Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
September 24, 1991
Extend Minority Consortia Commitments
Unanimously
WHEREAS,
on November 14, 1989, the Board adopted a Resolution authorizing the extension of CPB's commitment to the three minority consortia then in existence, and authorizing CPB's support of the creation and development of two new consortia that would join the existing three in expanding program diversity by encouraging and increasing high-quality minority programming; and
WHEREAS,
Management has informed the Board that it believes that the current minority consortia are being used effectively or will soon become effective as an important means of implementing the minority program initiatives established by CPB in response to the Congressional mandate to increase program diversity; and
WHEREAS,
Management has determined that the stability of the current individual minority consortia is critical to the successful achievement of CPB's goal of developing organizations that will expand program diversity by encouraging and increasing high-quality minority programming.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Board authorizes Management to extend its current commitments to the existing Latino, Asian-American and Native-American consortia, as well as its commitments to the new African-American and Pacific Islander consortia, on an annual basis beginning in 1992, and, from time-to-time when Management believes it necessary and prudent, to conduct open competitions for any or all of the five minority consortia, in accordance with the attached memorandum from Eugene Katt dated September 4, 1991; and that this Resolution expressly replaces and supersedes the Resolution of the Board dated November 14, 1989.