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Chronological
list of motions acted upon by the board since the formation of
the Iowa Newspaper Association in 1983:
The board voted to...
January 6, 1983 ...expand its size from 11 to 15
members ...approve a recommended travel and entertainment budget
...allow no sponsorships at the INA Annual Convention and Trade
Show in the spring or at the INA Annual Clinic held in the fall
...create a new non-voting affiliate membership category for suppliers
and other commercial concerns with annual dues set at $100 ...create
a new non-voting membership category for college newspapers ...approve
a ballot by mail to spend $2,420-$3,300 to modify the software
of the IPA computer system to handle the requirements of the INA
advertising program ...pass numerous corporate resolutions on
file in the central office regarding the new bank accounts for
the association and the new phone system to be installed in late
January.
January 21, 1983 ...continue to endorse Blue Cross for one more
year, but to change carriers next year if current Blue Cross service
problems (apparently caused by a computer system switchover problem)
are not resolved by then.
April 9, 1983 ...approve a recommendation by the INA News Committee
that news contests formerly held by the Iowa Daily Press Association
and the Iowa Press Association now be streamlined and split between
the spring and fall meetings of the Iowa Newspaper Association
...adopt the sick leave policy for the association's staff ...ask
the President to appoint a board committee to make a recommendation
to the board regarding the status of the transition board members
in the 1984 board elections.
July 15, 1983 ...approve a recommendation from the INA Finance
Committee that Bankers Life be named to administer the INA pension
program ...allow sponsorships of association contest awards subject
to board approval on a case-by-case basis.
September 16, 1983 ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
to adopt a dues structure for 1984 based on circulation with a
floor of $100, ceiling of $6,000 and a maximum increase of 33%
in any one year ...adopt a recommendation from the Finance Committee
to allow a voluntary contribution system with dues statements
beginning January 1 to begin raising funds for the INA Foundation.
November 10, 1983 ...allow the Cedar Rapids Gazette to use the
name "Iowa News Service" which is similar to the association's
INA News Service ...adopt the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee
on Contests to restructure the INA contests for 1984 with a mandatory
review at the end of the year to determine whether further changes
in the structure are necessary ...approve the 1984 budget ...accept
a recommendation of the INA Foundation Committee to file a set
of articles and bylaws to establish an INA Foundation.
December 1, 1983 ...endorse the Kirke-Van Orsdel program for workers
compensation for 1984 ...approve a recommendation to purchase
a Xerox 1045 copier for $10,995 ...not approve a recommendation
on the 1983 pension plan for a contribution of 15% to all qualified
employees except the Executive Director in order to cover first-year
start-up costs for the association ...give all employees except
the Executive Director a 15 percent contribution and to give the
Executive Director a 7 and one-half percent contribution on the
pension plan.
February 16, 1984 ...approve the new bylaws for the association
...endorse Blue Cross/Blue Shield's health insurance program for
the year beginning April 1, 1984 ...approve a membership requirement
that dailies should submit four copies and weeklies three copies
of each issue of their newspaper to the association.
July 27, 1984 ...establish a policy regarding the funerals of
members. Once the INA office is notified of the death of a member,
the Association will send the family a card from the Board along
with notification that a memorial gift is being given to the Iowa
Newspaper Foundation by the Association in the name of the deceased
...establish a policy that non-members requesting attendance at
Association events be allowed to attend but that the participation
fee be 100% higher than the fee for members ...reaffirm its policy
that no sponsorships be allowed at Association events ...continue
a tradition started by the Iowa Daily Press Association (prior
to the merger of that group with the Iowa Press Association to
form the INA) to present Distinguished Service Awards to deserving
individuals at the Association',s Fall Clinic ...send the Vice
President to the National Newspaper Association's Annual Convention
in Reno in September as the Board's representative.
September 7, 1984 ...grant the Foundation's request for a loan
of $85,000 to be repaid at an interest rate of 11% for the purchase
of the property to serve as headquarters for the Foundation and
the Association ...approve a recommendation to spend up to $1,100
on computer software modifications and to spend up to $2,500 on
an additional computer terminal
September 21, 1984 ...approve formation of an ad hoc committee
to review the INAs contest structure and to make recommendations
for 1985 ...approve a recommendation from the INA Legislative
Committee that a Blue Ribbon Panel be appointed to review the
topic of public notice advertising.
December 14, 1984 ...approve a ballot by mail taken November 6
in which the Board was asked to approve the recommendations of
the Ad Hoc Committee on Contests for the 1985 contests ...approve
the budget for 1985.
April 11, 1985 ...establish a policy whereby the INA will contribute
$100 memorials to the Iowa Newspaper Foundation in the memory
of past board members.
July 26, 1985 ...have the INA named (along with other associations)
as a plaintiff in a case challenging the constitutionality of
a bill passed by the Iowa Legislature which taxes lobbying services.
September 7, 1985 ...purchase officers and directors liability
insurance, which would cover the INA and its board members, from
La Mair-Mulock-Condon ...endorse Travelers Insurance all-perils
package endorsed by the National Newspaper Association ...have
the association pay for board members expenses for the fall Board
meeting.
November 14, 1985 ...endorse the workers compensation program
offered by the Dodson Company ...approve the recommendation of
INA Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Notice for 1986 legislation to
amend Iowa's public notice laws ...approve the INA Contest Commitee's
recommendation for rule changes i the 1986 contests ...accept
the recommendation of the INA Finance Committee and adopt the
budget proposal.
April 3, 1986 ...allow the Executive Director to negotiate with
the company (Target Training International) for the promotion
and brokering of a management software program ...adopt a resolution
thanking Dick Knowles, Denison Newspapers, for helping the INA
staff with computer and bookkeeping duties in the absence of the
INA Bookkeeper, recovering from emergency surgery
July 25 and September 5. 1986 ...approve the recommendation of
the News Advisory Committee to endorse a proposal to establish
a high school journalism awards program in conjunction with the
Iowa State Education Association, the Iowa High School Press Association
and the Drake University School of Journalism ...purchase an Apple
LaserWriter system for $10486.79.
November 13, 1986 ...adopt the recommendations of the INA Contest
Committee ...accept the invitation of the Iowa Bar Association
to become co-sponsors of a project to promote the 200th anniversary
of the U. S. Constitution ...approve renewal of directors and
officers liability insurance for the Board at a premium cost of
$4,500 ...reaffirm the existing policy of deducting delinquent
dues from members' advertising checks ...approve the purchase
of a rebuilt A.B. Dick press (and associated equipment) to replace
the INAs mimeograph system at a cost of $7,968 ...approve making
an advance payment of $80,000 to reduce to $49,971.29 the balance
owed on the purchase of the Iowa Press Clipping Bureau ...retum
to the Finance Committee for study a Finance Committee recommendation
that a reserves policy be adopted for the association with a request
that a recommendation be forthcoming bythe April Board meeting
...approve the 1987 budget.
April 9, 1987 ...approve the addition of HMO coverage to those
health insurance plans offered by Blue Cross and endorsed by INA
...adopt the Blue Cross Alliance cost-saving program for the INA
staff program ...follow a Finance Committee recommendation to
lend the Iowa Newspaper Foundation $10,000 at 8% interest from
INA reserves to help the INF accelerate retirement of the existing
INF building mortgage ...adopt a recommendation to modify the
All State Football Team selection process by establishing three
classes ...accept a recommendation to establish a special annual
recognition program for several young journalists.
June 19, 1987 ...approve a proposal from Iowa MediaLink for the
transmission of INA services ... have the INA Confidential Bulletin
redesigned and begin distributing the redesigned Bulletin via
first class mail effective with the first Bulletin published in
August, 1987 ...grant the request of Quin Stangby of Blue Earth,
MN to produce and sell golf shirts with the INA logo to INA members
with 20 percent of the proceeds contributed to the Iowa Newspaper
Foundation, the permission limited to one year ...turn down the
request of a student asking the INA for help to fund a summer
journalism internship with a magazine outside Iowa ...approve
a recommendation by the News Committee to match the $175 provided
by the Iowa State Education Association for awards in a high school
newspaper contest ...to accept the invitation of the Roosevelt
Center for American Policy Studies co-sponsor Presidential Town
Hall Meeting at the Des Moines Convention Center on January 30,
1988 ...lend the Iowa Newspaper Foundation $70,855.48 to retire
the mortgage on the purchase of the INF's building ...give attorneys
permission to streamline the INA's corporate structure by creating
a for-profit services corporation for the Iowa Newspaper Advertising
Service and the Iowa Press Clipping Bureau.
November 13, 1987 ...endorse an ad hoc committee to study ways
newspapers can act as facilitators in a statewide effort to create
new jobs in Iowa ...accept the recommendation of the Iowa Newspaper
Foundation Board that an ad hoc study committee be named to study
the future convention, clinic, short course and seminar needs
of the INA membership ...accept the recommendations of the Contest
Committee to change the 1988 contest rules ...require that all
entrants in the Better Newspaper Contests be members whose dues
have been paid (no more than 30 days delinquent) ...adopt the
recommendations of the Legislative Committee for the INA's 1988
Legislative Program with one change. The committee had recommended
that the INA seek legislation to allow county treasurers the option
of splitting delinquent tax notice publication among the county's
official newspapers. The Board deleted the word "official" ...approve
the request of the Cedar Rapids Gazette to allow the INA to act
as a clearing house for information regarding an organ transplant
awareness project the Gazette is involved in ...contribute $1,000
to the National Newspaper Foundation's Bill Branen Scholarship
Fund ...require Executive Committee approval for the promotion
of any event held during the hours of the INA's Trade Show during
the Spring Convention ...inform the Roosevelt Foundation, organizers
of "U.S. 88: A New Road to the White House," that if no more than
two-thirds of the candidates in each party announced by December
15 their intentions to be present at a candidates' event scheduled
in Des Moines in early 1988, then the INA would withdraw its co-sponsorship
of the event ...approve the proposed 1988 consolidated budget.
December 31, 1987 ...approve the concept of an ad hoc committee
to study ways newspapers can act as facilitators in a statewide
effort to create new jobs in Iowa.
January 13, 1988 ...cancel the forum previously scheduled with
the Roosevelt Center For American Policy to co-sponsor an Iowa
Presidential Town Hall Meeting on January 30.
February 25, 1988 ...accept the 1987 audit report presented by
Ryun, Givens and Co ...approve the previously budgeted and expensed
employee pension contribution of $41,942 ...offer to file an amicus
curiae brief on behalf of Albia Newspapers should the newspapers
appeal a district court decision regarding the newspapers designation
as official county newspapers ...move the Association's production
(printing, composition and mailing) facilities to an area on the
building's ground floor when the present tenant vacates that space
upon termination of an existing lease June 1 ...establish a new
foundation to accept donations for the Iowa Tomorrow jobs creation
project sponsored by the Association.
March 17, 1988 ...adopt the cost-saving Alliance program for all
INA members participating in the Association's Blue Cross health
insurance program.
April 14, 1988 ...amend the 1988 consolidated budget to reflect
the following changes; the Bookkeeping Manager will assume additional
responsibilities, a Director of Member Services will be hired
on or after June 1, the Association's pension program will be
amended to incorporate payment of performance bonuses of 8% of
each employee's wage or salary along with a reduction of pension
benefits from 15 to 7% of each employee's wage or salary.
July 15, 1988 ...establish a policy to prohibit release of information
regarding a newspaper's or individual's health insurance claim
experience when that individual or newspaper is participating
in the INA's endorsed health insurance program ...accept a recommendation
by the INA Ad Hoc Committee on the INA/INF Meetings Structure
to replace the Fall Clinic with a series of regional meetings
on a variety of newspaper-related topics beginning in 1989 with
added provisos.
