Tillicum Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, 10 August 2006
Tillicum House, Astoria
MINUTES
Attendance: Board Members Dave Ambrose, Margarita Cullimore, Chuck McLaughlin, Ray Merritt,
Carol Newman, Cindy Price, Bob Westerberg. Staff: Dave Hammock, Arlene Layton.
1. Agenda approved.
2. Minutes of July 13, 2006 meeting. Price moves, Westerberg seconds. Approved unanimously.
3. Staff Reports.
1. Development Department. Received with thanks. Attached.
2. Programming Department. Update included with GM’s report. Menetrey held a Programmer’s
Meeting, attended by about 30 people, on August 9, including a very entertaining presentation
by volunteer Chris Grant. She’s holding a pledge drive training session on August 12.
3. News Department. Received with thanks. Attached.
4. General Managers’ Report. (Written report attached.)
1. Grant Files. A one-page summary was presented in lieu of grant files. (Attached.) Hammock
will provide additional information upon request.
2. Tech/Facilities Update. Hammock provided modification and clarification to the last paragraph
of II.C. in the July Minutes, regarding the licensing of KCPB and upgrading its power to 300
watts, as follows:
The application to FCC for a license to operate KCPB was filed on Monday, August 7. Hammock
has been trying to file this application since April 2006 but has been subject to several delays
due to changes in FCC policy and a misunderstanding on Tillicum’s part about where the
transmitter was to be placed on the tower. A typical application is approved within six months to
a year. Once the license is approved the Foundation can then apply for a waiver to increase
KCPB’s power to 300 watts. The waiver would be, in general terms, for us to increase the power
despite the fact that it could possibly create some interference on an adjacent frequency
operated by the new religious channel. It then generally takes six months to a year to process
the waiver. Crigler has said he thinks we have a 90-plus percent chance of receiving the waiver.
5. New Business.
1. August KMUN/KTCB pledge drive. The drive is August 18-28. What should be the goal?
Previous summer drives have yielded about $30,000. Price suggests we peg the goal so that we
receive at least $200,000 in NFFS this fiscal year. (Previous financial reports have indicated that
we have received about $150,000 to date, not including the recent grant pledge.) Doing so
would meet the CPB requirement that would keep us eligible to receive their Incentive Grant,
which is 1.25 percent of NFFS (ie, if the NFFS = $200,000, the Incentive = $25,000.)
Ambrose and Hammock will determine the amount of NFFS we have received to date and
advise the Board by email on August 14 or 15.
6. Old Business.
1. GM’s Self-Appraisal Report. Received with thanks. Discussion moved to Executive Session.
2. KTCB/Wheeler Update. (Hammock reporting.) Several trips to Wheeler to bring a clear signal
to the area are detailed in Hammock’s August 5 email. (Attached.) The gist is that Nehalem is in
a reception dead zone and Manzanita can get a good signal only from 91.9, which means the
community won’t be able to get programming produced for and broadcast only on KTCB. One
possibility is that Wheeler could become a transmitter, if the FCC opens up to additional
transmitter filings. Engineer Gray Haertig has said he thinks the power could be increased to 100
watts (from 10) and that we might also look at a different placement of the antenna. EMF is
happy with its signal but unhappy with its landlord on a communications tower located on a hill
to the south and has indicated that it might be interested in developing a shared facility
elsewhere on that hill. A location there would provide line-of-sight to both Megler and Cape
Meares.
McLaughlin asked whether we now have on hand equipment that would enable us to provide
local content to KTCB. Hammock replied that we have equipment on hand that will do at least
part of the job. He had planned to get to Cape Meares and install this equipment in June but
that has been postponed until September/October because the Wheeler problems have
exhausted our funds for engineering. When funding again becomes available Hammock will
install an audio processor and another device that will get us closer to the goal. If the switch is
right we may be further along without having to buy as much as Hammock expects. Then
Hammock/Engineering need to decide how we’re going to transmit. Also, we must install a
communications link so that we can turn the transmitter off within a specified amount of time
should the FCC tell us to do so.
Price noted that an interim solution is to get advance notice of events in the KTCB area, recruit
a small team to record them, and broadcast them on KMUN/KTCB, and volunteered to help with
this.
3. Elections Committee Report. Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws were emailed to the
Board shortly before the meeting began and thus had not been read closely by the Directors.
McLaughlin summarized the changes as having two main points: increasing the number of
Directors from seven to nine, with three of the nine appointed by the sitting Directors; and
instituting three-year terms, with Directors eligible to serve two consecutive terms and then
stepping down for a term before being eligible to serve again.
Price circulated a one-pager with her suggested changes to Section 2.1.1, covering Annual
Meetings, saying that the suggestions are meant to tighten the language and to include
provisions for future electronic voting.
