Meetings

RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023

7 approved; 1 absent

Resolved,

That the Board of Directors

of the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

 Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences

 to the Family and Friends of

Frank Blythe

Founding Executive Director, Native American Broadcasting Consortium, 1976-2006

We will long remember with gratitude Frank Blythe as a visionary leader who was proud of his Native American heritage and who elevated and shared authentic stories of Native American culture.

Frank (Eastern Band of Cherokee/Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) was one of six Native Americans on the organizing committee for Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium (NAPBC) and executive director of the organization for its first 30 years.

During his tenure, NAPBC evolved from a library that circulated videotapes and films that public television stations could broadcast locally to an organization that helped create, produce, and distribute films by Native American storytellers. With Frank at the helm, NAPBC launched the CPB-supported $500,000 annual television program fund (now known as Vision Maker Media’s Public Media Fund), for Native producers to produce stories and Native productions. NAPBC also began American Indian Radio on Satellite, which launched The Native Radio Network and Native America Calling as the first daily all-Native live radio talk show, which is still on the air today.

Frank’s legacy is Vision Maker Media, which continues to empower and engage Native peoples to share their stories under the outstanding leadership of Frank’s daughter, Francene Blythe-Lewis.

The CPB Board of Directors marks Frank Blythe’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

RESOLUTION

PUBLIC SESSION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, October 16, 2023

   7 in favor; 1 absent

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors appoints the directors listed below to serve on the Audit and Finance Committee:

  Audit and Finance   

Liz Sembler, Committee Chair

Ruby Calvert

Diane Kaplan

FURTHER RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors re-establishes the Interconnection Committee and appoints the directors as listed below to serve on this committee:

Interconnection   

Ruby Calvert, Committee Chair

Tom Rothman

Liz Sembler

RESOLUTION

PUBLIC SESSION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, October 16, 2023

7 in favor; 1 absent

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors hereby approves the attached FY 2024 Operating Budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

RESOLVED,

The President and Chief Executive Officer may, from time to time, make reallocations in the line items of the budget not to exceed ten (10) percent of any line item, provided that such changes are consistent with statutory allocations contained in the Public Broadcasting Act and further provided that the Board is informed sufficiently in advance of such reallocations through reports from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to enable comments or questions if any.

RESOLVED,

Consistent with the authority delegated above, in the event of federal budget action that affects CPB’s FY 2024 appropriation, the President and Chief Executive Officer may adjust the overall budget to comply with such action.

RESOLUTION

PUBLIC SESSION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, October 16, 2023

7 in favor; 1 absent

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors adopts the following board meeting dates and locations for calendar year 2024:

Date: Location:

FURTHER RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors adopts the following revised meeting schedule for the remainder of calendar year 2023:

Date: Location:

RESOLUTION

PUBLIC SESSION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, October 16, 2023

 7 approved; 1 absent

WHEREAS,

The Communications Act requires CPB to support diverse non-commercial educational content for unserved and underserved audiences and to make public media’s content available for free to rural and urban audiences throughout the United States.

WHEREAS,

Locally owned and operated public media stations are uniquely connected to America’s communities and positioned to reflect and serve the diverse and varying populations of their communities.

WHEREAS,

CPB management has consulted with a panel of radio and television station representatives regarding changes to CSG policy that has informed management’s recommendations to the CPB Board.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT

The CPB Board of Directors hereby adopts CPB management’s recommendations for changes to the CSG Diversity Statement Requirement:

CPB encourages stations to continue to reflect and include their communities in station employment, membership on boards primarily responsible for station governance, community advisory boards (if required) and to provide educational, informational, and cultural content that meets the needs of the community populations they serve. Station activities and practices in support of these objectives must be consistent with the Equal Employment Opportunity provisions in the Community Service Grant General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria[1] and with other applicable federal and state laws.

To affirm this ongoing commitment, stations are required to adopt a “Community Representation Statement” that documents their support of these goals and how they plan to achieve them. The Community Representation Statement must be posted on the station’s website or made available at its central office. Stations must biennially review their Community Representation Statements with their governing body and modify them as necessary to reflect significant changes in their communities’ populations served and their strategies to serve them.