KOTO’s Citizen Advisory Board
Resolution of the San Miguel Educational Fund (SMEF) July 1997
WHEREAS SMEF is the owner and operator of community radio station KOTO, and WHEREAS the SMEF board is empowered by its bylaws to carry out and delegate policy decisions regarding the allocation and scheduling of broadcast and production work, and WHEREAS it is the mission of KOTO to provide the highest level of programming to the community it serves, and WHEREAS SMEF believes it is positive to promote the discussion of programming with representatives of the board, KOTO, staff, volunteers and listeners. Now, therefore be it resolved that KOTO establish a “programming advisory board (CAB)” with the following general powers and procedures:
Make-up and appointment
The board will consist of ___members: 1 from the SMEF board; 1 from the staff (one of whom will be the program director); and the remainder from volunteers and/or listeners. The CAB will be appointed by the SMEF board. Terms shall be for a period of 4 years. Volunteer/listener seat openings shall be announced on the community calendar with statements of interest requested.
Powers of the Board
The CAB is delegated the power to:
1) Discuss and make recommendations to the program director, regarding past, current and future programming.
2) Review, discuss and make specific recommendations regarding programming policy to the SMEF board, either at the request of SMEF or by the initiative of the CAB.
3) CAB may develop and make programming awards.
Procedures of the Board
1) The board shall meet generally on a quarterly basis. Its meetings shall be public.
2) Governing and operation of the CAB meetings shall be determined by CAB.
3) CAB may, on occasion, use the KOTO airwaves to promote programming discussion and public input.
2024 Meeting Dates:
January 16, 2024
March 12, 2024
June 11, 2024
July 2, 2024
September 10, 2024
December 10, 2024
KOTO’s Citizen Advisory Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Hotel Telluride and via Zoom, unless otherwise noticed. Zoom links can be found on our homepage.
KOTO CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS:
Michael Haberkorn Dave Hodges
Janet Humphreys Ben Kerr
Tara Carter Trish Schilling
Molly Perrault Franz Rassman
Carol Dix Angela Watkins