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A Message from Our Board Chair | Peggy Kuhr

Hello and welcome from the Friends of MontanaPBS. Our organization is here to support and extend the mission of MontanaPBS, and to help connect Montanans across our vast and varied state.

At a time when challenges seem to come at all of us faster and faster, MontanaPBS is more essential than ever. Thanks to MontanaPBS, families can tap into:

  • A luscious buffet of arts and entertainment choices
  • Education offerings – from early childhood programming to accessible online tools for parents and teachers
  • Trusted and relevant news programming

 

We, the Friends of MontanaPBS, invite you to share in our support of this essential, compelling and high-quality public service.

Sincerely,

Peggy Kuhr

Mission Statement

Our mission is to support MontanaPBS through advocacy, community engagement and fundraising.


Advocacy

From the Latin word "advocare" meaning to summon, call to one’s aid. Advocacy is the public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

Community Engagement

Community engagement refers to the process by which community benefit organizations and individuals build ongoing, permanent relationships for the purpose of applying a collective vision for the benefit of a community.

Fundraising

Fundraising or fund raising (also known as "development") is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions of money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies.

Directors & Board Members


Big Sky | Charlie Callander
Billings| Margaret MacDonald, Michael Sanderson, Joel Krautter
Bozeman | Aaron Pruitt, Alice Meister, Peg Wherry, Cody Stone

Eureka | Rita Collins
Great Falls | Jessica Crist, Susan, Taleff

Havre | Krystal Steinmetz
Helena |  Pat Doyle, Abbie Cziok
Missoula | Ray Ekness, Peggy Kuhr, Adrea Lawrence

Martinsdale| Gayle Berg
Poplar | Rich Peterson
Red Lodge| Kent Young, Diane Young

Friends of MontanaPBS Governance Calendar (2022-2023)

 

July 1, 2022 | Fiscal Year Begins

July 15-16 (Fri PM-Sat)|2022-2023 Quarterly Corporate Board Meeting 

  • Review minutes and financials
  • Vote on any by laws and policy changes

Annual Membership Meeting 

  • Election of Officers
  • Year-end reports from committees and stations

Annual Corporate Board Meeting –

  • Election of officers
  • Election of committee chairs
  • Selection and election of committee members
  • Signing of confidentiality and Conflict of Interest agreements
  • Committees plan year — meeting times, goals and action plans
  • Schedule board and committee meetings for the year — times, locations and topics

 

August 10 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

September 14 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

October 12 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

November 16 (5:30-7pm) | Electronic Board Meeting 

  • Financials Reviewed
  • Reports using consent agenda process
  • Discussion of national meetings/participants in 2023 (APTS, PBS)

No Executive Committee Meeting in November

December 14 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

January 11, 2022 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

February 8 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

March 8 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

March 24-25 (Fri PM-Sat)|Corporate Board Meeting, Great Falls

  • Financials reviewed
  • Long-range planning
  • Educational sessions
  • Committee updates on progress and action plans
  • Preliminary budget planning for next fiscal year

 

April 12 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting 

May 10 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting                                                 

May 24 (5:30-7:00pm) | Electronic Board Meeting

  • Finance and Audit present budget for next fiscal year discussion and passage
  • Governance Committee report with recommendations for 2022-2023 board directors and officers
  • Pending Policy and Bylaws changes presented if necessary

 

June 14 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting

July 12 (3:30-5pm) | Exec. Committee Meeting (if needed)

July 14-15 (Fri PM- Sat) | Annual Meetings – (Location TBD) Bozeman?

Governance Documents