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CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Students’ Council Media Board Minutes—Draft March 7, 2008 Chair: Rob Faunce (RF) Present: Rob Faunce (RF), Chong Wojtkowski (by proxy: Denise Torres DT), Gregory Donovan (GD) Absent: Celia Braxton, Ericka Calton Guest: James Hoff (JH) Meeting Secretary: Gregory Donovan Quorum sufficient to conduct business Meeting commenced at 6:50pm I. Approval of Agenda DT motions to approve agenda; GD seconds. Moved by unanimous consent. II. Approval of Old Minutes DT motions to approve agenda following her addition; GD seconds. Moved by unanimous consent. III. Advocate Report JH gives the Advocate report. JH states that he is proud of the Ad revenue and web traffic generated by the Advocate. IV. Discussion of Section 1.6 Bylaw JH briefs the board on the proposed bylaw changes to Section 1.6, which are currently being reviewed by the Bylaws & Constitution Committee. JH states that the Advocate’s revenue should be made available to the newspaper in order to help it grow and states that the Media Board should adopt this as standard practice. V. 2008-09 Budget
JH proposes 4 budgets: 8 issues with 24pgs, 8 issues with 20pgs, 7 issues with
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24pgs, and 7 issues with 20pgs. DT recommends the “7 issues with 24pgs” budget, stating that after the increase in revenue is taken into account, the Advocate will cost the DSC under $25,000. DT notes that ad revenue has tripled over the past 8 years and the cost has held constant for 3 years while the amount of work increased. RF states that we are economically fortunate to increase the breadth and number of Advocate issues but also states that he is resistant to hard caps. JH recommends 8 issues DT motions to pass the “7 issues with 24pgs” budget; GD seconds. Moved by unanimous consent. VI. 2008-09 Media Board Employee(s) RF calls for the meeting to enter executive session at 7:06PM in order to discuss employee(s). RF calls for the meeting to leave executive session at 7:10PM. DT motions to rehire JH, GD seconds. Moved by unanimous consent. VII. Adjournment GD motions to adjourn, DT seconds. Meeting ends at 7:15pm. Respectfully Submitted, Gregory Donovan