The Wisconsin Public Radio Association
board of directors met in Madison on May 20 for their
spring meeting.
The board is comprised of 18 elected or
appointed members who advise the staff on strategic planning,
budgets and finance, community outreach, and fundraising
issues. At the May meeting the board addressed budgets,
board organization, and election of officers. Among the
action items:
The board approved the 2006 budget.
The board re-elected the current slate of
officers for the 2005-2006 fiscal year:
Bernie Kubale, president
Bill Merrick, vice-president
Joe Jopek, secretary
Teri McCormick, treasurer
The board also re-appointed four directors
with terms expiring in 2005.
Those directors are Dick Egan, Gary
Lichtenberg, Teri McCormick, and Sheehan Donoghue.
Board members discussed a proposed bylaw
amendment to increase the number
of appointed director seats from eight to
nine.
The concept of term limits was offered as
an option to achieve a goal of board diversification.
After lengthy discussion the board voted
not to adopt the proposed bylaw amendment.
The board will study the issue of term
limits for appointed and possibly elected directors as well.
The board adopted a statement
relating to "the independence and editorial integrity of
public broadcasting" and sent it to members of the
Corporate for Public Broadcasting:
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