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Minutes ( D R A F T ) BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Rosewall, Lichtenberg, Gerlach, Jones-Bey, Rudnitzki, Bock, President Rosewall called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. Egan/Powless MOTION to approve May, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes. APPROVED Advocacy Committee report presented by Mike Crane and Gerlach Gerlach and Donoghue were chosen by the committee to be co-chairs for the coming year. No board action required. Board Operations Committee report presented by Steele Steele reported that he has been appointed by Rosewall to chair the committee for the coming year. Jones-Bey/Lichtenberg MOTION to remove Paul Sturgul as an appointed member of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association Board due to his lack of attendance to any board meetings since his appointment. Requires ¾ vote of board. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE. Egan/Jones-Bey MOTION to appoint Michele Gerard Good to an appointed member of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association Board, pending the resignation from her elected position, through June, 2009. APPROVED\ Board members are encouraged to suggest potential appointees
to fill the unexpired term of the central Rudnitzki/Powless MOTION to approve the open meetings and open records policy presented. APPROVED Development Committee report presented by Rudnitzki Rudnitzki reported that she was chosen by the committee to be chair for the coming year. Additional gift forms were provided to board members, as were connections diagrams. No board action required Finance Committee report presented by Audit Report was presented to the committee, and the opinion was clean. Merrick/Gerlach MOTION to accept the audit. APPROVED.
Minutes ( D R A F T ) Page Two Sigman/Lichtenberg MOTION to renew resolution to immediately convert all stock donations to cash. APPROVED Egan/Lichtenberg MOTION to give final approval to the 2008-2009 budget. APPROVED Joint Committee of Development and Finance reported by Rosewall Rudnitzki/Lichtenberg MOTION to approve Gift Acceptance Policy, Endowment Funds Policy and Uniform Distribution policy as presented. APPROVED. Good/Sigman MOTION that Wisconsin Public Radio Association will establish a quasi-endowment account for the deposit of funds for ECB purposed pertaining to WPR. APPROVED Egan/Lichtenberg MOTION that Wisconsin Public Radio Association will establish two true endowment accounts for the deposit of endowment funds; one for the ECB purposes pertaining to WPR, and one for UWEX purposes pertaining to WPR. APPROVED Gilmore/Rudnitzki MOTION that adopts a uniform investing policy that mirrors the current investment policy as it regards the newly established quasi-endowment and true endowment funds. APPROVED 2008 UW-Colleges and Extension Chancellors Award was presented earlier in the month to the WPRA Board of Directors. Chet Gerlach presented an overview of the acceptance speech he delivered at the ceremony. Rosewall declared meeting adjourned at 2:28 PM. Next meeting:
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