Subject: Regular KDNK Board Meeting September 16, 2019 Location: KDNK classroom In Attendance: Andi, Shoshana, Bruce, April, Chris, Kara (by phone initially) By Phone: Jero Staff: Gavin Public: Absent: Scott, Dustin Call to Order: 5:35 pm
Topic: Discussion Points: Action Items:
● Check in Chris got a haircut.
● Minutes Approved July Minutes, unanimously
Approved August Minutes, unanimously April and Chris abstained due to absence
● GM Report: GM Report September 2019
FINANCES Membership Drive started on air Monday, August 19 and wrapped on Thursday, September 5. We brought in 60 new members (including individuals, families & businesses). Greg exceeded our projections for Business Challenges and as of today we have deposited over $35,000 for 2019. Stuffing envelopes at DJ meetings was a nice touch. Phone banking was more efficient thanks to lists exported from Salesforce.
Gavin: Switch to salesforce is paying off. Best data yet for the drive. Organized data helped us be more efficient. Will continue to improve with subsequent drives.
Still 18 days this time. Try to get to 14 days but include all DJs in the drive.
Chris: great energy during the drive and after. Kick-ass shows from DJs last week. All DJs shows should have a chance/challenge to participate in drive.
Gavin: Thank you shindig was also kick-ass. Great music, attendance, energy.
We received $1000 Record Club donations from Bridget Badon and Bob Purvis.
Aspen Thrift granted us $3500 for general operating for 2019. Received the check today so the dollar amount is not reflected on the Jan-Aug Budget vs. Actual.
Colorado Media Project grant work continues. Over 300 KDNK members (including businesses) qualified for the 3-month trial of The Colorado Sun. We will send invitations via email to this subset of members with a link to opt in to the Sun membership. We have received half of the $5k grant funds so far. I interviewed the editor of The Colorado Sun, Larry Ryckman, on August 29 and will interview reporter Jennifer Brown this week about their newest statewide project.
Classroom rental for a Colorado Mountain College class on American Sign Language is set for Monday nights October 7 through November 25. We are pleased to partner with CMC.
New underwriting is up from Aspen Skiing Company Caring for Community Foundation, for their upcoming 10K Run. Also Thunder River Theatre and Aspen Community Foundation renewed.
New underwriters via Business Challenge Match include: Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association, Sustainable Settings, The Dog Laundry, Roaring Fork Conservancy, Glenwood Springs Volkswagen, Basalt Library, OSM Delivery, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Lucks Digital, and Aspen Art Museum.
New grant applications include: Town of Basalt, Town of Carbondale, Garfield County, Two Rivers Community Foundation and Bristlecone.
Grants committee met September 5.
PROGRAMMING KDNK Music Director Luke Nestler is resigning effective October 5 after Record Sale at Potato Day.
Attended NPR’s annual membership meeting (remotely) and submitted annual NPR member survey. The total cost of NPR programming for the upcoming fiscal year is $12,812. That includes Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, Hidden Brain, and Latino USA. There is a 1% discount if paid in full, but due to cash flow considerations, we will pay quarterly. NPR announced the next CEO will be veteran media executive John Lansing.
I signed the MOU on behalf of RMCR to continue the agreement with KUNC for another year of Capitol Coverage with reporter Scott Franz. (Three of our partner stations made recent internal promotions. KOTO hired Cara Pallone as ED, KBUT hired Jackson Petito as GM, KRCC hired Kyle Cunningham as GM. Meanwhile KVNF and KHEN searches for new GMs continue.)
Aired live remote broadcasts from Village Smithy, Blue Spruce Coffee, and Sopris Park.
On my music show Double Take on September 3, KDNK world premiered new music by DJ Spooky and Stewart Copeland (drummer of The Police).
Next DJ orientation is September 19 at 5:15pm.
TECH Raleigh Burleigh attended the annual Sunlight Peak Users At her convenience Kara Association meeting on August 20. Question about whether will share Sunlight Peak removing trees would improve signal was not asked, but site engineering/technical perhaps should be investigated in the future. documents with Gavin, Bruce and Chris for their reading pleasure.
ENGAGEMENT Greg and I attended the Carbondale Chamber Biz After Hours at the Launchpad, hosted by the Carbondale Creative District on August 21.
Erin hosted a kids art booth at Rifle Farmers Market on August 23.
Beth Wysong and I hosted a KDNK and AZYEP booth at Aspen Farmers Market on August 24.
KDNK Member Shindig party was Saturday, September 7 at Village Smithy.
Upcoming events on the calendar include KDNK’s Halloween Dance Party at Third Street Center on October 31, the Annual Membership Meeting at Third Street Center on November 18, Labor of Love at CoVenture on December 6, and Mr. Roaring Fork on either December 21 or 28 at Batch.
● Board Committee reports:
Events Committee: October 5th Record Sale is on cruise control.
Need help on Halloween Dance Party, Thursday October Invite all. Spread the 31 at Third Street Center with live band Tnertle. Will be a word. Elbow grease may blast. be required day of.
Labor of Love is on the horizon, First Friday in December at Be thinking about Labor
CoVenture. We talked about reinvigorating this event last of Love. Reaching out for
year and need to give it board help and attention. donations. Joint meeting with clay center at some point?
Mac Scott is newest member of committee. Next Meeting: next
Monday the 23rd.
Strategic Planning We are not going to be done by October. Early Spring Gavin will prepare survey Committee: expected. Survey expected to be ready soon. Stakeholder for finalization at outreach meetings needed. meeting. Chris: combine with Annual meeting? General agreement that could be one of them.
Next Meeting on this
Wednesday Sept. 18.
Board Improvement & Andi: Last meeting we talked about asks for potential board Continue working your Recruitment: members. Several possible candidates were brainstormed. contacts. Yet to be A few strong leads and other future interest. approached prospects should be approached asap to have time ahead
of election.
Finance Committee & Finance Committee did not meet. During middle of drive- Budget: staff overworked.
Chris: Membership income is at 66%. If we were on pure Gavin will get info from
fall/spring membership cycles we should be near to 100%. Erin on membership
Need more info on how much is in Sustie that will come in, breakdown and how much is pledged but not paid. Can we add new outstanding pledges for donations to annual fund total yet? next meeting.
Grants Committee: Met last week and submitted a few grants. Will meet again in October to review new
grants
Tech Committee: Spinitron recognition software has rolled out. Some bumps at first but seems to be getting better.
Chris: Can be stumped by vinyl, but pretty accurately gets CD or digital formats. Big improvement for DJs.
Bruce: in-car radio data system? How can we get songs to Tech committee will
be shown in car system screen? investigate ways to
Gavin: limited by the live nature of KDNK. Those typically improve RDS rely on preprogrammed playlists. However it’s possible the compatibility. technology akin to spinitron recognition will develop enough to transmit to cars. Not sure of current capability.
Gavin: Dad from home (WebLib) is officially dead for the foreseeable future. Can’t be configured by ENCO to allow
simultaneous logins from multiple DJs at once, making
$5,000 price tag not worth it.
CAB: CAB is recruiting. CAB will attempt to have next meeting Meeting date TBD. while Luke is still on staff so that he can offer his wisdom.
● New Business Thanks to Bruce, a draft facilities use plan was ready today. All please review draft / Public Some board members missed it, so it was not dug into. facilities use plan ahead Comment of next meeting.
Gavin will solicit staff input once board has reviewed.
● Executive Entered executive session at 7:20 to discuss personnel. Separate executive session: Exited at 8:00. session minutes available to board.
● Adjourn Adjourned at 8:00