Vision: Redwood Community Radio envisions a community of listeners who, guided by the example of RCR programming, work together to create better, more just and sustainable world systems to ensure that all humans and other living species on earth move toward a higher quality of life and are able to survive challenges in the time ahead.
Mission Statement: Redwood Community Radio will encourage a communication center of open airways (KMUD) for all voices to inform, educate, entertain and inspire the listening community through quality programming.
Ground Rules: Speak respectfully to one another. Focus on issues, not personalities. Support the facilitator. No interruption. Make criticism constructive, specific, substantiated and, ideally, when the person(s) are present. When required, a five-minute break shall be granted to attendees to encourage peaceful communication. Speakers during Open Time will be assigned an amount of time not to exceed five minutes. Any further discussions during the meeting will be between Board Members unless a guest is acknowledged by the Facilitator or is scheduled as part of the agenda.
Agenda
Redwood Community Radio Board of Directors
July 21, 2026 5:30 p.m.
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I. Call to order, and establish a quorum.
Opening comments from the President; meeting ground rules.
II. Roll Call
BOARD-APPOINTED MEMBERS: Vice President Kim Nelson, Kat Hart
MEMBER REPS: Secretary Elise Sauer, Correspondence Secretary Stephanie Thomas, George Wintersun
PROGRAMMER REPS: President Charley Custer, Treasurer Michael McKaskle
III. Approval of minutes of June 16, 2026
IV. Approval of Agenda
X. Open Time
Speakers will be assigned a time limit of five minutes or less
XI. Consent Calendar: any Board member may remove an item for discussion. This is best done at Agenda Approval
A. The board re-affirms final approval of this policy:
Policy 5.5.4, Separation Checks: An employee’s final timesheet shall include an itemized breakdown of all funds to be paid out. Final Timesheets must be approved by the Station Manager. Final paychecks will only be Direct Deposit with email permission from the employee.
XII. Management Report – Do Board members have questions or comments?
XIII. Finance Committee Report – See report in board packet.
Review and approve Financial Statements (Statement of activity and statement of position)
XIV. Old Business
Approve proposal for ROTR coffee booth
Approve Policy Committee recommendations to clarify February and March policy changes
Create KMUD 40th Birthday Party and Block Party Committee
XV. New Business
Discuss and approve Proposed Organizational Structure from Finance Committee (see Attachment 1)
Approve job description(s) for management duties
Mid-year budget review
Approve extending Chanin’s contract two more months
Discuss whistleblower policy
Appoint new coordinator for Community Advisory Board
Appoint chair for Policy Committee
Committee and Other Reports
- Programmer Representatives =McKaskle, Custer
- Member Representatives –
- Community Advisory Board (CAB) –
- Correspondence Secretary – Thomas
- Development – WinterSun
- Membership Drive Coordinating Committee – Chanin
- Policy –
- Mediation – Custer
- Building and Grounds – Nelson, Hart
- Hiring Committee report –
- Programmer election coordinator report – Custer, Mckaskle
XVII. Meeting Schedule
All meetings take place online unless otherwise stated. Meeting dates may change. Those interested in attending one should first check with the office to ensure that no changes have been made to this schedule, and obtain meeting links and/or locations. Chairpeople are named in parentheses.
Board of Directors 3rd Tues., 5:30 pm (Custer) – July 21
Development 4th Thurs. 4:00 pm (WinterSun) – July 23
Policy 1st Monday, 5:30 pm – August 5
Executive 1st Monday, 12:00 p.m. (Custer) – August 3
Finance 1st Tues., 3:00 p.m. (McKaskle) – August 4
Major Donor
Action Team 2nd Tues., 1 pm (Brenner) – August 11
CAB Quarterly, at station and virtual –
XVIII. Closed session – personnel
XIX. Adjourn
Appendix 1
Finance Committee Recommendations, July 11, 2026 (an excerpt):
The Finance Committee has reviewed the RCR budget at mid-year 2026 and recommends the following organizational structure which is expected to result in some salary savings. This structure aims to balance staff, management and volunteer workload without hiring additional staff. Contract services will be needed as noted below.
It is better to leave some hours vacant now to avoid a need to cut hours or face layoffs in the future. Grant requests are better supported, if RCR is reducing expenses in addition to seeking funding. The news assistant position needs to be filled. Otherwise, we suggest staffing as lean as possible until the finances stabilize.
Staff needs for assistance with office coordination have been considered. Many of these duties can be filled by the station manager, interns, volunteers or board members. Staff may still need to pitch in to help with office coordination, but time available to focus on their primary job duties will be increased.
The Finance Committee also recommends the Station Manager job description below, and would welcome discussion from the Hiring Committee or from Board members.
Proposed Organizational Structure
Station Manager – Responsible for station administration and personnel management with contracted professional services for bookkeeping, accounting and human resources support.
Staff – Provide technical and professional expertise. Utilize volunteers and interns for office duties to allow staff to focus on revenue generation, programming and engineering.
Interns – Retain one intern capable of handling traffic and some administrative support. Approach Step Up about providing at least one more intern able to take on a significant work assignment perhaps pertaining to keeping the website updated.
Volunteers – Seek a volunteer to coordinate volunteers. Strive to have most events coordinated and staffed by volunteers. Volunteers participating on Board Committees provide support to the Board, management and staff.
Board – Assumes responsibility for financial management without a business manager on staff. The Finance Committee will support the Board as noted below. The Treasurer manages banking transactions and investments.
Finance Committee – Coordinates the work of financial contractors. Monitors budget to actual and accounting reports, reports financial position to the Board, assists with budget preparation, coordinates the Grant Team, tracks insurance, coordinates major donor giving and audits, and assists with strategic planning.
Contract Services – Bookkeeping, accounting, and tax preparation will be provided by contractors. The Finance Committee recommends updating existing contracts with Booksy and Melanie Newman & Associates to fill these needs on a trial basis. Public Media Company’s Virtual Accounting Services also remain an option. Simon Frech and Garth Epling provide contract technical services. Other contractors may be utilized as needed and within the approved budget.
Human resources expertise and services may be provided by external resources such as the Non-profit Insurance Alliance or contractors as needed.