Resolutions
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023
7 approved; 1 absent
Resolved,
That the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences
to the Family and Friends of
Frank Blythe
Founding Executive Director, Native American Broadcasting Consortium, 1976-2006
We will long remember with gratitude Frank Blythe as a visionary leader who was proud of his Native American heritage and who elevated and shared authentic stories of Native American culture.
Frank (Eastern Band of Cherokee/Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) was one of six Native Americans on the organizing committee for Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium (NAPBC) and executive director of the organization for its first 30 years.
During his tenure, NAPBC evolved from a library that circulated videotapes and films that public television stations could broadcast locally to an organization that helped create, produce, and distribute films by Native American storytellers. With Frank at the helm, NAPBC launched the CPB-supported $500,000 annual television program fund (now known as Vision Maker Media’s Public Media Fund), for Native producers to produce stories and Native productions. NAPBC also began American Indian Radio on Satellite, which launched The Native Radio Network and Native America Calling as the first daily all-Native live radio talk show, which is still on the air today.
Frank’s legacy is Vision Maker Media, which continues to empower and engage Native peoples to share their stories under the outstanding leadership of Frank’s daughter, Francene Blythe-Lewis.
The CPB Board of Directors marks Frank Blythe’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023
7 in favor; 1 absent
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors appoints the directors listed below to serve on the Audit and Finance Committee:
Audit and Finance
Liz Sembler, Committee Chair
Ruby Calvert
Diane Kaplan
FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors re-establishes the Interconnection Committee and appoints the directors as listed below to serve on this committee:
Interconnection
Ruby Calvert, Committee Chair
Tom Rothman
Liz Sembler
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023
7 in favor; 1 absent
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors hereby approves the attached FY 2024 Operating Budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
RESOLVED,
The President and Chief Executive Officer may, from time to time, make reallocations in the line items of the budget not to exceed ten (10) percent of any line item, provided that such changes are consistent with statutory allocations contained in the Public Broadcasting Act and further provided that the Board is informed sufficiently in advance of such reallocations through reports from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to enable comments or questions if any.
RESOLVED,
Consistent with the authority delegated above, in the event of federal budget action that affects CPB’s FY 2024 appropriation, the President and Chief Executive Officer may adjust the overall budget to comply with such action.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023
7 in favor; 1 absent
That the Board of Directors adopts the following board meeting dates and locations for calendar year 2024:
Date: Location:
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Tuesday, February 13 (2:00 – 5:00 pm ET) |
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Virtual |
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Wednesday, April 10 – Thursday, April 11 |
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Los Angeles, California |
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Tuesday, June 4 – Wednesday, June 5 |
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Washington, D.C. |
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Thursday, September 26
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Washington, D.C. |
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Tuesday, November 19 – Wednesday, November 20 |
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FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors adopts the following revised meeting schedule for the remainder of calendar year 2023:
Date: Location:
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Monday, December 11 – |
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Washington, D.C. |
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RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, October 16, 2023
7 approved; 1 absent
WHEREAS,
The Communications Act requires CPB to support diverse non-commercial educational content for unserved and underserved audiences and to make public media’s content available for free to rural and urban audiences throughout the United States.
WHEREAS,
Locally owned and operated public media stations are uniquely connected to America’s communities and positioned to reflect and serve the diverse and varying populations of their communities.
WHEREAS,
CPB management has consulted with a panel of radio and television station representatives regarding changes to CSG policy that has informed management’s recommendations to the CPB Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT
The CPB Board of Directors hereby adopts CPB management’s recommendations for changes to the CSG Diversity Statement Requirement:
CPB encourages stations to continue to reflect and include their communities in station employment, membership on boards primarily responsible for station governance, community advisory boards (if required) and to provide educational, informational, and cultural content that meets the needs of the community populations they serve. Station activities and practices in support of these objectives must be consistent with the Equal Employment Opportunity provisions in the Community Service Grant General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria[1] and with other applicable federal and state laws.
To affirm this ongoing commitment, stations are required to adopt a “Community Representation Statement” that documents their support of these goals and how they plan to achieve them. The Community Representation Statement must be posted on the station’s website or made available at its central office. Stations must biennially review their Community Representation Statements with their governing body and modify them as necessary to reflect significant changes in their communities’ populations served and their strategies to serve them.
