Community Advisory Board Meeting Wednesday, August 17, 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 Kay Alspaugh Marilyn Shuler Staff in Attendance: Tom Michael, General Manager Paul Stribling, Programming Director
Maria Trebby Dave Fotsch Corey Cook Kristin Matthews Mark Wheeler Shelby Zepeda
Shikhar Sarin Dede Ryan Paul Ries Vicki Lawson Stacy Madsen
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 6:00 p.m. Approval of March 2016 Meeting Minutes – Emily Walton Susan made a motion to approve the minutes; seconded by Dede. The motion was passed unanimously. Meeting Tom Michael & General Manager Update – Tom Michael Tom gave a brief update on his background at Marfa Public Radio and his first month as General Manager of BSPR. A few highlights that Tom mentioned: • The new Morning Edition host, Matt Guilhem from KVCR in San Bernardino, CA, will begin at the station on September 6th, and you may hear him on Morning Edition training with Scott Graf shortly after. • Dana Miller from the Murdock Charitable Trust will be at BSPR for a site visit in late August- this is after a brief hold on our application until permanent leadership arrived at BSPR. • BSPR is currently being considered, along with Yellowstone Public Radio, KUNC, and others, for CPB funding for a Regional Journalism Collaboration. This would be similar to Northwest News Network, a network that BSPR was previously involved with. • Some current items on Tom’s plate include the goal of increasing localism, assessing the daily affairs talk show, and reviewing the Spring 2016 ratings book from Nielsen. • Tom shared that one of his main goals as he settles into BSPR is ensuring that structure aligns with the long term strategy and vision. Part of reaching this goal includes embracing both editorial partnerships and community partnerships. Discussion of Goals of the CAB – Tom Michael and Emily Walton 1|P age
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A brief discussion took place regarding goals of the CAB- particularly to follow up on the brainstorming session that took place during the March meeting. Emily stated that there is a need for the Nominations Committee to be in action as a number of current CAB members are nearing the end of their tenure. Maria and Marilyn agreed to be part of this committee. More members will be recruited in the future. Other goals discussed include: • Bringing one new member on board during the upcoming Fall Pledge Drive (bonus points if the new member is under 35 years old!) • Donating funds to the CAB Matching Fund to be used as incentive during the Fall Pledge Drive (Katie will send out a survey to determine the maximum amount of this fund.) • Paul Ries mentioned the idea of a short informational guide to give to potential new CAB members. This is a project that the CAB agreed would be beneficial and would like to move forward with. A few members voiced concern over lack of mission for the CAB. Susan responded to this by asking Tom to set high expectations of the CAB as they are an able and willing body. It was also decided that an agenda item for the next meeting should be setting a clearly stated mission for the CAB. Adjourn Dave moved to dismiss the meeting at 7:45 pm, David provided the second, and the motion passed unanimously.
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