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The CPB Board of Directors Will Meet Monday, August 6, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii

  • For Immediate Release on July 30, 2007

The CPB Board of Directors will meet in a concurrent actual and telephonic public session on Monday, August 6, 2007, from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm HST (Hawaii Time) in Honolulu, Hawaii. On the draft agenda:

Chair's and Directors' Remarks and Reports

President's Report

Public Awareness Initiative

Project Champion

TV CSG Panel Recommendations

Presentations from Public Broadcasters in the Pacific region

CPB OMB Budget Request

American Archives, Education Projects, Internet Music Rights

FY 2008 Operating Budget and Business Plan

The public may attend and observe this meeting in the Parlor Room, Moana Surfrider Hotel, 2365 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815.

From 9:00 - 10:00 am HST on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, the Corporate Governance Committee will meet in public session to discuss regular items of business, including: an annual review of CPB's compliance with statutory mandates, the committee charter, a process for Board self-assessment, and proposed By-Laws amendments. The public may attend and observe this meeting in the Boardroom of the Moana Surfrider Hotel (address above) space permitting.

About CPB

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.

About CPB

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