Board Meeting Notes–11/29/16

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WESU Board Meeting — 11/15/16
Babe:

  • Fixing the manual outside the studio, working to make it more concise

Julia:

  • Everyone sign up for practical times!
  • Ben M sent an email out about how to do a practical exam, there are also instructions in the folder
  • Lots of frantic service hour requests–respond to them please!
  • People going to MD service hours most of all!

Beth:

  • Made the poster for La Boca–will print out so people can start postering
  • Press release written for La Boca and about to get sent out
  • Haven’t gotten to WesCard people yet

Wyatt:

  • Hoping to sell T-shirts on Friday 11-1pm–Ben G will try to reserve the table

La Boca:

  • 30 tickets sold so far–no board members! Board members, buy tickets
  • Maybe offering it at the staff meeting to see if people can just hand you $25
  • Less student involvement but hoping to reach the community even more
  • Email needs to go out notifying the public

MD:

  • Another review that’s about to go up on the blog!

PSAs:

  • Made an announcement at the town hall but no one has reached out yet
  • Make an announcement at the staff meeting as well
  • Let’s figure out a time to meet and start producing

Pledge Drive:

  • ¾ of the way through the pledge drive! Almost there
  • Made a new promo promo to go out there–can anyone make any new promos? Babe will make one–everyone be cognizant of this
  • It’s #givingtuesday! We should have figured out matching donations earlier–how did Ben M find out? How can we find out about this earlier next time?

Sexual Harassment Policy/Training:

  • What is the timeline for this? Should we meet with CL?
  • We can change one section in our draft for the end of the semester–will do this before next week
  • When do we want this training to be?
    • Should it be a one-time thing or multiple offerings? Maybe a one-time thing but do it in training in the future
    • Should a non-student do the training? Many people leaning towards non-student. We will talk to Debbie about if she or Alysha would be able to do it
    • Doing it February meeting
  • B covering shows in December? No, the board says must wait till next season

CS Sponsorship:

  • Looking for a paid producer, looking for sponsorship?
  • It would be great to have shows with higher production values and support our staff but also we don’t want to compromise our status as a free-form radio station–we also can’t really spend money on just one show
  • What about MO’s show? That show is not underwritten but is part of that show’s community outreach. Could be a good model for CS to pursue
  • There are other great shows that sound very professional as well–we can provide resources within the organization
  • Becomes a difficult precedent when people sponsor their shows individually
  • We want to go to her with suggestions–so what other ways can we help her achieve her goals?
    • Encourage her to meet with other staff members (we could facilitate those interactions–provide her with these resources)
    • Middlesex Community College has a communications program–maybe she could reach out to interns at that organization?
    • Encourage her to help her own production skills–find an audio production skills!
    • Could we find a resource like Lynda to provide the staff with? Students have free access–we could look into a separate possibility
    • Providing a potential Audition workshop?

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