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For Immediate Release October 22, 2007
CPB Board of Directors 2007 Annual Meeting
The CPB Board of Directors will hold a concurrent in-person and special telephonic annual meeting on Monday, October 29, 2007, from 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm, and on Tuesday, October 30, from 9:00 -- 11:15 am. On the draft agenda:
Chair's and Directors' Remarks and Reports
President's Report
Update on Project Champion
Report on the Public Awareness Initiative
Review of Proposed By-Laws Amendments
Presentation on Ken Burns' The War
Presentation on the Arts and Public Broadcasting
Updates on Election 2008 Coverage Plan and American Archive
Discussion of 2008 Meeting Dates and Locations
Adoption of Resolutions of Appreciation
Update on CSG Policy Eligibility Criteria (Executive Session)
Update on CSG Grant Management System (Executive Session)
Review of Resolution Approving CEO's Service on External Non-Profit Boards (Executive Session)
Presentation on ITVS
Discussion of the Proposed International Taskforce
Election of Board Chair and Vice Chair
The proposed By-Laws amendments are to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.01, 4.12, 5.01, 5.02, and 8.01 regarding the specification of non-executive status for a chairman and employee indemnification.
From 11:30 am -- 12:30 pm on Tuesday, October 20, the Audit and Finance Committee will meet in a concurrent in-person and special telephonic session to discuss regular items of business, including: an update on the FY 2007 audit, an annual review of the board expense guidelines, an update from the Inspector General, and 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.
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CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 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.