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CPB Board of Directors 2007 Annual Meeting

• For Immediate Release on October 22, 2007

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.

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.