen Bichell by James Briggs
Richard Blair by WNYC
David Boyer by Eileen Bolinsky
Nancy Camden by Marisa Waddell
Anny Celsi by Kyle Norris
Marie Choi by Karen Fritsche
Kristen Clark Robynn Takayama
Meredith Dault by Sean Cole
Helena de Groot by Ethan Lindsey
Mary Dooe by Jaimie Hoover, GM at KUGS
Kathryn Dunning by Transom Story
Workshop
Jeff Emtman by Martina Castro
Mallory Falk by Kelly Libby
Emily Gadek by Michael May
Melissa Gerr by Claire Schoen
Paige Goodpasture by Sue Schardt
Gabe Grabin by Laura Starecheski
Judith Graham by Claire Schoen
Daniel Gross by Claire Schoen Matthew Grothman
by Sara Mott
Jonathan Groubert by Kelsey Dilts McGregor
Nicholas Gunner by Paul Ingles
Stephanie Guyer-Stevens by Sarah Neal-Estes
Christopher Howell by Michael May
Megan Jones by John Biewen
George Jordan by Ben Manilla
Maggie Kane by Ellen Frankenstein
Caitlyn Kim by Kelley Libby
Binnie Klein by Michael May
Casey Kuhn by Cindy Carpien
Manda Lillie by Sarah Neal-Estes
Emma Miller by Anne Wotton
Jessica Miller by Victoria Estok
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A Closer Look at New Members
** November 21, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Ethnicity
0% = American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic or Latino
“More than one ethnicity” = White/Asian
Gender
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A Closer Look at New Members (cont.)
** November 21, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Age
0% = >66
Primary Professional
Affiliation
0% = Network management.
“Facebook”
and “for
profit educational content provider”
AIR“Other”
Quarterlyincludes
Membership
Report | February
8, 2013
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A Closer Look at New Members (cont.)
** November 21, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Primary Professional Role
0% = Engineer/technical; executive/manager
“Other” includes “on-air host,” “researcher,” “non-profit communications director”
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A Closer Look at New Members (cont.)
** November 21, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Career
Level
Primary Reason for
Joining AIR
Other includes “mentorship and
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New Member Spotlight:
Luke Stewart
Joined AIR: October 2012
Who? Based in DC, Luke is co-founder of CapitolBop.com,
a DC-based jazz website (read The Washington Post’s
praise of the site). He is also a volunteer DJ and production
coordinator at WPFW.
Cred: Luke has interviewed and performed with notable
musicians and activists including Chuck Brown, Yusef
Lateef, Randy Weston and political prisoner Mumia AbuJamal.
Beyond radio: He is a prolific musician, and currently a
member of three bands: indie rock band, Laughing Man;
experimental electronic trio Mind Over Matter, Music Over Mind; and free-jazz trio, OOO. He
recently led a 12-member ensemble in a tribute to John Coltrane on his birthday at the
legendary Bohemian Caverns.
Looking for? Collaborators!
Giving back? Says Luke, “Please feel free to contact me with any questions I can answer
about working in community radio in Washington, DC.”
Where is he headed? Says Luke, “I hope to continue to contribute to the community
through radio. I am currently involved in a collaborative project "InMacro," utilizing radio
transmission in a musical fashion, which will make its debut in Washington, DC in March.”
Want to learn more about it? Contact Luke.
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Mentorships:
Currently underway:
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Completed this quarter:
In the hopper:
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Gold Star Mentor Match – Jessica Kittams, mentee/Dmae Roberts (mentor):
Area of focus: Multimedia production, including live theater component
“Dmae is a wealth of knowledge and I feel fortunate to have been able to collaborate with
her. I am incredibly thankful she's made herself available via email post-mentorship to help
move this project along.” – Jessica Kittams
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