September 8, 1988 ...set the fee for paid classified ads in the
Confidential Bulletin at $5 ...adopt a new policy regarding paid
classifieds in the Confidential Bulletin and instruct the staff
to run the following language: "There is no charge for most of
these ads. They are a free member service. Please have copy to
the INA Service Center no later than Monday morning. If you are
trying to help an employee relocate, please send us the ad on
your letterhead, rather than having the employee contact us. We
will not run ads for persons employed at member papers or persons
living in a member's town without first clearing the ad with the
publisher in that town." ...approve a recommendation to lease
a new postage machine ...clarify the existing INA policy on holiday
pay to state that all employees are to be paid for eight hours
of work on recognized holidays.
November 17, 1988 ...approve the request of the Iowa State University
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication to establish a
three-year Intern of the Year program to recognize outstanding
newspaper interns with two annual $1,000 cash prizes ...contribute
$1,000 to co-sponsor a Minority Job Fair at the University of
Missouri ...approve the recommendation of the INA Contest Committee
regarding the rules for the 1989 INA Better Newspaper Contests
...accept the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve
the proposed 19S9 consolidated budget.
February 16, 1989 ...approve the 1988 pension contribution for
the INA staff ...retain Holmes Murphy as administrators of the
INA's Blue Cross health insurance program ...accept the invitation
of Prairie Meadows of Altoona to host an INA Day at the Races
Saturday, April 8, the final day of the INA Convention ...approve
the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Board Perks to
allow the INA president an annual $2,500 travel allowance to enable
him/her to represent the INA at events such as the NNA or ANPA
conventions ...approve a second recommendation providing that
the INA will continue to pay the board members' rooms during the
annual convention. Also, the Executive Director be allowed to
use discretion regarding buying lunches for members attending
board or committee meetings. Finally, that these provisions be
discussed and approved by the general membership at the INA Annual
Meeting in April before becoming effective ...approve the recommendations
of the INA Legislative Committee and Blue Ribbon Panel on Public
Notice to introduce legislation to accomplish the remaining public
notice reform objectives of the Blue Ribbon Panel ...approve an
Executive Committee recommendation to contribute $2 per newspaper
to the Minnesota Newspaper Association to help offset that group's
legal expenses incurred in what was to be a U.S. Supreme Court
challenge of the federal lottery laws dropped when legislation
enabling newspapers to advertise legal lotteries was passed by
Congress ...approve the purchase of a Macintosh 5E30 computer
for $3,498 with trade.
April 6, 1989 ...allow Holmes Murphy, the Des Moines administrators
of the INA health insurance program, to also offer members life
and disability insurance packages ...approve a recommendation
to increase the production department staffing from one and one-half
persons to two full-time people using some of the funds in the
budget originally allocated for promotion ...accept the challenge
of the Minnesota Newspaper Association Board of Directors to see
which state can recruit the most new NNA members in 1989.
July 28, 1989 ...approve a request from the Iowa State University
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication for $500 to help
fund its departmental placement service ...adopt a resolution
urging the Iowa Board of Regents to leave in place the journalism
departments at Iowa State and the University of Iowa ...adopt
a resolution urging the U. S. government to step up efforts to
free journalists being held hostage in the Mideast ...deny a request
from the Iowa Beef Industry Council to present a newspaper contest
award at the INA convention, but instruct the INA staff to offer
to provide the Council with assistance ...approve a recommendation
that beginning in 1990, INA member dues ements for all newspapers
should include the option of NNA membership ...endorse and contribute
$250 to an effort by the Iowa Federation of Men's Clubs to improve
Iowa's literacy rate in conjunction with a national effort sponsored
by the American Newspaper Publishers Association ...adopt recommendations
regarding the reporting of financial information Lie board ...reduce
the consolidated budget year-end target to $23,378 less any additional
non-budgeted Iowa Future Project items to reflect the impact of
the bigger-than-anticipated costs of the project and other activities
in 1989.
November 16, 1989 ...contribute $500 to help fund a journalism
workshop program sponsored he Iowa High School Press Association
...instruct the staff to notify all members enrolled under the
former Dodson ~.ers compensation insurance program of an alternative
source of coverage 1990 ...approve a Member Services Committee
recommendation to expand the identical Bulletin ...approve a Member
Services Committee recommendation to hold periodic Day open houses
at association headquarters to familiarize INA members the staff,
facilities and programs of the INA ...approve a Contest Committee
recommendation to change the rules of the INA Better Newspaper
Contests ...instruct the staff to calculate the total salary and
wage increase pool to send in future budgets by using regional
cost-of-living statistics as guidelines ...approve the 1990 budget
...adopt the resolution amending the Bylaws of the Association.
February 22, 1990 ...hold the INA Annual Convention at the Hotel
Ft. Des Moines May 2-4, April 9-11, 1992 and April 15-17, 1993
...adopt goals and objectives regarding newsprint recycling ...approve
a management contract between INA, INA Services Coin an and regarding
the use of association personnel ...approve an Insurance Committee
recommendation that the INA endorse Blue Cross program for the
1990-91 plan year .. instruct the Legislative Committee to review
the use of zoned editions for publishing public notices ...pursue
the possibility of developing an annual employee contract for
staff members Mudge and Monroe (who were married in 1989) ...approve
the 1989 pension contribution for the INA staff ...purchase a
dot matrix printer and associated equipment at a cost of approximately
$700.
April 5, 1990 ...approve a recommendation that purchase of any
product or service exceeding $1,000 in value be submitted to at
least three vendors for bids if the potential vendors is a member
of the INA, INF or INA Services Co. Is of directors ...allow INA
Executive Director Monroe to serve a three-year term as the Mewspaper
Association Manager's representative on the National Newspaper
Association board of directors ...cooperate with the American
Newspaper Publishers Association in a pilot project to involve
high school students in the elections process through a program
whereby students would pose written questions to candidates for
statewide office with the questions and answers to be made available
for publication in Iowa newspapers ...grant the Holmes Murphy
Co. of Des Moines (marketers of the INA's health insurance program)
permission to offer INA members not eligible for Blue Cross coverage
other health care insurance options until the member becomes eligible
for inclusion in the INks Blue Cross program.
July 27, 1990 ...revise the incentive system of the Iowa Press
Clipping Bureau employees, to name Tom Smull Advertising Director
and to name Ted Rinke Iowa Newspaper Classified Network Manager
...approve entering into one-year, renewable work contracts with
Executive Director Monroe and INA Assistant Director Mudge ...commend
Parrott for the work he has done to establish a Russian news story
exchange with Iowa journalists, endorse the program and instructed
staff to help make the stories generated by the program available
to members via Iowa Media-Link ...grant a request by the Iowa
State Journalism Department for $500 to help fund a job placement
officer in that department ...approve a Legislative Committee
recommendation to add to the INA legislative program an effort
to require that county budgets be published in all official newspapers
rather than one or more papers as is now the case. ...approve
a Member Services Committee recommendation to bill NNA dues separately
from INA dues ...file a friend of the court brief in the appeal
of a public records case involving the Jasper County Board of
Supervisors and media in that county.
November 8, 1990 ...hold the 1994 convention at the Hotel Ft.
Des Moines April 7-9 ...allow the inclusion in the Confidential
Bulletin of single-sheet advertising inserts, germane to the issue,
copy on one or both sides, at a rate of $500 per sheet ...continue
another year the Intern of the Year program in cooperation with
the Iowa State University Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
...have INA serve as sponsor of an effort to promote the establishment
of Two-percent Clubs in the state ...increase affiliate member
dues from $100 to $150 per year ...extend for one year the contracts
of Bill Monroe and Chris Mudge.
March 7 1991 ...approve an increase in the compensation of Advertising
Director Tom Smull ...approve an employee grievance procedure
...instruct INA lobbyists that the association opposes any changes
in the present law requiring delinquent tax notices to be published
in an official county newspaper.
July 26, 1991 ...hold the 1992 Total Newspaper Seminar at the
Collins Plaza Hotel in Cedar Rapids ...hold the 1995 INA Convention
and Trade Show at the Hotel Fort Des Moines ...approve the Insurance
and Executive Committees recommendation to endorse an insurance
program for members developed by the Iowa Insurance Marketing
Group to provide members with a variety of insurance options available
through local agents at money-saving rates ...instruct the staff
to obtain more information regarding the use of the Iowa State
University journalism placement service by INA members before
approving a $500 contribution to fund the service.
November 14, 1991 ...approve a recommendation from the INA Contest
Committee regarding several changes in the rules of the INA Better
Newspaper Contests ...adopt a resolution regarding a "Section
125" plan which would allow INA employees to purchase certain
health care and child care benefits with pre- tax dollars at a
net savings to both the association and employee ...approve a
Members Services Committee recommendation that INA endorse a co-op
discount buying service called WHIP and that INA provide plastic
name badges to board and staff members to be worn at association
functions ...renew the one-year contracts of Monroe and Mudge
...adopt a recommendation from the Ad Hoc Dues Review Committee
to freeze all dues for 1992 (with the exception of those below
the $100 floor); increase dues of all papers below the floor by
five percent and refer the subject back to the committee for further
discussion ...pay Monroe a $5,000 bonus. Monroe indicated the
money would be used to fund a $5,000 INF Individual Heritage Club
membership for himself ...purchase $150,000 universal life insurance
policies for Monroe and Mudge in lieu of a raise for Monroe in
1992. The cost of the coverage, which includes a death benefit
of $100,000 for each employee payable to the association, is not
to exceed $3,000 a year.
March 5, 1992 ...approve a recommendation of the News Operating
Committee to poll the membership to determine the potential financial
support for the INA News Service ...adopt a resolution noting
for the record the reverse split dollar life insurance policies
the board voted November 14, 1992 to purchase for Monroe and Mudge.
April 9, 1992 ...endorse a national telecommunications unity statement
...discontinue the reporting service component of the INA News
Service ...approve a recommendation of the News Service Operating
Committee regarding a severance package for INA News Service Director
Skip Weber ...provide Weber with up to $2,000 in travel expenses
to be used to cover the national Democratic and Republican conventions
in 1992 ...adopt a recommendation from the Ad Hoc Dues Review
Committee to return each newspapers INA dues to the 1988 level
over a three-year period beginning in 1993 with the stipulations
that: 1) no newspaper will be drop below the dues floor of $100;
2) those newspapers currently below the dues floor will continue
to receive a five percent dues increase annually until the have
reached the floor of $100 and 3) the INA board, or a committee
named by the board, will conduct a mandatory dues review each
year ...purchase a 100 megabyte external drive for $575.
July 10, 1992 ...approve recommendations from the Contest Committee
...hold the association's 1994 convention at the Hotel Savery
and to decide on the site of the 1995 convention in the fall of
this year after touring the Savery and Des Moines Convention Center
...amend its dues policy to limit any member's dues increase to
25 perce ...approve a request from Amy Duncan to assist her in
the preparation of her master's degree thesis by facilitating
a survey mailing to INA weekly newspapers.
October 1, 1992 ...decline a request for a funding contribution
from the Iowa Reading Information Service ...approve a recommendation
from the Program Committee to hold the 1993 lENA Convention on
a Thursday and Friday, eliminating the Saturday sessions.
