Summary of iPNB Meeting of March 2002
The interim Pacifica National Board (iPNB) held its meeting in Los Angeles, CA, March, 8, 9, 10, 2002. The iPNB meeting was held at Virgil Middle School Auditorium, located at 152 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90004, on the northeast corner of Vermont & 1st Avenue, approximately one mile west of downtown Los Angeles. Here's a map of the location.
We are informed that any announcement of this location also requires the following notice: “Use of these school premises has been granted pursuant to the provisions of sections 17400 et seq. of the California Education Code to the Pacifica Foundation from the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. The Board of Education does not sponsor or take responsibility, nor does it necessarily endorse any of the activities, statements, or opinions which may be expressed at this meeting or activity.”
When Pacifica Management releases the minutes for this meeting we will post them or link to them from here.
Dan Coughlin, interim Executive Director of the Paficia Foundation, made a report at this meeting.
Some notable motions brought up at this meeting were as follows:
| Motion | Disposition |
| To move the headquarters of the Pacifica foundation back to Berkeley, CA | Passed |
| To remove the Treasurer | Failed |
| To authorize a search for a “treasurer/chief financial officer” who would serve voluntarily and not be a member of the board. (Jabari Zakiya is currently Treasurer, he voted against this motion.) | Passed |
| Proposal for establishment of a board committee to review and draft proposed revisions to the Pacifica Foundation bylaws | Passed |
| To settle the Pacifica Network News (PNN) stringers' strike (even though PNN no longer exists). | Passed |
The above is by no means a list of all of the motions passed at this meeting. We await the minutes of the meeting for that. Here is more on this meeting from a member of a New York City listeners' group who was there.
Below is the updated and official agenda of this meeting.
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