March 1, 2005 • 6 p.m.
Witherspoon Student Center
Student Senate Chambers

CALL TO ORDER

OLD BUSINESS

• Approval of minutes from Nov. 22, 2004 special meeting Approved
• Approval of minutes from Nov. 15, 2005 meeting Approved
• Approval of minutes from Sept. 23, 2004 meeting Approval tabled until next meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

• Hiring of Americana editor (Emmanuel Davis Lipscomb, only applicant)
• Hiring of Nubian Message editor (A. Michelle McLean and Tahnia L. Davis, only applicants as co-editors)
• Hiring of WKNC general manager (David Nourse, only applicant)
• Hiring of Agromeck editor (Austin Dowd and Josh Bassett)
• Hiring of Technician editor (Jason Eder and Rebecca Heslin)
• Hiring of Windhover editor (no applicants)

1. The candidate must have been a member of that media for at least two full semesters.
2. The candidate must have at least a 2.25 grade point average.
3. The candidate must have at least two semesters remaining as an N.C. State University student.
4. The candidate must be a full-time N.C. State University student.
5. Any or all these requirements may be waived at the discretion of the student media board.

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Minimum Requirements
REPORTS

1. Agromeck (see below)
2. Americana (see below)
3. Nubian Message (see below)
4. Technician (see below)
5. Windhover (see below)
6. WKNC (see below)

ADJOURN

Agromeck • Josh Bassett, editor

No Report

Americana • Nathaniel Horner, editor

Attached as PDF.

Nubian Message • Johnathan Brunson and Aneisha Davis, co-editors

• We are currently meeting revenue projections. We have just recently utilized line monies for an expense that was not previously budgeted for last year.
• We are in the process of conducting our second “boot camp” session for our old and new staff. We intend on conducting this training, retraining session after Spring Break. We have a dedicated core group of writers and with superb recruiting, our staff is becoming more an more developed.
• Our equipment in the Nubian office (room 372 in Witherspoon) is up to par. A little more is desired from them, however they are functioning properly.
• The two complaints that we receive about the Nubian are persons wanting to have more distribution locations for the paper and for the paper to be in color. Nubian’s complaints have included having liberties with our budget and raising our editors, business manager, and staff writer’s pay.
• Production night for Nubian is one of the most fun and stressful nights of the whole week.  The stresses of finding where stories will jump to and fitting in all the content has been accompanied by light and serious conversations and the Family Feud online game.
• We are undeniably making progress toward our goals. Our advertising has increased solely and single-handedly because of our business manager Tahnia Davis. Our writing is improving by the issue, our coverage is diverse, and our copyediting is near-perfection. We are very elated at our progress. God Bless.

Technician • Matt Middleton, editor

RED
On Friday we debuted with our first non-sports, non-end-of-the-year RED magazine supplement. Since I’m going to be out of here in a month, I essentially used a hands-off approach and was minimally involved in the process. Ad sales more than broke even for the A&E-themed tab; kudos to Jake Seaton and Patrick Clarke for some extra hours of work in its
production.

Deadlines
What had appeared to be an imminent semester-long battle to meet the N&O’s 1 a.m. deadline is turning into a mere formality. For whatever reason, we seem to be more concerned about trying to hit a midnight deadline, which in turn, is causing us to be out by 1 a.m. with great regularity as of late.

Science & Technology
Our new section debuted last Friday and should be an end-of-the-week staple from here on out. Our goal is to have two stories each week with strong visuals to display one of them. Later, we can start working briefs and more alternative copy into the packages. I want the first two to just concentrate on getting good, well-researched stories in.

Turnover
Hard to believe that this is the meeting to decide our successors. Last year, its divisive repercussions were still being felt in August; this cannot happen again. To assuage the transition period, I started encouraging people to identify successors and start the training process as soon as possible. It’s good to see this is already being put into motion, as on Wednesday night we had someone training on sports.

Windhover • Brian Darragh, editor

Budget: Now that our project is well underway, we have a good idea of where we stand in the budget. Our only quote for printing [Theo Davis] we received was slightly high, however we have extra revenue from things we haven’t needed.

Staff:  Kim has been working on tweaking the Web site. Josh has been working diligently on the book’s design and getting it ready to print. I have edited the literary material and will be doing a final edit of a hardcopy print of the entire book throughout the next week. We are still on the lookout for an editor for next year. As of Feb. 23, there have been no applications submitted for Windhover 2006. We are still in the process of finding someone, but are open to any and all applicants who are enthusiastic and dedicated to Windhover’s purpose.

Progress: In terms of our preset schedule, we are very ahead. Our proofed copy is set to go to Theo Davis, our printer, on Tuesday, March 1. After it is sent to them, they will be printing their proof-copy for us to view and approve for mass-printing.

will be meeting with George, at the Craft Center, to organize the reception for April 29. We were disappointed at the lateness of the reception – but feel as though having the books distributed BEFORE the reception will generate more interest.

The book will be different than last year’s – requiring little to no assembly on our part. This will hopefully expedite the distribution process.

There are no concerns as of today. The only thing we need to do is keep busy on the proof and get that done with Theo Davis. Once the book is sent, it should not be too long before we receive the copies to be distributed around campus.

WKNC • Jamie Proctor, editor

Budget

As of Jan 31, 58 percent through the fiscal year, WKNC’s expenses were at 62 percent of budget. The 4 percent discrepancy is due to an expense of $13,677 (16 percent of expenses) for capital outlays spent early in the fiscal year. That expense was a leftover bill from WKNC’s wattage upgrade that was completed in late 2003.

Personnel

In the fall semester we added 10 new DJs and continue to train many more. We have also begun preliminary training for the potential managers and directors who will take offices along with the new general ganager.

Equipment

We have had some equpiment break, but nothing outside of the usual wear and tear and nothing outside of budget.

Public Relations

WKNC has presented two benefit concerts, a “get out the vote” concert, and a number of charity events this year. We hope to present at least one more benefit concert before summer.

Complaints

We received a letter from the attorneys of Michael Buffer regarding an alleged misuse of his recording of the phrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble.” Legal adviser Pan Gerace is looking into the matter; in the meantime, WKNC has ceased any usage of the recording.