November 13, 1992 ...sponsor the Iowa Games by distributing three
public service ads promoting the games and making copies of the
results of the games available to lENA members upon request ...approve
a recommendation from the INA Legislative Committee establishing
the 1993 legislative priorities ...approve the 1993 budget which
projects ad sales of $2,205,000, no increase in either the amount
to be raised by dues or the percentage of advertising commissions
and a consolidated income over expenses of $13,48 ...renew the
contracts of Monroe and Mudge for another year ...amend and approve
a capital budget for 1993 projects including building remodeling,
and purchase of a phone system, fax machine, portable compute
and scanner to be implemented only as sufficient funding becomes
available ...chose the Hotel Savery and Des Moines Convention
Center as the site of the 1995 INA Convention and Trade Show ...support
the candidacy of Peter Wagner of the N'West Iowa Review to the
board of directors of the National Newspaper Association.
February 26, 1993 ...approve recommendations from the lENA All-State
Committee and the Ad Hoc All-State Promotion Committee which clarify
who should receive materials, help to improve the visibility of
the program, suggest soliciting sponsors to underwrite the costs
of the program and call for a nominal fee to be charged newspapers
which participate in the program ...approve a recommendation by
the Student Committee to work with Iowa Link to create an electronic
employment bank for use by media, the INA and Iowa college students
...approve a staff recommendation to eliminate the current staff
benefit of four weeks of vacation after 15 years of service for
all current employees with less than 15 years of service, replacing
it with $250 a year toward life or long-term disability insurance
or a combination of both totaling $250. In addition, management
was given permission to offer to buy back a third or fourth week
of vacation from employees at one and one half times the employee's
standard rate of pay and giving the employees the option to accept
or reject the offer ...amend the 1993 consolidated budget to increase
the expense of the INA All-State Program from $1,000 to $5,245
to cover non-personnel expenses of that program ...hold the 1996
convention at the Des Moines Marriott Hotel and to survey members
in April on future convention hotels and cities ...fund the budgeted
1992 pension (401-K) contributions for the staff ...approve a
recommendation from the Marketing Committee to reduce weekly newspapers'
advertising commission over a period of several years. An initial
reduction will take place for all weeklies January 1, 1994. The
resultant drop in commission income will be offset by an increase
in the suggested retail cost of Iowa Newspaper Classified Network
(INCN) ads. The board will review the impact of the lower commission
income in 1994. Upon board approval at that time, weekly newspaper
publishers will be offered the option of having their ad commissions
further reduced in 1995 provided they participate in the INCN
program. The lost commission revenue will be offset by a small
dues increase and an increase in the suggested retail cost of
INCN ads. Each weekly newspaper will be provided with data in
1994 comparing its 1995 projected commission savings with the
cost of its dues increase. The board will review the impact of
the lower commission revenue in 1995 and make a decision regarding
1996 commissions.
April 1, 1993 ...approve a Members Services Committee recommendation
to endorse DialNet as the association's long-distance telephone
service ... approve a Members Services Committee recommendation
to organize a newspaper swap program among members ...approve
a Members Services Committee recommendation to offer members a
three-month trial subscription to Macnewspaper News, with annual
subscri~tlons of $6 offered after the trial period ...enter into
a contract, subject to further board review and review by INA
attorneys, with Employment Benefit Services (a subsidiary of Holmes-Murphy)
of Des Moines to serve as the agency for designing, implementing
and administering various insurance programs for INA members.
July 10, 1993 ...approve a contract with Holmes-Murphy to administer
the INA's insurance programs ...choose the Des Moines Marriott
as the site of the 1997 INA Convention ...approve the dues schedule
for 1994. The motion included a new policy that states whenever
a paper changes its frequency, its dues should be ssessed comparable
to other papers its circulation and frequency. In such cases,
the maximum increase cap of 25 percent does not apply ...approve
a resolution backing the Bums amendment to S. 1086, the iouye-Danforth
telecommunications bill ...endorse the NNA libel insurance program.
November 11, 1993 ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
to adopt the 1994 budget ...approve the 1994 capital budget ...renew
the work contracts of Monroe and Mudge for another year ...approve
recommendations from the Contest Committee ...approve a Program
Committee recommendation outlining the 1994 lucational programs
...approve a Student Committee recommendation to include a session
at the 1995 INA Convention consisting of a panel of recent graduates
now employed by Iowa newspapers in news, advertising and production
capacities. Students would be asked to compare the reality of
working in a newspaper with their individual perceptions prior
to being hired. The program would be for publishers and students
...approve a Student Committee recommendation to consult with
a group of students in the fall of 1994 to determine ways to attract
students to the 1995 TA Convention ...approve a Student Committee
recommendation to allow students to attend the INA convention
with no registration fee; .approve the Legislative Committee's
recommendations regarding 1994 legislative priorities ...exercise
an option available under a new federal tax law to not pay a new
tax on costs associated with lobbying in 1994 and beyond. Instead,
the board chose the option of informing members of the percentage
their dues used to pay for lobbying expenses and letting them
know that that portion of their dues would not be tax deductible
beginning in 1994 under the new law ...to fund a 12-month Employee
Assistance Program on a trial basis to provide members of the
INA staff with a limited number of free, confidential and professional
counseling services to deal with personal problems before they
begin to affect job performance or health at a total cost of $600.
March 3, 1994 ...approve a staff recommendation to adopt the following
policy language regarding holiday pay for part-time INA employees:
"If a part-time employee's normal workday falls on a holiday,
the employee will be paid for that holiday the same rate and for
the same number of hours the employee would have otherwise worked
that day. If, however, a holiday falls on a day on which the employee
does not normally work, the employee is not entitled to holiday
pay ...approve the following staff recommendation on INA Bulletin
classified ads developed at the request of the board: "Ads for
products or services which could be marketed for profit may be
published for a fee of $5 per insertion, paid in advance, with
a 25-word maximum. The INA will make the determination of whether
an ad qualifies for free or paid publication." ...approve a Program
Committee recommendation to produce the Total Newspaper Seminar
and fall regional seminars on alternate years. If publishers in
a particular region make the decision to hold their own regional
meeting during the year in which the Total Newspaper Seminar is
being produced, the INA would help promote the regional event
...approve a recommendation from the Student Committee to adopt
a program similar to one in Indiana to place high school journalism
instructors in Iowa newspaper summer internships and to encourage
INA members to serve as advisors to school newspapers. The INA
would contribute up to $600 to help fund up to two interns in
1994 ...approve a Student Committee recommendation to provide
a $500 scholarship to the winner of the Iowa High School Press
Association's Journalist of the Year (or runner up if the winner
is unable to qualify) provided that individual enrolls in an accredited
school of journalism or mass communications in the state and paid
when the individual begins an internship with an Iowa newspaper
...approve a request for distribution of Iowa Sesquicentennial
public service ads to INA members ...approve the 1993 consolidated
audit after hearing it reviewed by CPA Bteve Givens and approve
the previously budgeted and expensed INA employee 401-K contribution.
The audit showed after-tax income over expenses of $15,357 compared
to a budgeted target of $14,637.
May 12, 1994 ...approve a capital budget amendment to fund an
additional $4,180 in remodeling costs at the INA building ...contribute
$500 to the American Society of Association Executives campaign
to reverse a new federal law prohibiting the deductibility of
a portion of dues paid to trade associations.
July 15, 1994 ...approve a convention sponsorship policy recommendation
prepared by staff at the board's request ...give preliminary approval
to a recommendation from staff, approved by the Iowa Newspaper
Foundation Board of Directors, to hire a foundation director in
1995 to replace Carter Pitts ...hold the INA Convention at the
Hotel Savery and Des Moines Convention Center in 1998, 1999 and
2000 the following dates: 1998, April 22-24 tentative; 1999, April
21-23; 2000, April 12-14 ...decline an invitation from the Denison
Area Branch of the American Association of University Women to
co-host a gubernatorial debate this fall since the event would
not be statewide in nature ...approve an additional $9,941 in
the capital budget for upgrading the INA computer system ...approve
hiring an additional sales person for the Iowa Newspaper Advertising
Service.
October 27, 1994 ...approve recommendations of an Ad Hoc All-State
Committee to make the following changes in the All-State selection
process for 1995: Eliminate selection of all All-State baseball
team; Charge an annual fee of $30 for newspapers to receive information
on the three (football, boys' and girls' basketball) All-State
team selections; Replace the current balloting procedure involving
coaches by asking the Iowa High School Athletic Association to
provide football coaches' district team selections and, for girls'
and boys' basketball, selected newspapers would be asked to compile
information on players in their areas from coaches; Discontinue
issuance of All-State shoulder patches once the current supply
is exhausted; Discontinue awarding honorable mention certificates;
Investigate the use of Iowa's fiber optics network to facilitate
the team selection process; Review the use of All-state materials
by INA members at the end of 1995 to determine whether or not
the program will be continued ...approve an INA sexual harassment
policy recommended by staff ...approve a Student Committee recommendation
to continue in 1995 to fund a program to place two high school
journalism teachers in summer internships with their local newspapers.
The INA, the Iowa High School Press Association and the newspapers
will each contribute $333 for each internship ...approve the following
Contest Committee recommendations: Include the Stoufer Outstanding
Young Iowa Journalist competition in the INA Better Newspaper
Contests; Include the following language in the Call for Entries
regarding the advertising contests: "All entries must have been
published as part of a paid circulation newspaper; this does not
include stand-alone shoppers ...approve recommendation of the
Program Committee to hold the 1995 INA Convention at the Des Moines
Convention Center May 11-12, fall regional seminars planned by
area publishers in Atlantic, Oelwein and Oskaloosa and a public
notice seminar in Des Moines in April ...approve the following
Legislative committee recommendations: That the INA continue to
seek passage of a bill to make public certain information in public
employee personnel files; That the association's 1995 legislative
goals include a bill to require publication of delinquent child
support payments as a public notice with the cost of each listing
to be paid by the delinquent party; That the association's 1995
legislative goals include a bill to increase the public notice
rate if a survey of key legislatbrs indicates the chances of passing
such legislation are good and that introducing the subject to
legislative debate would not pose a significant threat of reducing
current notice requirements and if an INA member survey indicates
that a sufficient number of members can convince their area legislators
to co-sponsor such a bill; That 1995 legislative goals include
a bill requiring county hospitals to publish the •proceedings
of their meetings; That the INA attach a voluntary statement of
the total cost of the INA's governmental affairs program on the
new state-required reports which ask only for the costs of direct
lobbying by lobbyists ...approve a Member Service Committee recommendation
to endorse the First Edition Newspaper Program to provide INA
members with group volume discounts on pre-press, press room and
related supplies sold by the Olson Graphic Products Co. in conjunction
with a national buying network provided the company joins the
INA as an affiliate members and is represented at the INA Trade
Show ...approve a staff recommendation to purchase special association
bookkeeping software at a cost of $2,800 to replace the outdated
software now used by the association ...amend the proposed 1995
consolidated budget by granting a request from Assistant Manager
Chris Mudge that she retain her part-time status (three days a
week) through 1995 ...amend the budget by granting Executive Director
Bill Monroe a five percent raise and increasing his incentive
performance bonus from eight to ten percent ...approve the amended
budget ...set a 1995 operating income (before taxes and depreciation)
target of $89,025 ...approve a staff recommendation to have the
INA Finance Committee meet with INA attorneys and accountants
to review the INA's corporate structure ...approve the work contracts
of Executive Director Bill Monroe and Assistant Director Chris
Mudge for 1995 ...approve the 1995 capital budget for the INA
companies.
