Board Meating Minutes PBS North Coast

Minutes: After reviewing the minutes of the August 16, 2018 Board Meeting, John VanerMolen questioned a word correction which stated "Discussion of updating PBS North Coast building was discussed with no infinite decision. ” Agreeably, the statement was changed to "Discussion of updating PBS North Coast building was discussed with no definite decision. " Michelle Sievertson motioned to approve the minutes as written and was seconded by Cindy Denbo. The minutes were unanimously approved. Committee Reports i. Finally, President Paul McNally proposed a motion on the resolution of the $30,000 withdrawn from the Humboldt Area Foundation. Chris Young motioned to approve the resolution as presented and was seconded by Cindy Denbo. The resolution was unanimously approved. Paul McNally opened the floor for approval of the financial report for July.

Alex Stillman motioned to approve the budget as presented and was seconded by Michelle Sievertson. Alex Stillman motioned to approve and was seconded by Carol Larsen. The resolution was unanimously approved. John deliberated a possible space for relocation in the Henderson Center mall, specifically Staples and Blockbuster's old space. He further stated that Alex Stillman would contact Pierson's Building Company. Alex stated that he had conferred the Staples location with Frank Pierson and discussed the size of the area in question and stated that it is approximately 23,548 sq. Paul McNally suggested on exploring an architect firm in San Francisco, if the board deems appropriate for the rehabilitation of our current building. On the same note, John VanderMolen proposed sending-out a RFP to some local architects along with questioning if the architect needs to have experience in TV station design.

David Gordon confirmed that the required design would need a specialized architect and in that case, Paul McNally called for a motion to approve John VanderMolen and Alex Stillman in moving forward on an RFP process to find an architect specifically for the renovation of the current PBS North Coast building. Chris Young moved to approve the motion and was seconded by Alex Stillman. This motion was unanimously approved as presented. Besides, Vice President, Cindy Denbo, proposed the distribution of posters regarding our upcoming event. Cindy pointed out that the material should be sent out for Save the Date, whereby she stated the it was being printed. Further, Cindy argued that the invitations to be done as soon as we knew more about the sponsors and the menu.

She also suggested that we would have a Spirit of the North Coast spot taping on August 30th. Cindy also conveyed that she had proposed doing an ad for the Chef's Dinner, and doing free live interviews through bicoastal media with David. Additionally, Shannon pointed out that the participants in local chamber mixers to make announcements about membership and current special events. Shannon proposed to the board in participating in the phone bank on the first night of the auction October 29th. Paul McNally suggested and formulated committee assignments in which facility Relocation committee would include John VanderMolen, as the chairperson along with Alex Stillman, Carol Larsen, and Chris Young. Additionally, the governance committee would comprise of Cindy Denbo, as the chairperson along with Maggie Fleming, Chris Young, and Alex Stillman.