Consensus agreement tabled further discussion to a meeting on Monday, August 14, 5:00pm,
Tillicum House, after Directors have had an opportunity to read the full proposal. Discussion
continued regarding the timing of the Annual Membership Meeting and of the distribution to the
membership of information concerning ballots, candidates, proposed amendments, etc.
The Annual Meeting was set for November 4, 10:00am, at Grace Episcopal. Hammock will check
on availability.
Elections materials will be included in the simplified Current and mailed in early September.
At this point Price moved to move ahead with the Agenda. Ambrose seconded. Unanimous.
4. KCPB Mission Statement. Price said she had requested this item be placed on the agenda,
noting that KCPB’s schedule conforms to expectations of a straightforward NPR-like station that
would eventually free some space on KMUN/KTCB to be more creative and perhaps controversial,
with one exception: Democracy Now! airing weekdays on KCPB from 9:00-10:00pm. Price asked
that discussion be tabled to the next meeting because of the fullness of the current Agenda.
5. Strategic Plan Update. Price and Hammock were unable to meet in July. Discussion tabled to
next meeting.
6. News Update. Cullimore suggested The Ship Report be shortened to about three minutes
and air daily within both Morning Edition and All Things Considered, freeing up more time within
Morning Edition for local news. A full Ship Report, including interviews and nautical lore, could be
broadcast weekly at another time. There was no discussion.
7. Solicitation of donation for Tillicum House roof. Price reported that she has received a firm
commitment of $10,000-$15,000, to be used for “best purposes,” from an anonymous donor.
8. The Current. Bob Goldberg, Teresa deLorenzo and David Paul have expressed an interest
in producing the Current on an unpaid volunteer basis. The Board will develop guidelines for the
Current, provide them to Bob, Teresa, David and anyone else who might be interested, and hear
their ideas at the next Board meeting.
9. NFCB Board training. Trying to find dates.
10. Computers/E-Mail. Nothing to report.
11. Website, Webstreaming, PayPal. Price reports all is working and ready for pledge drive,
and that Bob Goldberg is continuing to work on playlists.
12. Volunteer Manual. Menetrey is working on it.
13. Personnel Expenditures. Moved to Executive Session.
Regular Board Session adjourned 7:15pm. Hammock and Layton excused.
7. Executive Session. Convened 7:20pm. Personnel and salaries discussed. No action taken.
8. Adjourned 8:25pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Price
Secretary
Approved by the Board of Directors
September 14, 2006
Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, 10 August 2006
Tillicum House, Astoria
MINUTES
Attendance: Board Members Dave Ambrose, Margarita Cullimore, Chuck McLaughlin, Ray Merritt,
Carol Newman, Cindy Price, Bob Westerberg. Staff: Dave Hammock, Arlene Layton.
1. Agenda approved.
2. Minutes of July 13, 2006 meeting. Price moves, Westerberg seconds. Approved unanimously.
3. Staff Reports.
1. Development Department. Received with thanks. Attached.
2. Programming Department. Update included with GM’s report. Menetrey held a Programmer’s
Meeting, attended by about 30 people, on August 9, including a very entertaining presentation
by volunteer Chris Grant. She’s holding a pledge drive training session on August 12.
3. News Department. Received with thanks. Attached.
4. General Managers’ Report. (Written report attached.)
1. Grant Files. A one-page summary was presented in lieu of grant files. (Attached.) Hammock
will provide additional information upon request.
2. Tech/Facilities Update. Hammock provided modification and clarification to the last paragraph
of II.C. in the July Minutes, regarding the licensing of KCPB and upgrading its power to 300
watts, as follows:
The application to FCC for a license to operate KCPB was filed on Monday, August 7. Hammock
has been trying to file this application since April 2006 but has been subject to several delays
due to changes in FCC policy and a misunderstanding on Tillicum’s part about where the
transmitter was to be placed on the tower. A typical application is approved within six months to
a year. Once the license is approved the Foundation can then apply for a waiver to increase
KCPB’s power to 300 watts. The waiver would be, in general terms, for us to increase the power
despite the fact that it could possibly create some interference on an adjacent frequency
operated by the new religious channel. It then generally takes six months to a year to process
the waiver. Crigler has said he thinks we have a 90-plus percent chance of receiving the waiver.
5. New Business.
1. August KMUN/KTCB pledge drive. The drive is August 18-28. What should be the goal?
Previous summer drives have yielded about $30,000. Price suggests we peg the goal so that we
receive at least $200,000 in NFFS this fiscal year. (Previous financial reports have indicated that
we have received about $150,000 to date, not including the recent grant pledge.) Doing so
would meet the CPB requirement that would keep us eligible to receive their Incentive Grant,
which is 1.25 percent of NFFS (ie, if the NFFS = $200,000, the Incentive = $25,000.)