March 3, 1995 ...approve a recommendation of the Student Committee
to conduct a member salary survey ...begin publishing the names
of corporations owning newspapers in the INA Newspaper Directory
...accept a proposal by the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board to work
with that group to establish a Soy Ink Club of newspapers using
soybean ink ...amend the 1995 capitial budget to allow for remodeling
the receptionist's area in the lobby of the INA offices at a cost
not to exceed $3,000 ...make the budgeted 401K contributions for
the INA staff ...participate in a crime victim's public awareness
campaign proposed by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.
May 11, 1995 ...to approve a staff recommendation to purchase
two computers at a cost not to exceed $5,140 ...contribute $500
to the Government Relations Education Fund of the American Society
of Association Executives which is working in Congress to repeal
a law limiting the deductibitily of association dues paid by
INA members ...help fund two additional summer internships for
high
school journalism teachers working at their local newspapers.
The participating newspapers, the INA and the Iowa High School
Press Association each fund one-third of the $1,000 internships.
The board had earlier voted to help fund two other internships
...contribute $500 to the National Newspaper Association's Postal
Alliance fund.
June 15, 1995 ...instruct INA attorneys to prepare a first draft
of a contract between the INA and its two related companies, the
INA Services Co. and the Iowa Newspaper Foundation whereby the
Services Co. will agree to provide the other two companies with
services provided by its employees with the INA board charged
with the responsibility of hiring the association's executive
director ...approve a staff recommendation to purchase a new computer
...approve Monroe's recommendation to increase the salary of one
INA employee at midyear ...freeze all Active Members' dues for
1996 ...contribute up to $300 to help defray the expenses of a
speaker for the Iowa Freedom of Information Council annual meeting
...include funding of up to $10,000 in the 1996 budget as the
INA's share of the Positively Iowa Project in 1996.
July 14, 1995 ...approve a draft of a contract between the INA
and its two related companies, the INA Services Co. and the Iowa
Newspaper Foundation, whereby the Services Company will agree
to provide the other two companies with services provided by its
employees with the INA board charged with the responsibility of
hiring the association's executive director. The contract is to
become effective August 1, 1995 ...select the Hotel Savery and
Des Moines Convention Center as the site of the INA Convention
in 2001 which will be held April 25-26 ...approve a Contest Committee
recommendation to increase the contest entry fee from $4 to $5
per entry ...approve a Contest Committee recommendation to eliminate
the Public Notice advertising contest while instructing staff
to prepare a public service ad stressing the importance of public
notices ...approve changes in the contest rules recommended by
the Contest Committee.
November 3, 1995 ...approve new member applications ...adopt policy
language giving the executive director the discretion to make
unbudgeted capital expenditures not exceeding $2,500 and report
such an expenditure to the INA Board of Directors within 30 days
...include $5,000 in the 1996 budget to fund a newspaper promotion
campaign to be developed by a new committee ...reject a staff
recommendation to increase Associate member dues in the 1996 budget
...approve a Finance Committee recommendation to adopt the 1996
consolidated budget ...approve renewing the contract of the executive
director for another year ...approve recommendations of the Program
Committee ...approve Legislative Committee goals, including the
setting of public notice rates, sales or use tax for syndicated
newspaper features, keeping DMV records open to the public, supporting
the release of criminal history information.
March 7, 1996 ...adopt staff policy recommendations regarding
inter-company loans ...accept INA Bulletin classified advertising
from INA Affiliate members ...reject a recommendation from the
INF Special Events Committee to accept trade-out advertising in
the Bulletin in exchange for benefit auction items ...make budgeted
1995 401(K) contributions for the INA staff ...amend the 1996
INA capital budget to include the purchase of new phone system
equipment.
April 10-11, 1996 ...approve a request to help promote a fund
drive to establish a World War II Monument on the Iowa State Capitol
grounds ...approve a Student Committee recommendations, including
the establishment of an INA student and faculty membership with
annual dues of $20 ...contribute $1,238.13 to help offset legal
costs of intervening in a case regarding access to medical examiners
records ...approve a request for $500 to help fund a new Iowa
Legislature web page ...contribute to the Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press ...approve a recommendation from the
Nominating Committee that, beginning in 1997, INA members be sent
board nomination forms for consideration by future Nominating
Committees.
Sept. 12, 1996 ...recommend the INA Services Company pay a bonus
to INA staff member Marilyn Proudfit for 42 years of service ...approve
a bonus payment for INA lobbyists for accomplishments in the 1996
legislative session.
Oct. 31, 1996 ...approve Better Newspaper Contest changes ...approve
$2,000 to be spent to design an INA home page ...set the number
of copies an Active Member must send to the INA at six copies
for dailies and five copies for weeklies ...approved the purchase
of an automobile for use by advertising staff ...approve purchase
of computer equipment ...approve purchase of a digital copier
and labeler.
Feb. 27-28, 1997 ...approve a recommendation to divide INA Better
Newspaper Contest into five divisions comprised of two daily and
three weekly divisions ...approve on tri-company investment policy.
May 8, 1997 ...approve membership applications for Hinton Times,
Prairie News Service and Dennis Herrick ...approve changing the
criteria of the Distinguished Service Award so that nominees
need
only to have contributed to their newspaper and either their
community or the newspaper industry, not all three ... co-sponsor "Paper
Please," a month long public relations campaign to make businesses
aware of recycling paper at work ...approve an amendment to the
inter-company loan policy that provides that intercompany loans
be approved in advance by the Finance Committee chairman and
the
officers of the borrowing company and the lending company ...name
the INA Secretary-Treasurer as chairman of the Finance Committee
beginning with the 1997-98 year.
July 10, 1997 ...name the Des Moines Marriott as the site of the
2003 Convention and Trade Show ...approve a Program Committee
recommendation for the schedule of events and programs for the
the 1998 INA Convention and Trade Show ...approve recommendations
of the Contest Committee ...approve the 1997-98 capital budget
recommendations ...approve having the INA distribute public service
ads for AgConnect ...approve presenting pins to all living past
presidents at the next convention ...assist the National Newspaper
Association in dues billing and other member services.
Oct. 30, 1997 ...approve new member applications ...hold the 2004
and 2005 INA Convention and Trade Shows in April at the Hotel
Savery/Polk County Convention Complex ...approve the actions of
a board committee regarding amending INA bylaws to allow free
newspapers to join the INA as active members, which include not
changing the bylaws, gathering data from publishers regarding
free newspapers, and reprinting trade publication articles on
free newspapers in the Bulletin ...approve Legislative Committee
recommendations for 1998 legislative program priorities ...approve
a Finance Committee recommendation to investigate cancelling inter-company
indebtedness ...approve the recommendations of the Compensation
Committee and Finance Committee to approve the 1998 consolidated
budget ...approve an extension of Bill Monroe's contract to a
term of three years, renewable annually, and to initiate a long-term
executive benefits program.
March 5, 1998 ...approve new member applications ...approve a
recommendation of the All State Committee to have the INA implement
a proposal from the Iowa Football Coaches Association in which
they would provide the INA with lists of players ...approve a
Member Services Committee recommendation to drop LDDS World Com
as the INA-endorsed long-distance provider ...approve several
changes to the investment policy, including that all investments
must be approved in advance by the president of the INA and the
chairperson of the Finance Committee, and that all board and finance
committee members be sent monthly reports tracking any investments
made ...approve making the budgeted 401(K) contributions for eligible
staff. April 22, 1998 ...approve a new member application ...name
a committee to consider a proposal by Dorothy Pinder of the Grinnell
Herald-Register to develop a sister relationship with an association
in Moldova.
July 9, 1998 ...approve a revised reverse split dollar insurance
agreement related to a life insurance policy on Monroe with the
INA named as one of the beneficiaries ...approve the Compensation
Committee's recommendation to adopt language in a deferred compensation
agreement for Monroe ...add employment practices coverage to its
directors' and officers' liability insurance and change carriers
from Chubb to Executive Risk ...increase the capitalization of
the Services Company by the amount of the intercompnay indebtedness,
thereby canceling the indebtednes. ...appoint Al Weber of the
Ames Tribune to serve in the board seat vacated by Gregg Knowles,
former publisher of the Shenandoah Valley News Today ...hold the
2006 INA Convention and Trade Show at the Des Moines Marriott
Hotel in April ...approve the recommendations of the Contest Committee
...enter into a management contract with the INA Services Company
to manage the activities of the association and provide personnel
...adopt the proposed INA capital budget for 1998-99 ...set a
policy of INA neutrality in any dispute between two or more INA
members.
October 29, 1998 ...approve an ad hoc committee's recommendation
to accept a GeoTel proposal to give INA members the option to
extend copyright and reproduction rights to GeoTel for electronic
formatting, with some caveats ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
to adopt the 1999 operating budget and renew Bill Monroe's employment
contract for a three-year period ...approve a Legislative Committee
recommendation to have Bill Monroe work with government agencies
on standardizing public notice forms ...instruct Bill Monroe to
distribute a North Dakota newspaper group's letter and PSA on
the importance of licensing software.
March 4, 1999 ...approve the affiliate membership of Merle Kent
Shawd, Shawd Publishing, Inc.
April 21, 1999 ...instruct Bill Monroe to notify ProComp that
the board declined its request to adopt a Statement of Principles
regarding software antitrust issues and to consider contacting
members directly ... approve the affiliate membership of Gregg
Knowles, Knowles Publishing Corporation.
June 17, 1999 ...approve the affiliate membership applications
of The Outlook, Monona and Multi Ad Services, Peoria, IL ...approve
recommendations from the INA Dues Task Force, including adopting
a dues structure beginning in 2000 which would create 11 dues
categories based on weighted circulation (circulation times weekly
frequency), grant INCN or 2X2 participants a 15 percent dues
discount,
insure that no paper receives an annual dues increase exceeding
50 percent during the transition, assess religious publications
dues of $600 each ...approve recommendations of the INA Fees
and
Services Task Force, including having the staff test the concept
of encouraging members to download the Bulletin from the INA
web
site or receive it by email, consider moving the convention to
January or February beginning in 2001, increase fees for the
Legal
Hotline, raise fees for some seminars, and eliminate the INA
Lending Library ...approve the Executive Committee's recommendation
to
revise the charges for INA Committees ...approve a request from
the National Newspaper Association for a $1,000 contribution
to
help fund an NNA in-county mail study ...approve the 1999-2000
capital budget ...approve the recommendation from the INA Contest
Committee regarding the INA's Better Newspaper Contest ...instruct
Monroe to prepare a public notice information packet to all members
November 4, 1999 ...approve the affiliate membership applications
of Publishing Group of America, the academic membership of Wartburg
College and Buena Vista University, and the associate membership
of Gerald Bloom ...approve the Fees and Services Task Force recommendations
including holding the 2001 convention in February, raising affiliate
member dues to $200 a year and establishing a new membership
levels
which include specific benefits. They also recommended hiring
an intern to sell membership packages and trade show ...appoint
Alan Mores, Harlan, to serve on the INA Services Co. Board of
Directors, and appoint Dale Larson, Cedar Rapids, to the INF
Board
of Directors ...define a daily newspaper (for ad commission purposes)
as a one publishing at least five times per week ...approve the
2000 budget ...approve spending up to $7,000 on a public notice
readership research project, and for staff to prepare house ads
to distribute to members ...instruct Monroe to send a letter
to
the Iowa Department of Economic Development director and Governor
Vilsack expressing concern about the development of an Internet
gateway of Iowa businesses on the web, which INA believes could
be handled in the private sector.
