Texas Student Publications

Board of Operating Trustees

October 20, 2000

Minutes

Voting members present: Sara Beechner, George Castillo, Craig Daniel, Dave Garlock, Stephen Little, Natalie Mayrath, Ariel Santschi, Natasha Solce, Senyo Tse, Doug Toney.

Voting members absent: Don Heider.

Non-voting members present: Margarita Arellano, Jenny Hager, Jennie Kennedy, Kathy Lawrence, Rosa Madriz, Cecily Sailer, Stephen Silver, Ben Stroud.

Non-voting members absent: Daron Roberts.

Professional staff present: Mary Felps, Richard Finnell, Beverly Fisher, John Foxworth, Evelyn Gardner, Jean Hogue, Dan Knight, Steve Metze, Douglas Plummer, Jack Simons, Jerry Thompson.

The meeting was called to order by President Solce at 3:05 p.m.

I. Report of the Executive Committee.

Garlock said the executive committee met earlier in the day and discussed the financial report for September. Hogue reviewed the figures with the members of the Board.

II. Approval of Minutes, September 22, 2000, TSPBoard Meeting.

MOTIONNO. 1: Castillo moved to approve the Minutes of the September 22, 2000, TSPBoard meeting

as submitted. The motion passed.

III. New Business.

a. Request for waiver of Daily Texan editor requirements.

Lawrence said she had received notification from Brian Ferguson, who plans to stand for election in the spring for the position of editor of The Daily Texan. Further, he stated in his written correspondence, that he will not meet all criteria necessary for the position as specified in the TSPHandbook of Operating Procedures. It is his intention to seek action by the TSPBoard to waive the qualifications so that his candidacy can be considered. Ferguson was not present at the time to address the members of the Board.

Lawrence referred to her attached Memorandum to the members of the Board, which states that qualifications can be waived in the event there are fewer than two qualified candidates who seek certification. Therefore, until it has been determined how many qualified candidates submit applications, there is no action necessary or possible from the members of the Board concerning Ferguson’s correspondence.

b. Formation of Diversity Committee.

MOTIONNO. 2: Castillo moved to appoint members to the TSP Diversity Committee. The motion passed.

Solce requested volunteers to serve on the committee. Respondents included Lawrence, Solce, Madriz, Tse, Castillo, Santschi, Daniel, and Little. Solce said the initial meeting would be scheduled soon.

IV. Old Business.

a. KOOP status. Lawrence referred to her written report submitted to the members of the Board prior to the meeting adding that the day after she distributed her report TSP had received a payment of $833 from KOOP on October 13, 2000.

MOTIONNO. 3: Castillo moved to appoint the membership of the TSPTower Rental Committee.

The motion passed.

Solce requested volunteers to serve on the committee; respondents included Madriz, Metze, Beechner, Solce, Lawrence, Heider, and Castillo.

b. Update on TSPjob vacancies.

Lawrence introduced two new employees to the members of the Board. Beverly Fisher will handle marketing and promotion and Doug Plummer will handle operations.

MOTION NO. 4: Garlock moved to amend the Agenda for the meeting to allow discussion of an item of

new business. The motion passed.

After a brief presentation and discussion, Solce said she would entertain a motion to allocate no more than $2,500 to conduct a fall event for TSPwith the intention of creating synergy between TSP media entities.

MOTIONNO. 5: Garlock moved to allocate funds not to exceed $2,500 from the TSPspendable

reserve to cover the cost of a fall event intended to create synergy between TSP media outlets. The

motion passed.

V. Monthly Reports.

a. Report of the director. Lawrence referred to her written report. Garlock said the number of awards that have been received by TSP media and TSPstudents is impressive.

b. Reports of editors and station managers. Stroud said the October edition of Texas Travesty was finished and he shared copies with the members of the Board. Further, he reported 4,000 copies had been distributed and that an instructor from the Department of Advertising has contacted the Travesty staff about helping with the advertising sales effort for future editions. Madriz reported the benefit event for KVRX and the workshop for KVRX and KOOP underwriting sales have been rescheduled for November 4. No additional information was offered as amendments to the remaining written reports.

MOTIONNO. 6: Garlock moved to open discussion concerning item 3a of the Agenda [Request for

waiver of Daily Texan editor requirements]. The motion passed.

Brian Ferguson, who had requested requirements for editor of The Daily Texan be waived, addressed the members of the Board. He covered his media experience but reported he would not have sufficient work experience as a member of The Daily Texan staff at the time of the spring election. Lawrence reiterated her statement made earlier which she based on the content of the TSPHandbook of Operating Procedures.

MOTIONNO. 7: Garlock moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed.