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An executive session to deal with confidential legal issues before the foundation **may** be convened if necessary.

The purposes of meeting are:
1) Executive Director report
2) Finance Cmte report
3) Digital Distribution report
4) Affiliate Director election process and timeline
5) KPFA/UPSO recognition issue
6) NES Report
7) Motion #1 by Lisa Davis re: WBAI salary reductions
8) Rescind part of Motion #2 Wendy Schroell
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Motion #1 by Lisa Davis
Whereas the PNB motion passed on September 29, 2007 concerning the WBAI budget included the following stipulations:

a) Any salary cuts shall apply equally to all employees.
b) Any salary cuts, staff cuts or restructuring at WBAI shall not be implemented without consulting the paid and unpaid staff and unions and shall be consistent with union contracts.

and

Whereas the WBAI Interim General Manager has reported to the WBAI Finance Committee that the salary reductions he has implemented exempt employees who have not received increases in the past two years, and that he has not consulted with the unpaid staff union on this matter, and

Whereas AFTRA, the union representing the WBAI paid staff, has filed a grievance concerning those salary reductions,

Therefore be it resolved, that the PNB requests that the Executive Director:

1. direct the WBAI Interim General Manager to comply with the PNB's Sept. 29 motion concerning a) the equal application of salary cuts to all employees and b) consultation with the unpaid staff union, and

2. fast-track the review of the AFTRA grievance on this issue with the intent to make any required salary adjustments before the next pay date, and

3. provide the PNB with a written report of the steps taken pursuant to this motion by November 28, 2007.

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Motion #2 by Wendy Schroell to rescind parts 3 and 4 of the PNB MOTION ON DISCRIMINATORY DELEGATE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS previously adopted by the PNB, which reads as follows:

1. The Pacifica National Board (PNB) declares that it is contrary to
the Pacifica mission and the Foundation's policy forbidding
discrimination, and shall not be allowed, for any Delegate candidate
to use Pacifica resources to distribute discriminatory statements on
the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, ability/disability, or age, as part of
any
written or oral election-related statements.

2. The PNB charges the Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racism
and Sexism with developing recommendations to the PNB for a mechanism
to administer and enforce the above-stated policy, and also supports
the existing work of the Committee to develop a plan for anti-racism
training throughout the network.

3. The PNB condemns the racist characterizations in the candidate
statement of WBAI Delegate candidate Al bert So lomon, who has since
been disqualified, as discriminatory against people of African
ancestry and contrary to the Pacifica mission.

4. The PNB urges the National Election Supervisor to arrange that:

a) an on-air statement noting Mr. Solomon's disqualification
and summarizing this motion be aired on WBAI with the same frequency
as the candidate carts;

b) a mailing be sent to all WBAI members with the text of
this motion and an explanatory note;

c) the original candidate statement of Albert Solomon be
restored to the Pacifica website so that all are clear on the
offensiveness of his words, alongside the text of this motion; and

d) the text of this motion be published prominently on the
pacifica.org/elections webpage and on the webpage with the WBAI
Listener Candidates