February 17, 2000 ...approve an associate membership for Al Schafer,
Eldora ...establish a new non-profit rate for exhibitors at the
INA Trade Show ...limit all advertising in the INA Bulletin to
the existing classifications on the Free Member Exchange ...refer
to the Government Relations Committee a request for lobbying help
from the State Historical Society of Iowa for microfilming newspapers
...approve a ballot by mail recommendation from the Contest Committee
to address the question of how to classify newspapers that switch
status during the year ...name Jo Martin of Iowa Falls to serve
on an IDED advisory committee, Dave Storey, Cedar Rapids, to serve
on IDED's HR Recruitment Consortium with Mark Roby, Muscatine,
serving as his alternate.
April 13, 2000 ...approve the affiliate membership of Anytime
News ...approve a request from Mike Lyon, Mapleton, to market
INA clothing using the INA Bulletin and a link to the INA web
site.
July 14, 2000 ...approve the affiliate memberships of Monona Outlook
(active), Joni Weerheim (bronze affiliate), INN/Town News.com
(Silver Affiliate) ...approve a Government Relations Committee
recommendation to interview vendors for a public notice web site
...approve matching funds for donations to NNA's postal rate case
...approve Contest Committee recommendations ...approve a Finance
Committee recommendation to revise the existing investment policy
...approve a Convention Committee recommendation to move convention
dates to February.
October 26, 2000 ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
to adopt the proposed consolidated budget for 2001 ...approve
a Finance Committee recommendation to change the investment policy
...approve a recommendation to consider involvement in Iowa 2010
...make a $5,000 contribution to the Iowa Freedom of Information
Council in memory of Harrison "Skip" Weber ...approve a bonus
to the INA lobbyists for an exceptional session.
March 8-9, 2001 ...read into the minutes a ballot by mail to approve
a Government Relations Committee recommendation to establish a
public notice web site, served by Arizona Newspaper Association
...approve a Government Relations Committee recommendation to
set 2001 legislative priorities.
April 26, 2001 ...approve the affiliate membership of Sumo Group,
Inc ...approve the sale of advertising on the INA web site ...approve
a request to distribute PSAs for Keep Iowa Beautiful ...refer
a request to the Seminar Committee regarding a topic.
July 12-13, 2001 ...approve the affiliate membership of Star
Printing and the associate membership of Paul Bunge ...approve
the 2001-2002
Capital Budget ...appoint a committee to work on a journalist
exchange program with the Ukraine ...distribute a series of "Sunshine
Advisories" prepared by the Iowa Attorney General's office.
November 2, 2001 ...approve new member applications of Graceland
University and Dan Field, J.D. Publishing ...approve the 2002
Consolidated Budget as amended ...name Gary Milks to serve an
unexpired board term vacated by Al Weber ...name Tom Yunt to serve
on INF Board ...approve to enter into agreement with Geotel to
share in reproduction fees and contribute all revenues to the
INF ...direct staff to exclude from INF contests any member with
a past-due account ...approve a request from Leave a Legacy Iowa
to distribute PSA's ...agree to reformat language in the existing
investment policy ...agree to launch public notice web site December
1 ...name Dave Gould to replace Gary Milks on INA Services Co.
Board.
February 7, 2002 ...elect the nominated slate of officers to the
INA Board ...approve the membership applications of Chuck Offenburger,
associate, and the Akron Hometowner, bronze affiliate ...approve
a request for INA to serve as the primary media partner for Bill
Riley Talent Shows ...approve an amendment to the investment policy
format.
April 4, 2002 ...approve affiliate membership of Hometown News
Corp., Knoxville ...approve associate membership of Mark Roby,
Watertown Public Opinion, Watertown, SD ...broaden the pool of
individuals eligible to serve on the INA Board to include publishers,
general managers, and any other member newspaper staff member
who has served on any of the three boards for at least two years
...name Dave Storey of the Cedar Rapids Gazette to serve in place
of Mark Roby who accepted a publisher's position outside of Iowa
...elect Barb Trimble to serve as the Executive Committee member
at large to replace Mark Roby ...name David Gentry of the Ottumwa
Courier, to serve on the INA Services Co. Board to replace Dave
Storey, who was appointed to fill a vacated seat on the INA Board.
July 11-12, 2002 ...name Tom Cooper of the Des Moines Register
to serve on the INA Services Co. Board, replacing Dave Gould,
formerly of the Des Moines Register ...name Howard Query, Mason
City Globe Gazette, to serve on the board in the place of Charles
Pittman, formerly of the Quad City Times ...approve a request
from Camp Courageous to place a PDF of a public service announcement
on the INA website and encourage members to download and use the
PSA ...appoint an INA Revenue Task Force to review the statewide
classified program, and existing funding relationships among/between
the INA, INF and INA Services companies and to identify other
potential revenue sources and cost-saving service reductions.
October 3, 2002 ...approve a recommendation from the INA Revenue
Task Force to revise the INA dues structure by linking annual
increases to the average percentage increase in ad rates determined
by the annual survey of members during the budgeting process ...approve
a second recommendaion from the INA Revenue Task Force to establish
an operations contingency fund not to exceed three months' operating
expenses ...purchase member management software to enable the
INA staff to more efficiently maintain membership records, manage
seminars, conventions and trade shows and facilitate committee
and board meetings ...launch a new INA Bulletin Board service
online and agreed on rules for posting messages on the service.
November 21, 2002 ...approve recommendations from Ad Hoc All State
Committee to streamline the All-State team balloting process ...instruct
Monroe to work with past recipients of the INA Distinguished Service
Award to develop guidelines for facilitating the awards selection
meeting.
February 5-6, 2003 ...approve an affiliate membership for the
Dubuque Witness ...approve, subject to questions answered, a request
from the State Historical Museum to publicize efforts to raise
money to continue microfilming newspapers ...elect Barb Trimble,
LeMars Daily Sentinel, Secretary-Treasurer ...elect Dick Plum,
Algona Newspapers, Executive Committee member at large.
April 10, 2003 ...approve an associate membership for Weyerhaeuser
Wood Products, Wright City, OK ...approve an active membership
for the Akron Hometowner ...approve an affiliate membership for
the Association of Business and Industry ...approve a new public
notice readership research study costing $6,250 ...approve a request
from the Association of Business and Industry to help identify
100-year old newspapers and other century-old business in Iowa
...approve an addition to the current membership data management
software development contract to include a grassroots lobbying
module costing $3,000 ...approve the modification of the nomination
procedure for the INA's Distinguished Service Award to require
that all nominations be submitted in writing by the deadline in
advance of the selection meeting to be considered for selection
...approve a staff recommendation to change the publication date
for the INA Directory from January 1 to October 1.
July 18, 2003 ...appoint Amy Duncan of the Indianola Record-Herald
and Tribune to fill a vacated seat on the INA Board ...appoint
Ken Chaney of the Sigourney News Review to fill a vacated seat
on the INA Board ...approve the 2004 capital budget ...approve
a $500 sponsorship for the annual Newspaper Association Managers
Convention to be held in Colorado in August ...approve the active
membership applications of the Holstein News and the Aurelia Star
subject to verification that the newspapers meet the bylaws requirements
for membership ...appoint Tom Woodward of Woodward Communications,
Dubuque, and Dave Stanley of the Osage Mitchell County Press-News
to the INA Services Co. Board of Directors.
October 23, 2003 ...approve the 2004 budget ...approve amendments
in the investment policy recommended by the Finance Committee
...pay the INA's legislative lobbyists a year-end bonus of $5,000
for their exceptional performance in helping publishers defeat
several legislative attempts to eliminate or reduce public notice
requirements in Iowa ...set Thursday, February 5 in Des Moines
as the time and place of the next board meeting ...hear a presentation
from Hanser and Associates to present the findings of a study
on Iowa media's coverage of business at a future board meeting
...agree to a request by the State Treasurer's office to have
the INA assist that office in educating publishers on the compliance
requirements of the state's unclaimed property laws ...agree to
a request by the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines to inform INA members
of a zoo offer to give each Iowa newspaper the option to provide
an exclusive discount coupon to their readers during a given week
(chosen by the local newspaper in conjunction with the zoo) at
no cost to the newspaper.
February 5, 2004 ...approve the associate membership application
of Dick Plum of Ripley, WV. ...approve the budgeted
401K contribution for the INA staff. ...empower Monroe to sign
management contracts between the INA and the INA Services Co.
...adopt a new INA Bulletin classified ad policy which limits
the placement of free member exchange recruitment ads to INA
active
(newspaper) members. The name of the newspaper in the ad must
be the same as published in the current INA Directory. ...elect
H. Alan Smith of the Mt. Ayr Record-News secretary-treasurer.
...elect Gary Milks of the Ft. Madison Daily Democrat Executive
Committee member at large. ...elect Bill Monroe executive director.
April 22, 2004 …Approve the following new membership: Dennis
Herrick, Rio Rancho, NM (Associate); Fremont Village Vine (Affiliate);
IowaPolitics.com (Affiliate); Mary Ann Lowary, NW Missouri State
University (Academic) …Approve holding the 2009 INA Convention
at the Marriott hotel is Des Moines …Name Bill Casey
of the Iowa City Daily Iowan to serve the unexpired board
term of
the late Bill Mertens, former publisher of the Burlington Hawk
Eye …Approve the following recommendations of the INA
All-State Committee: 1) If a coach receives compensation
in any form from
a newspaper, when in attendance at the All-State selection meetings,
the coach would be allowed to vote and have sports writers’
privileges. If the coach does not receive compensation from a
newspaper, but submits write-ups to the newspaper for publishing,
the coach is treated as a coach for the selection meeting and
would not receive the same voting privileges as a sports writer.
2) Current selection rules language states: “All players
placed on an INA All-State team must first be nominated on the
INA All-State website as a candidate by coaches or sportswriters
in the preliminary balloting process.” The committee recommends
the following change: All players placed on the INA All-State
team should be first nominated the INA All-State website as a
candidate by coaches or sportswriters in the preliminary balloting
process.
July 16, 2004 …Approve the following new membership applications:
Iowa State Daily, Ames (Active); Greg Michel, Iowa Association
of School Boards (Associate); Max Nelson, Marshalltown (Affiliate)
…Approve the 2004-2005 capital budget …Approve a recommendation
of the Member Services Committee to adopt the following criteria
vendors must meet before being endorsed by the association: 1)
Staff should make an effort to determine if the service or product
offered is being offered by any active INA member and, if so,
this information should be brought to the committee’s attention.
2) The product or service must be made available to all active
members. 3) Staff should inquire as to the revenue or remuneration
that will be received by the association for promoting the product
or service. 4) The vendor must agree to provide the INA with material
to be used for promotion in the INA Bulletin at least twice a
year. …Grant the request of Miss Iowa Carolyn Nicholas to
make her article on Alzheimer’s Disease available to the
membership for publication …Approve a recommendation of
the Technology Committee to set the Preferred Provider fee at
$5,000 in the 2005 budget.
October 28, 2004 ...Approve a membership application from the
New Sharon Paper subject to the paper meeting INA membership
bylaws
requirements …Approve the 2005 budget …Approve a $750
membership in the Public Notice Resource Center and a $750 purchase
of public notice handbooks for all INA members and all legislators
…Approve a request from the Iowa Communications Network
to provide members with up to 12 free press releases a year.
February 3, 2005 ...Approve an affiliate membership
application from Latino Midwest News, Robbinsdale, MN ...Appoint
the INA Executive Committee member at large to head the Convention
Program Committee
and to appoint the INA vice president as the board’s strategic planning
chairperson.
April 21, 2005 ...Approve an associate membership
application from Merle Kent Shawd of Woodward ...Elect Ken Chaney
of the Sigourney News-Review Secretary-Treasurer
and
appoint
him to serve on the INA
Services Co. Board of Directors ...Name Dave Storey of the
Cedar Rapids Gazette to serve as member at large on the INA Executive Committee
...Hold the
2010 convention at the Des Moines Marriott Hotel.
June 10, 2005 ...Send INA President H. Alan Smith
to represent the INA at the National Newspaper Association Convention
later this year in Milwaukee ...Accept a proposal from
the Iowa High school Athletic Association to help arrange for pool photographers
for newspapers unable to send their own staff photographers to cover the State
Wrestling Tournament ...Amend its mission statement
to read: The Iowa Newspaper Association’s mission is to protect, promote,
foster and advance the interests of the members of the newspaper industry and
to provide direction to the Association’s two related boards ...Adopt
a
conflict
of
interest policy for the INA and its related entities ...Approve a recommendation
from the All-State Committee to board to allow the Omaha World Herald, which
owns INA member newspapers and covers Iowa athletics participation, to participate
in the nomination and voting process in the INA All State selection meetings.
October 28, 2005 …Approve a recommendation
of the Finance Committee to adopt the proposed 2006 budget …Accept
the following applications for new memberships: Fremont Village
Voice, Fremont, IA (Active); Dennis Jenkins, Schermerhorn Bros.
Co., Lombard, IL (Affiliate); Rose Field, Des Moines (Associate) …Adopt
long-range planning goals and objectives …Approv a request
to help fund the expenses of the regional National Newspaper
Association board member up to $1,000 per year …Amend its
conflict of interest policy …Encourage the Iowa Association
of School Boards to link to school stories on INA members’ websites,
thereby driving additional traffic to the websites while helping
the School Board Association disseminate more information about
schools.
February 2, 2006 ...Approve the new affiliate member
applications of Edward Anderson and Tom Bolitho, National Media
Associates, Branson, MO ...Approve a request from Special Olympics
to distribute PSA’s to the INA membership.
April 21, 2006 ...no action taken.
July 14, 2006 ...approve a long-range planning
working group’s recommendation to conduct a statewide public
notice readership survey in 2006 at a cost not to exceed $6,750
...approve a staff recommendation to change the annual audit
work schedule moving the audit report to the second (spring)
board meeting of the year ...approved distributing a press release
from the Iowa division of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
October 26, 2006 ...approve the new active member
application of the Vinton Eagle ...approve the new associate
member application of Sally Morlan of Osceola ...approve a Finance
Committee recommendation to adopt the proposed 2007 consolidated
budget ...approve the following:
In light of the fact that Centerville Iowegian Editor Dan Ehl suffered a broken
leg and serious facial injuries allegedly inflicted by two men, apparently
in response to a city council story written by Ehl which referenced a dispute
over the renewal of a liquor license for a bar owned by one of the two men
who were subsequently charged with willful injury;
And in light of the fact that Ehl plans to initiate a civil action in the case;
And in light of the fact that Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., owner of
the Iowegian, will also be involved in the case and
In an effort to help send the message that the Iowa Newspaper Association feels
strongly that this type of alleged behavior should not be condoned, I move
that the INA Board of Directors approves a request from CNHI to provide $1,000
toward attorneys fees in the civil case.
February 1, 2007 ...approve the affiliate member
applications of the Ankeny Press-Citizen and Siouxland Sports
Authority of Council Bluffs ...approve the associate member application
of Thomas Mullen of Sheridan, WY ...approve a Finance Committee
recommendation to adopt new internal controls measures recommended
to the committee by staff.
April 12, 2007 ...approve the Associate membership
application of John Johnson ...approve a request from the Department
of Human Services to distribute a press release regarding farmers’ markets
in Iowa.
June 22, 2007 ...approve the Academic membership
application of Michele Smith of the University of Northern Iowa
...approve the 2007-08 capital budget ...instruct Monroe to increase
member dues in the 2008 budget to cover the costs ($20,600 first
year, $18,600 second year) of a service to automatically post
all Iowa public notices on an INA-controlled website to enable
members to add value to notices published in newspapers by archiving
them on the Internet at no additional cost to local cities, schools
or counties ...approve an All-State Committee recommendation
to facilitate a database of photographers who would be available
to be contacted by other member newspapers for individual photo
requests. Publishers must sign off on the availability of photographers
volunteering to be listed ion the database.
November 2, 2007 …approve the following membership
applications: Brian Gongol, West Des Moines (Associate); Chuck
Dunham, Deep River (Associate); Mail Services, Urbandale (Affiliate) …approve
a recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the 2008
budget.
February 7, 2008 … approve the associate membership application
of Matt Grohe of Mid-America Publishing, Des Moines.
April 10, 2008 …approve the associate membership
application of Keith Textor of Ames and the affiliate membership
application of Chris Whitley, EPA Region 7 Public Affairs, Kansas
City …elect Terry Wilson to serve as Executive Committee
member at large …select the Des Moines Marriott Hotel as
the location for the 2013 INA Convention.
August 22, 2008... name a committee of Storey, Duncan and INA Services Co. President Kevin Johnson of the Des Moines Register to interview Mudge and then hold a special meeting of the board at which time the committee will either recommend hiring Mudge or conducting a national search that could include her. All INA board members were asked to forward any questions they would like the committee to ask to Storey. All questions asked and the answers to the questions will be provided to all INA board members prior to the special meeting. If the recommendation is to hire Mudge, then all INA board members would have the opportunity to ask her questions at the special board meeting.
October 10, 2008 ---hold the 2013 INA Convention at the Des Moines Marriott Hotel. ---hire Chris Mudge as the next Executive Director of the INA.
November 14, 2008 ---approve a recommendation from the Finance Committee to adopt the 2009 budget.
---approve a request from the Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education to distribute a press release to the INA membership.
---approve a whistle-blower policy and a records retention/destruction policy.
---appoint Dan DeBettignies, Montezuma Republican, to serve as the INA appointee to the Iowa Newspaper Foundation Board of Directors.
February 5, 2009
---approve a recommendation from the Distinguished Service Award Task Force regarding the Distinguished Service Award selection process.
April 2, 2009
---approve the the associate membership application of Bob Goodyear of Monticello.
---establish the following policy regarding how the INA’s lobbyists are to register the INA on pending legislation:
---The INA’s position on workplace legislation should be “Unknown” unless the legislation uniquely affects newspapers.
---The Executive Director should draft for review by the Government Relations Committee and INA Board a statement of principles that outlines what legislative issues are vital to the organization to serve as a guide for the lobbyists when registering the INA on bills
---The INA should empower its lobbyists to register for/against non-business bills as they see fit, in consultation with the INA executive director if necessary and in accordance with the statement of principles...
---The INA Executive Director should distribute a list of all bills to members of the Government Relations Committee each week to enable committee members to monitor and comment on how the INA has registered on each bill.
---approve a recommendation from Monroe that he be employed on a part-time basis effective July 1 at which time Mudge will become Executive Director. The board selected Mudge to be the next Executive Director at its October 10, 2008 meeting.
---approve a recommendation from the Compensation Committee regarding the compensation package for Mudge once she becomes Executive Director on July 1.
---approve the following resolution:
The Iowa Newspaper Association Board of Directors resolves to formally thank Bill Monroe for his 29 years of service, and for his dedication to the well-being of the Iowa Newspaper Association and Iowa’s newspapers. Bill’s decision to retire from a full-time schedule six months early, allowing for a smooth transition to our new Executive Director and for financial savings for the organization, is just the latest example of that dedication and support. We are deeply appreciative and grateful to him for all that he has done for Iowa newspapers.
July 16, 2009
---approve the associate membership application for Steffen Schmidt of Ames.
---choose the Downtown Des Moines Marriott for the 2014 INA Annual Convention and Trade Show.
---approve a request from the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Nutrition to disseminate health-related information and public service ads to newspapers to run on a space-available basis.
November 5, 2009
---approve the INA Lobbying Statement of Principles recommended by the INA Government Relations Committee.
---approve via a ballot-by-mail specific guidelines to be used when evaluating acceptance of sponsorships at its two meal functions during the INA Annual Convention.
---approve via a ballot-by-mail a Convention meal sponsorship by the Iowa Gaming Association of $3,500 plus $500 in-kind donation.
---amend the 2010 operating budget to hold dues in 2010 at 2009 levels for one year only and to reduce the INA bottom line by 5,194.40.
---approve the amended 2010 operating budget.
---appoint Dan DeBettignies to serve as the INA Board’s representative on the INF Board.
February 3, 2010
---approve the following new members:
Active membership: Deep River Record, Charles Dunham
Associate membership: Margaret VanderVeerdt, Sully, Iowa; Connie Reinert, Ruthven, Iowa; Bill Monroe, Johnston, Iowa
---approve spending $1,000 to file an Amicus Brief in support of the Iowa City Press Citizen’s FOI lawsuit against the University of Iowa.
---approve a copyright contract to be distributed to INA member newspapers to assist them when entering into agreements with third-party vendors providing digitization of their content.
---amend Mudge’s employment contract to adjust the term from one-year to a three-year rolling term and then approved the amended language.
---request that the INA President name a sub-committee of the board to work with Mudge to develop proposed language for a new membership category and to come back to the board at its April meeting with a recommendation.
April 9, 2010
---elect Jim Normandin to serve as Board Member at Large on the INA Executive Committee.
---appoint Bill Casey of the Iowa City Daily Iowan to serve on the INA Services Co. Board.
---approve a request by GeoTel to reduce the amount paid by GeoTel to INA Services Co. by $16,605 in 2010. This is a reduction in the number of newspaper subscriptions purchased by GeoTel and a reduction in the amount of space leased by GeoTel from INA Services Co.
July 23, 2010
---approve a new affiliate membership for Athlon Media, Nashville, TN.
October 28, 2010
---approve the distribution of PSAs for Amanda the Panda program.
---approve a recommendation by the Government Relations Committee.
---approve an Executive Committee recommendation to amend the INA bylaws.
---approve an All-State Committee recommendation that the INA create the Ed Thomas Mr. Football Award presented by the Iowa Newspaper Association annually recognizing a high school football player who has demonstrated excellent performance on the football field and exemplary character in all aspects of life.
---name Ken Chaney, Sigourney News Review, to the Iowa Newspaper Foundation board as the INA Board’s representative on the foundation board.
---approve the 2011 INA consolidated budget as presented.
January 28, 2011
---expand the INA Services Co. Board to nine members.
---appoint Dave Stanley, New Hampton Tribune to serve on the INA Services Co. Board.
---appoint Beth Bennett, Wisconsin Newspaper Association Board of Directors to the INA Services Co. Board of Directors.
February 3, 2011
---approve a new academic membership for Steven E. Chappell, Simpson College.
---approve a Government Relations Committee recommendation to establish 2011 legislative priorities.
---approve a recommendation from the INA Distinguished Service Award Ad Hoc Committee to modify the criteria for selection as a Distinguished Service Award winner to add that a prior winner of the Master-Editor-Publisher aware is not eligible to win the DSA award.
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Chronological
list of motions acted upon by the INA Services Co. board since
its formation:
The board voted to...
July
14, 1995 ...approve a management contract between the INA and
INA Services Co. under which the INA Services Co. board hires
all personnel except the executive director, who is hired by the
INA board. ...donate the CNA (formerly INAS) commission generated
by the INF "Pages for Tomorrow" campaign to the foundation.
