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PNB Motions on WBAI, PRA and NO Budgets by LaVarn Williams as amended:

KPFT program director Ernesto Aguilar interviewed former Pacifica Executive Director Greg Guma near the end of August, and per his agreement with Greg waited until today to release the video. Ernesto's blog entry embeds two google videos; the second one is the interview proper.

KPFA Icon Returns to Lead the Legendary Radio Network

(Berkeley, CA – September 30, 2007) On Saturday, the Pacifica National Board announced the hire of longtime public radio broadcaster Nicole Sawaya as Executive Director of Pacifica. Sawaya, whose firing as KPFA General Manager in 1999 shocked KPFA staff and listeners and led to a crisis which rocked Pacifica, will start her tenure in mid-November. The Pacifica Foundation is the parent organization of KPFA Radio.

[From PRA. Pacifica expands its reach to cross the Atlantic beginning 27 September 2007.]

BBC Radio 5: Up All Night

Beginning in September 2007, PRA’s weekly radio series From the Vault, now in its second year of production, expands its listening audience to a worldwide audience on BBC Radio 5.

Pacifica National Board Meeting
September 28–30, 2007
Doubletree Hotel
200 Marina Blvd
Berkeley CA 94710
(510) 548-7920

The next in-person PNB meeting will be held in Berkeley during the weekend of 28-30 September at the Doubletree Hotel at the Berkeley Marina.

PNB Teleconference
Friday Sept. 14
8:30 pm Eastern Time

The meeting will begin with an executive session for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the Executive Director (ED) position, to be followed by public session to deal with bylaws amendments.

The purposes of the public portion of the meeting are:

• Bylaws amendments on Delegate Terms and Term limits
• Issues related to balloting for membership on bylaws amendments

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PNB
Teleconference Meeting

From Pacifica Exective Director Greg Guma [via NPC blog].
Greg will be leaving his post at the end of the month.

7 September 2007 - Late this evening the National Board of the Pacifica Foundation unanimously completed approval of a new five year contract for broadcast rights to the weekday program, Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman. In addition to broadcast rights for Pacifica-owned stations and affiliates, the terms include annual four percent increases to the first year rate, and favorable placement of an updateable banner on Democracy Now!'s website linking to Pacifica's website.