[1] Currently in Section 20 of the General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria.
RESOLUTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
August 3, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting adopts the Goals and Objectives of the Corporation as attached.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
June 21, 2023
6 in favor, 2 absent
Resolved,
That the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences
to the Family and Friends of
Ron Hull
We will long remember with gratitude Ron’s formative vision and lasting contributions to public media in the United States.
Over a remarkable career that spanned nearly seven decades, Ron was a visionary leader who leaves a lasting legacy in public television -- in Nebraska, across the country, and around the world.
Ron participated in the creation of Nebraska Educational Television in the 1950s. A student of history and supporter of the arts, he brought the work of Mari Sandoz and Nebraska Poet Laureate John Neihardt, two renowned chroniclers of Native American culture and history, to public television. Through NET he also celebrated the work and legacy of writer Willa Cather, known for her novels of life in the Great Plains.
As the second Program Fund director for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ron initiated the creation of PBS’s signature history series, "American Experience." He secured funding for “NOVA,” programming from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, brought Bill Moyers back to public television, and provided support that enabled Ken Burns to produce his landmark documentary “The Civil War.” Ron also supported the vision and work of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, which became Vision Maker Media, and the other members of what is now known as the National Multicultural Alliance.
His keen intellect and passion for public broadcasting’s mission made him an inspiring leader.
We offer our deepest condolences to Ron’s family, friends, and former colleagues at Nebraska Public Media.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
6 in favor, 2 absent
Resolved,
That the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences
to the Family, Friends, and Colleagues of
Newton Norman Minow
Visionary. Leader. Friend.
We will long remember with gratitude Newton Minow, one of public broadcasting’s founding fathers.
As FCC chairman in 1961, Mr. Minow delivered his celebrated speech “Television and the Public Interest,” which described commercial television as a “vast wasteland,” and advocated for programming in the public interest. One of the most influential American speeches of all time, it led to the creation of CPB and the noncommercial, mission-focused public media system that continues to provide high-quality, educational content and fact-based news and information to the American people to this day.
As FCC Chairman, Mr. Minow advanced the passage of the All Channel Receiver Act, ensuring that new television sets would include a tuner to receive UHF channels, the portion of the spectrum to which most educational stations had been assigned. Mr. Minow was also a pioneer in the launch of communications satellites, which led to the global information revolution and the internet age.
An accomplished lawyer, Mr. Minow was devoted to strengthening the institutions of democracy and envisioned television as a medium for education, stimulation, and inspiration. He played a key role in establishing televised presidential debates. He served as board chair for public television station WTTW in his hometown Chicago, as it held its first membership drive and won its first Emmy Award. He later also served as chair of the PBS Board of Governors.
In 1982, CPB awarded Mr. Minow the distinguished public television Ralph Lowell Award for his outstanding individual contributions to public broadcasting. And in 2012, CPB awarded him the CPB Lifetime Achievement Award.
The CPB Board of Directors marks Newton Minow’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
6 in favor, 2 absent
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors adopts the following board meeting dates and locations for the remainder of the calendar year 2023:
Date: Location:
Monday, October 16 – Tuesday, October 17 Washington, D.C.
Monday, December 11 – Tuesday, December 12 Southern California
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors appoints the directors listed below to serve on the Corporate Governance Committee:
- Laura Ross, Chair
- Miriam Hellreich, Member
- Tom Rothman, Member
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting hereby adopts the FY 2023 Affirmative Action Plan for the Corporation as attached.
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors adopts the following revised board meeting schedule for the remainder of calendar year 2023:
| Date | Location |
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Monday, April 17 – Tuesday, April 18 |
Washington, D.C. |
| Wednesday, June 21 – Thursday, June 22 | Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, October 16 – Tuesday, October 17 (annual meeting) | Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, December 11 – Tuesday, December 12 | Washington, D.C. |
RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting accepts the Combined Financial Statements and Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants, and Combined Financial Statements, Independent Auditors’ Report, and Reports in Compliance with the Uniform Guidance for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Affiliate for September 30, 2022 and 2021.
RESOLUTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
January 13, 2023
unanimously
RESOLVED,
That the Board of Directors appoints the directors listed below to serve on the Audit and Finance Committee:
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Audit and Finance |
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Liz Sembler, Chair |
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Ruby Calvert, Member |
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Laura Ross, Member |