March 10, 2016 BSPR Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

Community Advisory Board Meeting Thursday, March 10, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Ron and Linda Yanke Family Research Park 220 E. Parkcenter Boulevard, Room 700 Board Members in Attendance: Emily Walton, Chair Cornelia Sprung Susan Giannettino David Lombardi Marilyn Shuler, via telephone Staff in Attendance: Peter Morrill, Interim General Manager Kelly Palmer, Development Director

Maria Trebby Dave Fotsch Corey Cook Kristin Matthews

Shikhar Sarin Dede Ryan Paul Ries Mark Wheeler

Katie John, Recorder *****************

Call to Order – Emily Walton Chair, Emily Walton, called the Boise State Public Radio (BSPR) Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.

Approval of January 2016 Meeting Minutes – Emily Walton Prior to the minutes being approved, discussion was held regarding the first point on page 2. Maria made a motion to change the word “discussed” to “disclosed”, Dede provided the second for the motion, and it was approved unanimously.

Motion: David made a motion to approve the minutes as amended; seconded by Kristin. The motion was passed unanimously.

Interim General Manager Update – Mark Wheeler and Peter Morrill Mark updated the CAB on the current status of the General Manager (GM) search. In summary, Livingston Associates has been recruiting for approximately 5 weeks, and the best consideration date is 3/11/2016. He shared that there are currently 31 applicants and they have not been assessed yet. The pool will continue to be narrowed down by multiple stakeholder groups, and in-person interviews of the 2-4 anticipated finalists are scheduled to take place at the end of April. The CAB asked that there be a specific time set aside for the CAB to meet with the finalists, and Mark will plan this time and inform the CAB. Peter Morrill, Interim GM, gave a general station update. Highlights as follows: • BSPR, led by News Director Scott Graf, has submitted two pieces to NPR recently, highlighting Idaho news in the national spotlight.

• Peter gave a brief overview of the Fall 2015 Nielsen ratings that placed BSPR at the top of the listening market.

After questions posed by the CAB, Kelly responded that approximately ~15% of the annual $475,000 taken in during pledge drives comes from KBSU (classical music) listeners. Kelly also gave an update on the planning in progress for the April 6-12th pledge drive.

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The Code of Editorial Integrity is being operationalized within the organization.

Murdock Charitable Trust has given the station the go-ahead to continue their grant application process. The next update will be after their May board meeting, and BSPR is asking for $532,000 grant, with approximately half the funds coming from the MCT and half from local matching funds. o This is great news as money for updating/replacing this kind of equipment is hard to find. The two original federal, rural grant programs that help fund much of our gear were eliminated in 2011.

Peter touched on a number of other subjects, including the success of the Speaking of Serial podcast, BSPR’s participation in the City Club’s series on Civility, the proposal and budget for a daily Public Affairs talk show, and technical issues that have occurred since the last meeting.

Group Brainstorming Break Out – Emily introduced the question “What are two things the CAB should focus on in the next 6 months, and two things that BSPR should focus on in the same time period?”

In response, the following ideas were shared: (Kelly did a plug for the Listening Party kits.)

Boise State Public Radio Goals • Ensuring news department independence • News finding other ways to staff the newsroom - internships & University programs • Long term equipment replacement plan/infrastructure plan from Peter & staff • Expose students to Public Radio via student newspaper and student radio collaboration • Engaging younger members and listeners CAB Goals • Engaging younger members and listeners- CAB can research best practices to target young audience • Provide feedback on the GM hiring process/applicants • Each current CAB member referring two new station members annually • Subcommittee of CAB charged with addressing CAB attendance issues • CAB becoming more involved and helpful with the potential daily Public Affairs talk show • Become better in connecting the strategic plan with more initiative and action • Organizing local focus groups to get listener feedback • CAB hosting a pie night for new members/station supporters • CAB connecting with other organizations, like Kiwanis, Rotary Club, Lion’s Club, Chamber of Commerce, Boise Young Professionals, and other leadership groups After discussion, 3 final items were chosen that the CAB should really focus on: providing thoughtful feedback during the GM search, exploring the pie night idea more seriously, and researching/discussing how to get students more involved in programming/station activities.

Good of the Order • No business.

Adjourn – Emily Walton David moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 pm, Paul provided the second, and the motion passed unanimously.

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