WRFI Board Meeting Minutes 6-24-25

By Peter Bakija | August 13, 2025

WRFI Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Tuesday June 24, 2025 

In attendance:

Ben Coakley

Amie Herman

Mike Cook

Peter Bakija

Joe Romano

Corinne Shanahan

John Young

Joseph Haefeli

Ben Coakley

Current membership:

Talaya Centeno

Amie Herman

Mike Cook

Robin Elliott

Peter Bakija

Joe Romano

Corinne Shanahan

John Young

Joseph Haefeli

Ben Coakley

Minutes transcribed from Otter.ai recording

Meeting called to order at 6:16 pm

NFCB Report

  • Ben shared insights from his trip to the National Fed of Community Broadcasters Conference
  • The importance of staying on the air during emergencies and the need for backup power at various locations
    • potential for grant funding to support emergency management efforts
    • considers the possibility of collaborating with the Emergency Management Office for funding opportunities.

Tech Updates

  • Recent tech issues; a failed uninterruptible power supply and the removal of swollen batteries.

Hungerford Hill

  • challenges of maintaining the fog knob site and the potential for a larger solution

installation of fiber by the county would make the fog knob site redundant

Transition Progress

  • Possibility of bringing in Rima from NFCB as consultant for transition
  • Additional challenge of maintaining the WINO station

ED Report

Errors and Omissions Insurance

  • Discussion of the types of errors and omissions, such as factual inaccuracies and copyright issues, that can come up in local programming
  • Discussion of the cost
  • potential importance of protecting the station from liability
  • Staff will investigate the actual coverage provided by the insurance package before making a decision.

Development Updates, Continued

Open Country Event

  • Promote the event, bring a friend!
  • Discussion of the limitations of a film in addressing issues of racial inequities, and ways to address this at the event

Grants

  • Discussion of the importance of underwriting
  • The need for regular financial reporting to track income and expenses in order to understand our fundraising goals
  • Discussed the importance of engaging major donors and strategic outreach efforts

The board votes and approves the meeting minutes for May, with a quorum present.

The board meeting adjourns at 8:05 pm.

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