Greetings:
April 8, 2-4 PM, is the time for the 2023 annual meeting for Friends of Community Media. This will be a hybrid event followed by a pot luck in the Oak Room of Oak Hall, 4550 Warwick Blvd, KCMO 64111. Zoom credentials appear below.
People who wish to attend in person are asked to RSVP, so I can notify the Oak Hall reception staff of whom to admit.
Help us plan a series of events featuring local media leaders discussing media reform to improve democracy.
* McChesney recommends distributing 0.15% of GDP (roughly $100 per person per year) to local new organizations via local elections.
* This is comparable to the US Postal Service Act of 1792, which helped catapult the US into its leadership position in the world today.
* Most cities could fund this by matching what they spend for accounting, advertising, media and public relations. Dues are $10 per year. FCM members who have not contributed at least
$10 since January of this year can pay in person or via the PayPal “Donate” button on the “Donate” page: “https://ourfcm.org/donate/“.
The key agenda item will be to elect four people for 2-year terms on the Board. The terms of Spencer Graves, Lynn Norris, and Richard Thompson end with this meeting. Susan Sarachek was on our board but is no longer with us. (Tom Crane, Craig Lubow, and Greg Swartz were elected to 2-year terms last year. Their terms will expire with the 2024 annual meeting.)
Other agenda items will include a proposed series of public events with local media leaders, a fund raiser at Hamburger Mary’s scheduled for April 29 (Saturday), Grassroots Radio Conference,
Also considered will be the past, future, and management of this website. A more detailed agenda will be distributed as we get closer.
Hope to see you then. Spencer Graves, President, Friends of Community Media. 408-655-4567
