CAB May 2021 APPROVED

Community Advisory Board Meeting Tuesday, May 11, 12:00 – 1:30 PM Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E Parkcenter Blvd, Boise ID 83702 Access via phone or videoconference during pandemic Board Members in Attendance: Todd Achilles Laurie Ahern Susan Bechdel Laura Bond Mario Pile Tyson Chaplin

Julie Adams DeFord Dennis Hall Andy Huang Rebecca DeLeon Jennifer Martinez Teresa Yragui

Board Members Not in Attendance: Maria Ramirez Munguia Leta Harris Neustaedter

Mark Wheeler Kendal Shaber Kaleb Smith Bill Vasconcellos Jeremy Woodson Shelley McEuen

Chris Bragg

Staff in Attendance: Tom Michael, General Manager Bethany Taylor, Membership Kyle Kitterman, Business Manager

Kristin Jackson, Membership Valerie Hadley, Office Manager

Call to Order: Dennis Hall called the meeting to order at 12:02 pm.

Approval of the Previous Minutes: The motion to approve the March 9, 2021 minutes was made by Kendal with a second by Tyson. The motion passed with unanimity.

Committee Reports Executive Committee: The committee met earlier this month to set this meeting’s agenda.

Governance Committee: The committee will report on suggested CAB Bylaws revisions to Article II and III at the July meeting.

Nominating Committee: There were prior meeting minutes in the board packet. Teresa described a focus on adding Canyon County board members. She will reach out to Julie about ideas and will discuss at the next committee meeting. She announced that Bob Otten had resigned.

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Fundraising Committee: There were prior meeting minutes in the board packet. Kendal said later in today’s meeting Kristin would report on Spring Membership Drive numbers. Like, the Nominating Committee, the Fundraising Committee also has a renewed emphasis on Canyon County.

Advocacy Committee: Susan requested that Maria be added to this committee list. Susan said she would volunteer at Wishes Wine and Brew at Kleiner Park in Boise on June 27 and asked for additional volunteers. Susan said the CAB had the opportunity to make thank-you calls to new donors. There were about 300 people to call.

Programming Committee: Andy had nothing new to report.

Station Report: Tom read a poignant letter of support from a woman making an end-of-life donation to the station. He outlined details of the American Rescue Act for public media via CPB, with $469,927 received by BSPR. He spoke of the role of Station Resource Group (SRG) in negotiations and that CPB heard in particular about our “strong role in regional journalism that stands alongside the journalism giants in major cities.” Kristin went over Spring Membership Drive goals, which were lowered compared to last Spring due to our December Drive success. The Drive beat expectations overall. Areas of concern include membership outside of Boise, such as in Canyon County and Twin Falls. Kristin also requested help from the CAB for on-air script writing.

Guest Presentation / Diversity Training: Tom introduced speaker Francisco Vara-Orta of IRE, Investigative Journalists and Editors, who led the CAB through DBEI training. He appeared for no cost, but asked instead for CAB donations to the Journalist of Color fund at IRE. Based in Texas, Vara-Orta had led a journalism workshop in Boise in Fall 2019. His 90-minute presentation featured a detailed history of modern American journalism, highlighting changing demography and changing editorial practices. The talk concluded with a robust question-and-answer session among members of the CAB. The meeting was adjourned by 2:00 pm.

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