Ambrose and Hammock will determine the amount of NFFS we have received to date and
advise the Board by email on August 14 or 15.
6. Old Business.
1. GM’s Self-Appraisal Report. Received with thanks. Discussion moved to Executive Session.
2. KTCB/Wheeler Update. (Hammock reporting.) Several trips to Wheeler to bring a clear signal
to the area are detailed in Hammock’s August 5 email. (Attached.) The gist is that Nehalem is in
a reception dead zone and Manzanita can get a good signal only from 91.9, which means the
community won’t be able to get programming produced for and broadcast only on KTCB. One
possibility is that Wheeler could become a transmitter, if the FCC opens up to additional
transmitter filings. Engineer Gray Haertig has said he thinks the power could be increased to 100
watts (from 10) and that we might also look at a different placement of the antenna. EMF is
happy with its signal but unhappy with its landlord on a communications tower located on a hill
to the south and has indicated that it might be interested in developing a shared facility
elsewhere on that hill. A location there would provide line-of-sight to both Megler and Cape
Meares.
McLaughlin asked whether we now have on hand equipment that would enable us to provide
local content to KTCB. Hammock replied that we have equipment on hand that will do at least
part of the job. He had planned to get to Cape Meares and install this equipment in June but
that has been postponed until September/October because the Wheeler problems have
exhausted our funds for engineering. When funding again becomes available Hammock will
install an audio processor and another device that will get us closer to the goal. If the switch is
right we may be further along without having to buy as much as Hammock expects. Then
Hammock/Engineering need to decide how we’re going to transmit. Also, we must install a
communications link so that we can turn the transmitter off within a specified amount of time
should the FCC tell us to do so.
Price noted that an interim solution is to get advance notice of events in the KTCB area, recruit
a small team to record them, and broadcast them on KMUN/KTCB, and volunteered to help with
this.
3. Elections Committee Report. Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws were emailed to the
Board shortly before the meeting began and thus had not been read closely by the Directors.
McLaughlin summarized the changes as having two main points: increasing the number of
Directors from seven to nine, with three of the nine appointed by the sitting Directors; and
instituting three-year terms, with Directors eligible to serve two consecutive terms and then
stepping down for a term before being eligible to serve again.
Price circulated a one-pager with her suggested changes to Section 2.1.1, covering Annual
Meetings, saying that the suggestions are meant to tighten the language and to include
provisions for future electronic voting.
Consensus agreement tabled further discussion to a meeting on Monday, August 14, 5:00pm,
Tillicum House, after Directors have had an opportunity to read the full proposal. Discussion
continued regarding the timing of the Annual Membership Meeting and of the distribution to the
membership of information concerning ballots, candidates, proposed amendments, etc.
The Annual Meeting was set for November 4, 10:00am, at Grace Episcopal. Hammock will check
on availability.
Elections materials will be included in the simplified Current and mailed in early September.
At this point Price moved to move ahead with the Agenda. Ambrose seconded. Unanimous.
4. KCPB Mission Statement. Price said she had requested this item be placed on the agenda,
noting that KCPB’s schedule conforms to expectations of a straightforward NPR-like station that
would eventually free some space on KMUN/KTCB to be more creative and perhaps controversial,
with one exception: Democracy Now! airing weekdays on KCPB from 9:00-10:00pm. Price asked
that discussion be tabled to the next meeting because of the fullness of the current Agenda.
5. Strategic Plan Update. Price and Hammock were unable to meet in July. Discussion tabled to
next meeting.
6. News Update. Cullimore suggested The Ship Report be shortened to about three minutes
and air daily within both Morning Edition and All Things Considered, freeing up more time within
Morning Edition for local news. A full Ship Report, including interviews and nautical lore, could be
broadcast weekly at another time. There was no discussion.
7. Solicitation of donation for Tillicum House roof. Price reported that she has received a firm
commitment of $10,000-$15,000, to be used for “best purposes,” from an anonymous donor.
8. The Current. Bob Goldberg, Teresa deLorenzo and David Paul have expressed an interest
in producing the Current on an unpaid volunteer basis. The Board will develop guidelines for the
Current, provide them to Bob, Teresa, David and anyone else who might be interested, and hear
their ideas at the next Board meeting.
9. NFCB Board training. Trying to find dates.
10. Computers/E-Mail. Nothing to report.
11. Website, Webstreaming, PayPal. Price reports all is working and ready for pledge drive,
and that Bob Goldberg is continuing to work on playlists.
12. Volunteer Manual. Menetrey is working on it.
13. Personnel Expenditures. Moved to Executive Session.
Regular Board Session adjourned 7:15pm. Hammock and Layton excused.
7. Executive Session. Convened 7:20pm. Personnel and salaries discussed. No action taken.
8. Adjourned 8:25pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Price
Secretary
Approved by the Board of Directors
September 14, 2006
