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The CPB Board of Directors to Meet May 1 and 2, 2006

• For Immediate Release on April 24, 2006

The CPB Board of Directors will meet Monday, May 1, 2006, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and on Tuesday, May 2, from 9:00 - 11:30 am. On the draft agenda: - Report from the Corporate Governance Committee

- General Responsibilities and Respective Roles of the Board of Directors, Board Chair, and President

- Resolution: General Responsibilities and Respective Roles of the Board of Directors, Board Chair, and President

- Personnel Matters Related to Senior Staff [Executive Session]

- Report from the Audit & Finance Committee

- Review of Draft Audit & Finance Committee Charter

- Resolution: Audit & Finance Committee Charter Approval

- Review and Approval of New Policies

- Receipt of FY 2005 Audit

- Project Champion - Summary Report

- Discussion of FY 2007 Preliminary Operating Budget

- Update on Children's Programming Initiative

- Report from ITVS on Independent Producers and Media Landscape

- Discussion of Board Retreat for Technology and Trends

- Resolution: Appreciation for Byron Knight The Audit & Finance Committee will meet from 9:00 - 10:00 am, Monday, May 1, 2006 to receive the FY 2005 audited financial statement, review the revised committee charter, interim financials, the FY 2007 preliminary operating budget, and to review financial reports involving proprietary information [executive session] and consider a confidential personnel matter [executive session].

With the exception of executive sessions, the public may attend and observe these meetings in the Blair-Killian Board Room of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

April 26, 2006 Update: The CPB Board is no longer accepting requests to address the Board at this meeting.

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,400 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.