March 7, 1996 ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation
to spend up to $10,000 for CNA to contract with free-lancers to
offer free creative assistance to advertisers and agencies. ...approve
the resolution that the corporation adopts the name "Customized
Newspaper Advertising." ...approve a staff recommendation that
should an employee end the year with unused vacation time, that
employee would be able to convert that vacation time to sick time.
...adopt a staff policy recommendation regarding inter-company
loans.
July 19, 1996 ...approve increase of 2x2 ads to $850 in 1997 and
$950 in 1998 and added a $25 production charge and 25% discount
for second and third pre-paid insertions. ...approve recommendation
that CNA develop a service for members which provides creative
assistance in designing ads. ...approve recommendation to create
a pool of 6-10 publishers to act as ambassadors. The cost of the
program to be shared by all companies (INA/INF/CNA). ...develop
a board mileage reimbursement policy.
Oct. 1, 1996 ...sign agreement to sell the Iowa Press Clipping
Bureau to GeoTel Corp. of Missouri.
Oct. 31, 1996 ...approve investing $2,000 for CNA home page. ...approve
recommendation to enter into an agreement with AdQuest to provide
Internet classified service to member newspapers and their in-house
shoppers. ...vote to pay earned commissions to CNA advertising
salespeople, for sales exceeding the budgeted annual sales goal,
at a percentage equal to the percentage of budgeted commission
revenue retained at year's end. ...approve the consolidated budget
for 1997.
Feb. 27, 1997 ...establish a 1997 automobile allowance to be paid
to CNA salesperson Chris Ingalls. The allowance is $280 per month
or $3,360 per year plus milage. ...approve tri-company investment
policy. ...approve recommendation that CNA spend up to $8,000
in 1997 to hire an independent contractor to sell political advertising
on behalf of Iowa newspapers. ...vote not to sell circulation
by zip code information to anyone. ...approve purchase of 11x17
laser printer instead of labeler, which was previously approved.
...vote to have INF loan CNA $100,000 for six months (at 8.75%
interest) to pay newspapers for advertising placed by CNA for
which CNA has not yet been paid.
July 10, 1997 ...to contract with a political consultant to sell
advertising on behalf of newspapers. ...approve the 1997-98 capital
budget. ...offer CNA Classified Manager Chancey Montang the opportunity
to purchase the company car at its blue book value and finance
it over four years at six percent interest.
Oct. 30, 1997 ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation
to have CNA represent 2nd Class Requester publications for advertising
placement if the publication is owned by a member newspaper and
it is specifically requested by the advertiser. The policy will
be reviewed in a year. ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation
that CNA offer media kits to INA member newspapers based on a
price structure for INCN/2x2 participants and non-participants.
...approve the 1998 consolidated budget. ...offer to fund an INF
Heritage Club membership in the name of Chris Mudge, INA Assistant
Director. ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation to modify
the CNA Finders Fee program. ...approve a Marketing Committee
recommendation to have CNA survey Iowa newspapers regarding a
two-tiered commission system. ...approve a recommendation of the
Finance Committee to amend the investment policy. ...approve making
the budgeted staff 401(K) contributions for 1997.
Nov. 10, 1997 ...have Customized Newspaper Advertising handle
the placement and billing of JC Penney's advertising through the
California Newspaper Network and that the newspapers pay CNA a
one percent handling fee, .25 percent to be retained by CNN.
March 5, 1998 ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation
to modify the Finders Fee program to increase the fee paid to
the "finder" and extend the program from one to three years. ...approve
a Marketing Committee recommendation to have CNA survey Iowa newspapers
to access their interest in participating in a two-tiered commission
system. ...approve several changes to the investment policy, including
that all investments must be approved in advance by the president
of the INA and the chairperson of the Finance Committee, and that
all board and finance committee members be sent monthly reports
tracking any investments made. ...approve making the budgeted
staff 401(K) contributions for 1997.
April 22, 1998 ...approve a Marketing Committee recommendation
that CNA staff continue to monitor potential retail advertising
opportunities. The board also modified a recommendation from the
Marketing Committee that all advertising agencies in Iowa and
contiguous states be included in the 2000 INA Directory. ...instruct
the staff to write a letter to all papers in the J.C. Penney markets
to determine whether or not CNA should decline California Newspaper
Network's request to continue handling the placement and billing
of J.C. Penney business.
May 15, 1998 ...vote to instruct CNA to continue to handle JC
Penney placement and billing for the month of June (June insertions),
but to turn the business over to the California Newspaper Network
effective with the July insertions.
July 9, 1998 ...approve a revised reverse split dollar insurance
agreement related to a life insurance policy on Monroe with the
INA named as one of the beneficiaries. ...approve the 1998-99
capital budget. ...approve a plan to remodel a portion of the
second floor of the INA building.
October 29, 1998 ...approve an increase to $225 for the cost of
a statewide classified ad, and a one-year trial period to offer
a 2"x4" ad as part of the 2x2 Network. ...approve the 1999 consolidated
budget as amended to include the expansion of the advertising
administrator position to full-time and an additional $8,500 added
to the CNA promotion budget. ...approve a modification to the
policy on payment of staff performance goals. ...approve an amendment
to the current advertising payment policy to say that CNA would
pay newspapers monthly rather than weekly for all advertising
for which CNA has been paid by the advertiser. ...approve a request
by Attorney General Tom Miller to distribute camera-ready ads
to Iowa newspapers on the issue of recovering delinquent child
support.
March 4, 1999 ...approve an amended staff recommendation on distribution
of public service announcements in which the request would be
considered based upon certain characteristics and the request
would be deemed relevant by all three board presidents. ...approve
making the budgeted 401(k) contributions for the staff.
June 17, 1999 ...elect the following officers to the INA services
Co. Board: Roger Rector, president; Dave Storey, vice president;
Gary Milks, secretary-treasurer. ...approve the recommendations
of the CNA Funding Task Force, which includes raising the two
percent handling fee beginning in 2000 and phasing it in (now
charged in lieu of a commission to papers on annual gross CNA
sales over $52,000) to four percent on all sales from $52,000
to $500,000, and three percent on all sales over $500,000. Also,
beginning in 2000, adjust the $52,000 and $500,000 handling fee
sales threshold amounts annually by the annual Consumer Price
Index inflation percentage or 50% of the average member newspaper
advertising rate increase, whichever is greater; develop a rebate
program to rebate to members ...approve the 1999-2000 capital
budget including several computer items, a company car and a CNA
trade show booth and remodeling of the building's first floor.
...approve personnel policy recommendations from the INA Management
Team concerning sick leave accrual and vacation policy. ...approve
a budget amendment not to exceed $7,500 for CNA to stage two professionally-conducted
focus groups. One focus group would discuss newspapers as an advertising
medium while the other would discuss the CNA's services.
November 4, 1999 ...approve amending the vacation policy so that
the executive director may grant additional vacation time at his
discretion. ...amend the budget to increase Monroe's compensation
beyond what was budgeted and approve the budget as amended. ...instruct
staff to conduct two professionally-conducted focus groups and
share the results during the convention in April, 2000.
February 17, 2000 ...approve the staff 401(k) contributions for
1999. ...establish a policy that member rates and benefits for
INA Internet Services products be made available to member publishers.
April 13, 2000 ...approve a recommendation of the Promotion Task
Force to spend $20,000 to develop a business plan for multi-media
promotion of Iowa newspapers. ...approve funds to remodel the
second floor store room to create a meeting room.
October 26, 2000 ...instruct staff to phase in a legal hotline
rate increase. ...adopt the consolidated budget for 2001.
March 8-9, 2001 ...make the 2000 budgeted staff 401(k) contribution.
...read into the minutes a ballot by mail to approve the purchase
of a new folder. ...read into the minutes a ballot by mail to
approve a funding recommendation by the Promotion Task Force.
April 26, 2001 ...instruct staff to offer other states a reciprocal
agreement that payment for all advertising be forwarded upon receipt
of payment from the advertiser. ...instruct staff to discuss classified
sales relationships with other states. ...approve a severance
policy.
July 12-13, 2001 ...amend and approve the Capital Budget for 2001-2002.
...approve a series of promotional ads designed by The Des Moines
Register and run as part of Promotional Task Force efforts.
November 2, 2001 ...approve the Consolidated Budget for 2002 as
amended. ...approve a recommendation to allow CNA staff to place
INCN and 2x2 advertising into any classified network. ...approve
the first phase of the Print Power Plus business plan. ...approve
a Finance Committee recommendation to reformat the existing investment
policy. ...approve spending up to $1,000 to purchase events cancellation
insurance. ...approve a ballot-by-mail for two company car replacements.
February 6, 2002 ...approve an amendment to the investment policy
format. ...approve making the annual staff 401(K) contribution.
...elected its slate of officers.
April 4, 2002 ...hear update on Print Power Plus project. ...learn
about proposed change in the sales fees state press associations
pay one another for the sale of statewide classifieds into their
state. ...hear an update from Monroe on the need for membership
data management software. ...hear a report from Monroe on possible
tech support options for the INA staff in 2003.
July 11-12, 2002 ...approve the 2002-2003 capital budget. ...approve
a Technology Committee recommendation that INA Internet Services
no longer sell websites to members after 1/1/03, when current
PowerOne Media contract expires.
Recommendations include recognizing preferred providers to help
member newspapers create and/or expand their Internet presence.
...instruct staff to work with the Partnership for a Drug Free
Iowa to involve member newspapers in a statewide anti-drug project
with a paid advertising component.
November 21, 2002 ...adopt the consolidated budget for 2003. ...review
the staff overtime policy. ...instruct staff and Technology Committee
to explore more inclusive preferred provider options for newspapers
wishing to create and/or expand their Internet presence.
February 5, 2003 ...make the budgeted staff 401K contribution
for 2002. ...elect officers for the coming year.
April 10, 2003 ...approve payment of a $733 special assessment
payment on the One System used by the CNA support staff to process
ad orders. ...approve the minutes of the February 5 meeting.
July 18, 2003 ...approve the 2003-2004 capital budget. ...approve
a staff recommendation to create the position of INF Program Administrator.
October 23, 2003 ...approve the 2004 budget. ...elect the following
officers: Cooper as president, Wilson as vice president and Stanley
as secretary-treasurer. ...approve purchase of office furniture
for the accounting staff and the Executive and Assistant Directors
and a privacy wall for the accounting office at a total cost of
$17,625. ...authorize the CNA staff to accept advertising for
prescription drugs from Canada. ...agree to the following policy
developed by staff to speed payment for advertising to members:
Effective December 1, 2003, when CNA is missing a tearsheet from
a newspaper, that newspaper's publisher will be contacted (currently
the advertising director, or other staff member to whom CNA has
been directed, is contacted). It is the hope of the board that
contact to the publisher will result in immediate attention to
the matter. A letter will be sent to all publishers, ad directors
and CNA contacts at the newspapers outlining the new policy.
February 5, 2004 ...empower Monroe to sign all future management
contracts between the INA Services Co. and the Iowa Newspaper
Association and Iowa Newspaper Foundation. ...elect the following
officers: Cooper as president, Wilson as vice president and Woodward
as secretary-treasurer.
July 16, 2004 … approve the 2004-2005 capital budget …instruct
staff to poll the membership regarding placing retail contract-rate
advertising through Customized Newspaper Advertising and charging
a sales/placement commission …approve a Promotion Task Force
recommendation that the Print Power Plus new business initiative
be continued through 2007. The Promotion Task Force will present
the INA Services Co. board with a recommendation for funding by
September 15th, 2004.
October 28, 2004 ...Approve the 2005 budget …Select Mission
Creative of Dubuque to upgrade the classifiednation.com website
…instruct the staff to distribute PSA’s and press
releases from the Iowa Fireman’s Association to the membership.
