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Friends of WWOZ, Inc. Governance Board Meeting General Manager's Friends of WWOZ, Inc. Governance Board Meeting General Manager’s Report Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1. Membership. As of July 31, 2013, WWOZ has received $17,184 from 976 donors, compared to the $12,825 received from 952 donors by the same date in 2012. The fall 2013 Membership Drive begins on Tuesday, November 5 and ends on Friday, November 15. 2. Underwriting. WWOZ generated $7,275 in revenue from underwriting through July 31, 2013, compared to $8,683 in July 2012. New underwriting clients include Harrah's Casino, Live Nation, Mojito's Rum Bar & Grill, Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Fest, Joule Solar Energy, Rounder Records/Allen Toussaint, Old Algiers Market Corporation, and The Saenger Theatre. 3. Major Giving. Major Giving has received $3,320 from five major donors as of July 31, 2013, compared to the $3,000 received from four major donors during the same period last year. WWOZ’s Reel to Reel Movie Series, hosted by The Theaters at Canal Place, kicked off on September 2, 2013, with the Ray Charles biopic Ray, starring Jamie Foxx. In September and October of 2013, The Theaters at Canal Place will screen a different New Orleans-related movie twice each week, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit WWOZ. Bay BridgeFest’s Lee Seal and Leo Seal III, both major WWOZ donors, have sponsored WWOZ’s live remote broadcast from the Bay BridgeFest in Bay St. Louis, MS on October 26-27, 2013, and have committed an additional $6,500 to WWOZ for operating support. WWOZ will host a Birthday Bash donor event at Tipitina’s on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Major Giving Officer Lauren Del Rio is currently working with consultant Lisa Ondak at MajorGiving on revamping the WWOZ Social Aid and Pleasure Club giving program for major donors. 4. Swamp Shop. Swamp Shop revenue totaled $2,318 in August 2013, bringing the FY 2014 total to $5,035, an increase of 7% year to date. Swamp Shop is preparing for the start of festival season by increasing inventory of the most popular merchandise items. WWOZ has initiated both regularly-scheduled on-air announcements and more frequent digital pushes through our social media platforms to direct listeners and members to the online Swamp Shop store. 5. Gambit’s Best of New Orleans 2013. Once again, WWOZ was voted “Best Radio Station” in New Orleans by more than 4,500 readers of the Gambit weekly. Page 1 of 8 Friends of WWOZ, Inc. Governance Board Meeting General Manager’s Report Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6. Development. On August 1, 2013, General Manager David Freedman was interviewed by Erin Nicole from WGNO-TV for a “News with a Twist” segment about Mango Freeze being available year-round at Rouses; the interview is available on the WGNO website. WWOZ’s presence at the Rouses Supermarket in Mid-City for their inaugural “Block Party” on Saturday August 3, 2013, was such a success that WWOZ returned again on August 4, 8, and 10, bringing a different brass band to Rouses each day. New Orleans icon Irma Thomas is partnering with WWOZ for our fall 2013 Membership renewal letter campaign; all renewing members will receive a letter from Ms. Thomas encouraging them to renew their support of WWOZ. The August and September 2013 issues of OffBeat Magazine featured Kermit Ruffins and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews in WWOZ’s “Guardians of the Groove” campaign. WWL-TV and WWOZ will co-produce a monthly interview segment called “WWOZ Guardians of the Groove.” The first segment will air on WWL-TV on Wednesday, September 18 at 10:00pm, and features Benny Jones, Sr. of the Treme Brass Band, interviewed by WWOZ show host Bill DeTurk on location at the Candlelight Lounge. 7. Outreach. On August 3, 2013, WWOZ Outreach hosted a table at the first WWOZ/Rouse’s Block Party at the supermarket’s N. Carrollton location, signing up store customers for WWOZ’s mailing list and ‘OZone newsletter. On August 21, 2013, Outreach Coordinator Dimitri Apessos attended Loyola University’s Resource Fair, at which he introduced students to WWOZ and signed up potential volunteers. On August 28, 2013, Outreach attended the fifth annual Culture Collision event at Generations Hall, a meet-and-greet of local cultural and arts organizations. WWOZ Outreach and Euclid Records produced three “WWOZ Private Collections” events at the music venue Siberia on St. Claude Avenue on August 4, 11 & 25, 2013. This new series of events features WWOZ show hosts playing their own records during Siberia’s Sunday Happy Hour from 6pm to 9pm, with WWOZ receiving a portion of the bar proceeds. The next “WWOZ Private Collections” event will take place on Sunday, September 29. On September 7, 2013, WWOZ and Coventry Health Care held its first Affordable Health Care Forum at dba on Frenchmen Street, focusing on the implications of Affordable Health Care Act for the local arts community. The second Affordable Health Care Forum will take place on Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Gasa Gasa on Freret Street, from 3-5pm. Page 2 of 8 Friends of WWOZ, Inc. Governance Board Meeting General Manager’s Report Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8. New Media. WWOZ and web development consultants C4 Tech have developed an embeddable WWOZ streaming audio player for placement on WWLTV.com’s “Guardians of the Groove” webpage, scheduled to go live in late September 2013 as a companion to the monthly “WWOZ Guardians of the Groove” segments set to air on WWL-TV. A portion of the WWOZ Livewire will also be available on the webpage, via an XML feed. WWOZ and C4 Tech have also developed an updated streaming audio player for wwoz.org, which will support all platforms, rendering the player operable on iPhones and iPads. New Media Director David Stafford plans to launch the updated audio player on October 21, 2013, well ahead of the Fall Membership Drive start date of November 5, 2013. The fourth season of the Takin' It to the Streets webpage and podcast, covering second line and Mardi Gras Indian events, began on August 21, 2013 with an interview with Leon Anderson of the Valley of the Silent Men S & P Club. WWOZ now hosts an Instagram page, which was used to post pictures from the Satchmo SummerFest; WWOZ will also feature pictures of its outreach events on its Instagram page. 9. Joy of Jazz Festival. For the second year in a row, WWOZ was invited to attend the Joy of Jazz Festival 2013, which took place in Johannesburg from August 22-24, 2013. WWOZ Operations Assistant Jorge Fuentes and Production Assistant Russell Shelton attended the festival as the guests of the South African National Department of Tourism, and WWOZ staff attended performances by several New Orleans artists, including Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, James Andrews, David Batiste, and Kid Merv, as well as performers such as Abdullah Ibrahim, Amina Figarova, and Rene Marie. Peter Eladi, Executive Producer of Joy of Jazz, expressed the desire to expand WWOZ’s participation in the Joy of Jazz, and will meet with WWOZ’s David Freedman in New Orleans during Jazz Fest 2014. 10. Society of American Archivists. WWOZ General Manager David Freedman attended the Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists and the Society of American Archivists, held from August 11-17, 2013 in New Orleans at the Hilton Riverside Hotel. On August 16, 2013, Freedman was one of five speakers at the education session “What’s Left of the Left End of the Dial?” The session addressed the importance and challenges of non-commercial radio archiving, and discussed efforts to preserve and provide access to materials, the difficulties posed by different audio formats, and the research value of archives, among other topics. The panel included archivists from UCLA, the University of Maryland, Pacifica Radio, and Democracy Now! Page 3 of 8 Friends of WWOZ, Inc. Governance Board Meeting General Manager’s Report Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11. In-Studio Guests. July 1, 2013: Martin Centoblie Jr, Kurt Wolfe, Ralph Madison, Marshall Woodcorth, Nayo Jones, Shirley Jones July 3, 2013: Michael Liuch July 5, 2013: Maranda Leduc July 6, 2013: Doyle Cooper, David Roe July 10, 2013: Luther Grey, Sarah Quintana, Sasha Masakowski, Ernest Kelly July 11, 2013: Amy Kirk, Wendell Brunious, Andrew Ward, Margaret Newman July 12, 2013: Joe Theron, Wacko Wade, Little Freddie King July 16, 2013: King James, Christian Duane, Paul Morin July 17, 2013: Kidd Jordan, David & Roselyn July 18, 2013: Sean Carey, Danny Digman July 20, 2013: Jose Torres-Tama, Ingrid Lucia July 22, 2013: Jabari Greer, Kasimu Harris, Courtney Foret July 23, 2013: Margie Perez, Kristy Kruger, Mikalya, Zack Smith July 25, 2013: Selena Poznak, Seth Walker, Papa Mali July 26, 2013: John Rodi, Will Smith, Greg Schatz, Nick Sanders July 29, 2013: Amy Trail, Star and Dagger, Adam Grace, Tim Jones, Dean Moon, Bill Smith, Walter Young, Scott Kinnebren, Bill Smith, Marci Schramm July 30, 2013: Harold Gervais, Steve Picou, Lolis Elie, Billy Iuso, Vasti Jackson, Ian Neville, Ivan Neville July 31, 2013: Brad Keith August 1, 2013: Jim Mulligan, Dancin’ Man 504, Dan Marquis, Scott Fugate, C. Bruggs, Sue Strachan August 2, 2013: Mona Thicke August 3, 2013: Glenn Hall, Irma Thomas, Kurt Brunus, Warner Williams August 6, 2013: Andre Bohren, Michael Gencarelli, Pete DeAnna August 7, 2013: Queen Reesie Queen Bee, Dale Trigero, Maxwell Eaton, Jamie Wright, Desiree Evans August 9, 2013: Jerace Wilson, Deacon Julius, David Rogan August 12, 2013: Tippy Tippens, Todd Mathers, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee August 13, 2013: Kate Scranton, Reg Bruce, Ian Smith, Jacques Jorbus, John Lisi August 14, 2013: Shannon Critaroire August 15, 2013: Bruce Dear, Tom Worrell, Cha Wa, Ashley Barney August 16, 2013: John McGusher, Big Sam, Kolba Johnson, Jamie and Muffin Bernstein, Carmen Schroll, Renee Holiday August 19, 2013: Karina Kengotti August 20, 2013: Sienna Pinderhughes Page 4 of 8 Friends of WWOZ, Inc.
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