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Public Radio in Mid America<\/strong>
Board of Directors Meeting<\/strong>
August 21, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Called to Order:<\/strong> 2:30 pm Eastern Time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone in attendance by telephone: <\/strong>
Paul Maassen
Neenah Ellis
Myrna Johnson
Regina Dean
Nico Leone
Steve Schram
Dan Skinner
Richard Miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approval of minutes from July 2019.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR Compact discussion: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maassen\nobserves that the tiered system actually was harsher on the smaller stations\nand they seem to be expressing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina\nwonders why the chart wasn\u2019t flip-flopped. Why don\u2019t the bigger stations pay a\nhigher percentage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nand Steve offer the observation that the numbers would get huge, the bigger\nstations would end up paying a huge increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays there\u2019s no board or staff plan that hasn\u2019t been discussed publicly. They\nare waiting for input from all the stakeholders.  There will be a little\nmore work to get to a third draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nimplications of the first model at all 6 meetings showed a big impact on the\nlarge stations without solving problems for the small stations.  They have\nfocused on inequity on what similar sized stations are paying.  Trying to\ncorrect for that without doing a lot of damage. Nico guesses that based on\nfeedback, there are big questions about why it\u2019s impacting some stations more\nthan other and answers will come once they answer those questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina\nwonders if the stations have stepped up and given the input that NPR has\ninvited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays it seems like a good diversity of stations have been represented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM\nsays it\u2019s important to note that they are just talking about membership when\nthey talk about revenue as it refers to fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve\nsays that some of the larger stations have only a modest increase because of\nthe way they define revenue now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays Gemma has shown a breakout of increases, average increase of extra-large\nstations is about 5%.  The larger stations as a group pay more, but\nthere\u2019s a lot of variation among them.  Same with small stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myrna\nwonders whether they will stick with the membership revenue model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays they will be thinking about the wild swings among the cohorts and that\nmembership revenue seemed to be the best metric to use over time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve\nsays the new model doesn\u2019t bring in a lot of new revenue for NPR but it\u2019s meant\nto make the payments by stations more equitable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nhave been so many changes in development at NPR, says Steve, that it\u2019s hard to\npredict when they will stabilize and be able to raise more money, which we are\nall anticipating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ntimeline laid out by NPR is this:  September board meeting and further\ndiscussion in the fall at the super regional.  Hope to get guidance from\nthe board in September.  The board might vote in November, or February at\nthe latest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays in the compact discussions therewas more of an us v them among the small\nand large stations.  PRIMA can help to keep the tone from shifting in that\ndirection. Pual agrees that we need to keep the conversations productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR Elections:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nboard candidates\u2019 forum went well, hosted by Paul.  There were five\ncandidates. A good discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\nsays a rotating schedule of regional orgs to be the moderators of the\ncandidates\u2019 forums from here on out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina\nasks about progress in the selection a new President of NPR.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nsays the process has begun, he expects an update for the board in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Super Regional Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgette\nfeels we\u2019re in good shape.  105 attendees now. Tracks with previous super\nregionals.  There should be more sign ups by the end of the week. \nGeorgette urges everyone to get their hotel reservation in asap. Not all the\nsessions are spelled out yet. NPR has not announced the details of their\nsessions yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nthere are enough of PRIMA board there, we could have a reception. TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRPD\n2020 might be in New Orleans next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRIMA SPRING CONFERENCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should\nwe have one?  Regina says numbers are steady.  Myrna adds that having\na deep topic is important.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nadds that we won\u2019t really know for a while what the big topic is.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve\nasks about when the CSG review will be final.   Nico says the process\nmight finished by calendar year end. And the Station Compact groups and the CSG\ngroups are aware of what the other is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\ntraditionally do it in May.  Let\u2019s not do it in Chicago, says Regina. It\u2019s\ncostly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\nasks if Kansas City is a good option.  Nico suggests that they could do it\nif that\u2019s the decision.  Paul says we\u2019ve discussed Cincinnati in the past.\nMyrna suggests Milwaukee. Steve seconds. WUWM has a large conference room with\na hotel immediately adjacent. They are near the Harley Davidson museum. NE\nmentions Louisville. They are not members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Housekeeping items:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      \nWe\u2019ve\noffered scholarships in the past to our own meetings.  We used to offer\nthem to super regional but no longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      \nThere\u2019s\ndiscussion going on among PRRO leaders about regional meetings happening at the\nend of the meeting.  Paul asks: Should they happen at the end of the\nconference tor not?  No strong feelings about this were expressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      \nRegina\nwonders if we will put forward a candidate for the PRRO award. She thinks Greg\nSchnirring is a good candidate.  Dave Edwards has been nominated. \nPaul says we could nominate someone as a group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      \nNext year\nwe could consider Greg for the PRRO award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico\nleaves the meeting at 3:28 Dan leaves the meeting at 3:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting is adjourned at 3:31 Eastern Time<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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