8/14 KPFA LSB Resolution On Program Council-Only 3 members of outside community represente

8/14 KPFA LSB Resolution On Program Council-Only 3 members of outside community represented on Program Council board

8/14 KPFA LSB Resolution On Program Council

Program Council Resolution


Whereas:

a) One of the "specific powers & duties" of the Pacifica Foundation Local Station Boards (LSBs), according to Article 7, Section 3, Part g of the Foundation's by-laws, is: "To work with station management to ensure that station programming fulfills the purposes of the Foundation and is responsive to the diverse needs of the listeners (demographic) and communities (geographic) served by the station, and that station policies and procedures for making programming decisions and for program evaluation are working in a fair, collaborative and respectful manner to provide quality programming;"

b) Any properly functioning media outlet should regularly evaluate its existing programming and consider proposals for new programs and special broadcasts;

c) KPFA for decades relied on a Program Council (PC) to help fulfill these functions; the KPFA Local Station Board (LSB), in April, 2004, adopted a resolution affirming the composition and powers of the PC; and that body functioned effectively as recently as 2007;

Therefore be it resolved that:

1) KPFA shall immediately reconstitute its PC;

2) The PC shall consist of the following as voting members:
- the station's Program Director or, if that position is vacant, someone else appointed by the station's General Manager;

- one representative from the Training, Music, News, and Public Affairs Departments, elected by the paid staff in each department;

- four representatives of the unpaid staff, plus two alternates, elected by the Unpaid Staff Organization;

- three members of the LSB, elected by the LSB;


- three community representatives, elected by the LSB.

3) The members shall serve two year terms, except those elected by a KPFA unit that has it's own bylaws which specify a shorter term.

4) The program director is the chair/facilitator of the PC. If the position is vacant, then the body may select a chair/facilitator from among the membership. A simple majority of PC members shall constitute a quorum.

5) The PC shall observe confidentiality procedures, but must release, promptly and post publicly, minutes recording all decisions of the body.

6) The Program Council’s duties are to:

- regularly evaluate each individual program and present the results of its evaluations to the relevant department head and programmer(s), with the goal of helping the programmer(s) improve her/his/their work;

- solicit and evaluate proposals for new programs;

- solicit and evaluate proposals for special programming; and

- regularly evaluate KPFA's overall program grid.

7) In the event that the Program Director or General Manager rejects a recommendation of the PC, the PC may appeal the decision to the LSB.

8) The LSB may overrule the decision of the Program Director or General Manager to reject a recommendation from the PC.

9) In carrying out its bylaws-mandated evaluations of the incumbent Program Director and General Manager, the LSB shall consider, among other issues, how well said managers have worked with the PC and complied with the terms of this resolution.


[Above motion approved at the KPFA LSB Meeting held on August 14, 2010.]