Members Absent:
Hildenbrand and Taft

Staff Present:
Gasper, Stockdale, Sherer, Kallenbach, Munson, Reyer, Estes, Purcell and Nalbandian

Call To Order:
President Kubale called the meeting of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association (WPRA) board to order at 1:00 PM on Thursday, May 29, 2005.

Approval of the Minutes of May 20, 2005:
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the May 20, 2005 WPRA board meeting. Motion carried by voice vote.

Chairman Kubale introduced Lisa Nalbandian as the new Northeast Regional Manager for Wisconsin Public Radio.

The business portion of the meeting was recessed with the introduction of Phil Corriveau to lead the board in a 2006 strategic planning process.

Call To Order
President Kubale reconvened the meeting of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association (WPRA) board at 8:15 AM on Friday, September 30, 2005.

Ramona Gasper was recognized for her receipt of UW Extension's Award For Excellence of Classified Staff at the 2005 Awards banquet held earlier in September.

Mary Kay Sherer made a presentation on major donors. She asked for comments on the draft case statement for major donors included in the board book.

Sheehan Donoghue was recognized for her fine hospitality and dinner for board members and staff.

Phil Corriveau presented his report focusing on technological and outreach accomplishments in his first year as Director of Radio.

Report of the Finance Committee:
Terri McCormick reported on the items discussed at the committee meeting. The tentative WPRA Fiscal Year 2006 budget had been approved at the previous meeting but now required final acceptance.

Ms. McCormick moved, seconded by Mr. Eagan, approval of the WPRA Fiscal Year 2006 budget. Motion carried by voice vote.

She also reported that the committee had a phone conference with the auditors and discussed several items.

Questions on Whad' Ya Know's budget, endowment account management and assurance of WPRA funds committed to radio expenditures were discussed at length.

Copies of WPRA's 2004-2005 Audit Report were distributed at the meeting.

Report of the Board Operations Committee:
Pat Sebranek reported that the committee reviewed the process for the forthcoming election of board members in 5 regions of the state and made some minor adjustments. He outlined the process which is scheduled to start November 1, 2005 with on-air announcements.

The committee also discussed a conflict of interest policy. John Munson will prepare a draft policy which will be included in the board's book for the January, 2006 meeting.

The question of term limits for board members was tabled by the committee to allow further exploration and discussion.

The following dates and locations for 2006 board meetings were established:

• January 13, 2006, Offices of the Educational Communications Board (ECB), Madison
• May 19, 2006, Madison
• September 28-29, 2006, Location identified later

President Kubale encouraged directors to contact him or Mr. Corriveau regarding agenda items for future meetings.

Adjournment
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn. Motion carried by voice vote. Meeting adjourned 11:52 A M.