New Wave Corporation Board of Director’s Meeting915 E. Broadway – Columbia, Mo. KOPN Studios, Cope Ashlock Room

Meeting of March 20, 2012

In attendance were Tom Verdot, Ann Mehr, Atish Sen, Karl Skala, Joy Rushing, Ken Leija, Steve Gallagher, Meg Poché, and General Manager, David Owens.

Call to Order:

Vice President, Tom Verdot called the meeting to order at 7:05pm and asked for any changes to the agenda.

• Under Unfinished Business, a discussion on KOPN Employee health insurance was added.Minutes

A motion was made to approve the minutes from the February 15th Board meeting. A meeting start time of 7:05pm was added to the Call to Order line. Meg Poché motioned to approve the February Minutes. Atish Sen seconded the motion. All said aye.

The Minutes from the February 21, 2012 meeting were approved.

Treasurer’s Report:

Board Treasurer, Joy Rushing presented a Profit and Loss statement as well as a Balance sheet, current through March 15, 2012. A general discussion was held regarding what role Kara Kirkendoll was continuing to play with regards to our accounting process, as well as questions about upcoming audit extensions, the use of Quickbooks, Community Service Grant (CSG) deadline, and setting up a separate bank account for Capitol Campaign Funds.

• Capitol Campaign contributions for December of 2011 equaled $3,475 after an on-air capitol plea when the main air room board stopped working. During the February pledge drive, $1,089 was raised for the capitol fund. Total combined monies that need to be moved into the new Capitol Campaign bank account are $4,564.00.
• Ken Leija expressed an interest in having a future in-depth discussion about current accounting procedures.
• February 1st is the CSG report deadline.
  * Meg will add February 1st to the Board Calendar for future reminders of the CSG deadline.

  General Manager Report

  David talked about the February Pledge drive and how he was absent due to illness for much of it. A pre-drive letter did not go out do to mailing list problems. Other updates included changes in the program schedule and in programmers, the Women’s Open House Day, Jackie Casteel and underwriting pursuits, an Art of Food Fundraiser at PS Gallery, a Farmer’s Market music and sound presence for KOPN, activity in our online eBay store, and the loss of our re-sale shop in the catacombs under Artlandish Gallery.

• Atish Sen will help David in generating an updated mailing list for our drive letters and other correspondence.
• The goal is to have a letter go out at the end of April, before the May drive.Committee Reports

  Fund Raising Committee – The Fund-raising Committee has ceased to exist in a formal way after losing 3 committee chairs in a row. The Board exists as a fund-raising entity in general until such time as a new committee chair steps up to the plate.
  Programming Committee – The Programming Committee is responsible for programmer training, programming changes, and programming policy maintenance and enforcement. There are currently no Programming Committee members serving, Board members agree that getting this committee back up and running again is a priority. Meg Poché is sending reminders to the volunteers in an attempt to attract some interest.

• If the general manager cannot resurrect the committee, then Board and Staff members will need to combine efforts to make a list of potential members and talk to them directly.
• Changes were made to the “Membership” part of the Policy Governing the Programming Committee.
• David Owens will send out a copy of those changes to Meg Poché for documentation.Unfinished Business

  Health Insurance

• Joy Rushing expressed a concern over possible hippo-liability with regard to our current health insurance practices.
• Table for April: A health insurance proposal by Joy Rushing.Adjournment – The meeting was adjourned at 9:10pm

  Next Meeting: April 17, 2012
  Submitted to the Board by Meg Poché on April 8, 2012