February 3, 2005 …Approve making the budgeted
2004 401K contribution for the staff …Appoint Tom Woodward
to serve as the board’s strategic planning chairperson
appointment. The appointment will be made annually.
June 17, 2005 ...Approve the 2005-06 capital budget …Amend
its mission statement to read: The INA Service Company’s
mission is to advance the economic well-being of Iowa newspaper
enterprises primarily through research, promotion and advertising
sales …Approve a recommendation from the INA Ad Hoc Insurance
Review Committee to increase the liability umbrella coverage
from $1 million to $2 million at a premium increase estimated
at $300 a year and to increase the contents coverage in the flood
insurance from $21,500 to $50,000 at an increased premium cost
of $357.
October 28, 2005 …Approve a Finance Committee
recommendation to adopt the 2006 operating budget …Approve
long-range planning goals and objectives.
February 2, 2006 …Approve making the budgeted
2005 401K contribution for the staff.
April 21, 2006 ...no action taken.
July 14, 2006 ...approve the 2006-07 Capital Budget
...approve a staff-recommended Paid Time Off policy to replace
the existing vacation and sick leave policies ...approve a long-range
planning working group recommendation to incorporate into the
2007 budget a maximum of $5,000 to invest in a “creative
package” using information from CNA’s fall statewide
research study for use by newspapers and the CNA staff. The board
also approved a pricing schedule for the newspapers purchase
of presentations, research studies, etc. In addition the board
approved a survey regarding non-traditional revenue to be distributed
to INA member newspapers this fall. CNA will work with the INF
to hold a series of roundtable discussions in 2007 based on the
results of the survey ...approve a Promotion Task Force recommendation
that the position of Print Power Plus Marketing & Research
Manager be reinstated after holding the position vacant since
February. The position will be adjusted slightly to include media
planning and placement in addition to marketing and research.
November 3, 2006 …approve a CNA long-range
planning task force recommendation that CNA implement a daily
classified network. All daily newspapers will be asked to donate
five line-classified ads/day (25 words/each) to CNA. CNA will
package these ads at a discounted rate and sell them with 100
percent of the revenue retained by CNA. Excluded categories of
advertising are in-state real estate, automotive, recruitment
and pets …approve a recommendation of the Finance Committee
to adopt the proposed 2007 consolidated budget …instruct
Mudge and Monroe to pay staff savings bonuses quarterly in 2007.
February 1, 2007 ...approve a recommendation to
add an inside account executive to the CNA staff.
March 13, 2007 ...approve the staff 401K contribution
for 2006.
June 22, 2007 ...approve the 2007-08 capital budget
...amend a section of the employee performance bonus policy ...amend
a section of the employee PTO policy ...increase the rates for
CNA’s 2X2 Network to $1,200 statewide and $400 per region
and Iowa Newspaper Classified Network rates to $300 statewide
and $110 per region and to prepare an exhibit in each annual
budget to allow for an annual increase of 4-5 percent beginning
in 2009 ...approve a request by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to
distribute public service announcements to Iowa newspapers.
November 2, 2007 … approve a recommendation
of the Finance Committee to approve the 2008 budget …distribute
public service online ads from the Blood Centers of Iowa to member
newspapers encouraging newspapers’ website audiences to
give blood …renew Mudge’s employment contract for
one year and renewed Monroe’s employment contract for two
years rather than three, at his request.
February 7, 2008 …approve the minutes of the November 2
meeting.
April 10, 2008 … approve a Finance Committee
recommendation to amend the CNA Finder’s Fee policy to
pay a finder’s fee equal to 25 percent of CNA’s commission
retained for the first order placed …approve a presentation
to the Wisconsin Newspaper Association regarding having CNA serve
as WNA’s advertising service …set June 20 at the
Cedar Rapids Marriott Hotel as the time and place of the next
board meeting.
November 14, 2008
... approve a recommendation from the Finance Committee to approve the 2009 budget.
... approve one-year contracts for Monroe and Mudge.
... amend a deferred income plan with Monroe to enable him to withdraw funds over 10 years rather than in one lump sum upon his retirement at the end of 2009.
... approve whistle-blower and records retention-destruction policies.
February 5, 2009
... elect Kevin Johnson as president, Jeff Wagner as vice president and Tim Kurtz as secretary-treasurer.
February 19, 2009
... instruct staff to consult with INA attorneys to determine what financial liability CNA would incur were it to accept advertising subject to sequential liability. In addition, and specific to a possible partnership with U.S. International Media placing advertising for GM, staff was instructed to quantify for the board the potential scope of this partnership as it relates to the number and size of newspapers and potential revenue to CNA.
... instruct staff to develop a first draft of a policy related to advertising that newspapers in Iowa and Wisconsin may not have run correctly and the subsequent securing of tear sheets as proof of publication. The proposed policy should include non-payment of advertising if a response from a newspaper is not secured within a reasonable amount of time, while still trying to be corrective in nature, not punitive. The policy should incorporate some leniency for first-time, or rare, offenders and should escalate to include intervention by a board member or other publisher if the problem becomes chronic.
... authorize the staff to reallocate personnel resources as needed to place more emphasis on the sale of Network advertising, the category of business that has the greatest impact on revenue to the ad service.
April 2, 2009
... authorize CNA to work with the Iowa Lottery to facilitate distribution of editorial and PSA information promoting the Lottery and the Iowa Department of Tourism’s summer 2008 promotion “Experience Iowa”. The Lottery is requesting that media outlets around the state consider running promotional material to introduce weekly tourism discounts to holders of non-winning Powerball tickets. CNA will also work with the Lottery to distribute online PSAs through iWebNet to participating newspapers.
... adopt a new Did-Not-Run (DNR) policy for ads that are placed by Customized Newspaper Advertising but which CNA can not find in the newspaper.
July 16, 2009
... approve a ballot-by-mail to have CNA pay newspapers twice a month, on the 1st and 15th, for advertising CNA has sold into newspapers and for which CNA has been paid. This new policy went into effect May 1, 2009. Prior to implementation of this policy, CNA had paid newspapers once/month for advertising.
... approve a request by The Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy to distribute two quarter-page ads to newspapers as part of the office’s drug misuse/abuse campaign, which runs from July 27-December 31, 2009. Newspapers will be asked to run the ads on a space-available basis and to provide a web presence on their websites. The staff will communicate the board’s approval directly with the Governor’s office, as well as the agency of record, ME&V.
... amend the budget to invest $6,750 to conduct another statewide public notice readership survey.
... approve sequential liability language provided by INA attorneys to be included on CNA insertion orders. In addition, it approved the procedure whereby CNA will secure confirmations from newspapers containing this language.
November 5, 2009
... approve the 2010 operating budget.
... approve a six-month agreement with the Michigan Press Association for CNA to provide sales assistance and earn a commission on the business sold and placed into Michigan newspapers.
February 3, 2010
... enter into a one-year independent contractor agreement with Bill Monroe to work on the Multi-State Digital Task Force project in 2010.
February 19, 2010
... elect the following officers: President: Tim Kurtz, Oskaloosa Herald; Vice President: Tom Stangl, LeMars Daily Sentinel; Secretary/Treasurer: Don Dauterive, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman.
...approve moving forward with discussion with the Wisconsin Newspaper Association to manage many aspects of its operation: membership, communication (including weekly bulletin, website and annual directory), training (including the annual WNA Convention) and accounting.
April 9, 2010
... amend its bylaws to allow for ex officio members that would come from the states with whom INA Services Co. has contracts.
... approve a request by GeoTel to reduce the amount paid by GeoTel to INA Services Co. by $16,605 in 2010. This is a reduction in the number of newspaper subscriptions purchased by GeoTel and a reduction in the amount of space leased by GeoTel from INA Services Co.
... approve the 2009 401(K) contribution for the staff.
April 23, 2010
... elect the following officers: President: Tom Stangl, LeMars Daily Sentinel; Vice President: Don Dauterive, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman; Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Casey, Iowa City Daily Iowan.
... approve a management agreement and a budget allocation between the INA Services Co. and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association to allow the INA Services Co. to manage many aspects of the WNA operation: membership, communication (including website, annual directory, etc.), training (including the annual WNA Convention) and accounting. WNA will pay the Services Co. a management fee as detailed in the contract.
July 23, 2010
... amend the INA Services Co. bylaws to change the number of board members on the board from seven to five-nine (5-9) to allow the INA Services Co. to extend an invitation to a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, in light of the INA Services Co./WNA partnerships.
... approve a staff recommendation to rebate .5 percent commission back to member newspapers in January, 2011 for 2010 advertising pending commission retained revenue running ahead of the 2010 budget. This will be reviewed again at the board’s October meeting.
... instruct staff to continue to place advertising on behalf of two accounts whose advertising agencies have refused to sign acknowledgment of Customized Newspaper Advertising’s sequential liability language. Newspapers receiving advertising from these agencies still sign insertion orders stating that “CNA shall be responsible for payment to newspaper solely to the extent CNA receives payment with funds that have cleared all banking channels from advertiser or advertiser’s agency, if applicable, for such advertising and for any payment amounts not cleared, advertiser or advertiser’s agency, if applicable, shall be directly responsible for such payment amounts to newspaper and CNA shall have no responsibility or liability to newspaper.”
... revise the PSA policy to add a statement that says “the organization making the request understands that each newspaper will be given the option to include on the ad(s) language stating that the newspaper has donated the space.”
... approve the following resolution: “Resolved that the Board of Directors of the INA Services Co. hereby authorizes the INA Executive Director to negotiate, execute and deliver management contracts and leases with affiliates.”
... approve a staff request that it be given authorization to negotiate directly with the vendor(s) when contracting on behalf of an advertiser to print front page sticky notes or poly bags.
... allocate $7,000 for the development of a marketing campaign to re-brand the newspaper industry in Iowa.
... purchase of a new company car for Iowa Newspaper Foundation Director Jennifer Asa.
... ask member newspaper to support, through publication of PSAs, the 1 for All campaign, educating their readers of the freedoms afforded Americans by the 1st Amendment.
October 28, 2010
... instruct staff to allocate .5 percent/year for three years from a “bridge commission” implemented in 2007 to the statewide branding/marketing campaign being launched in early 2011.
... approve an E-tearsheet Task Force recommendation that the INA Services Co. enter into an agreement with NewzGroup to provide e-tearsheet capabilities to Customized Newspaper Advertising. As part of this initiative, newspapers will be asked to send one copy of each issue of their newspaper in digital form to the INA.
... approve recommendations from the Branding/Marketing Task Force.
... approve changes to the INA Service Co. bylaws.
... approve a request from “Leave a Legacy” to distribute PSAs to member newspapers.
... extend Mudge’s employment contract through 2013.
... approve the 2011 INA consolidated budget as presented with instructions to Mudge to work with the INA Compensation Committee to research health insurance options in an effort to reduce the INA’s investment while providing the staff with high-quality health insurance options.
February 3, 2011
... approve the marketing plan for the statewide branding/marketing campaign.
... approve a Marketing Committee recommendation that changes be made to the Network regions to increase sales potential.
April 21, 2011
...
approve a Marketing Committee recommendation regarding political advertising as follows: A rate card will be created for political candidates based on the dollars committed to advertising in Iowa newspapers. Candidates will be able to purchase advertising based on three rate levels, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Customized Newspaper Advertising will create dollar volume levels for these three packages and send requests for rates based on these levels. Newspapers will be asked to offer a 25% discount for all repeat ads that publish within six days of the first publication. Newspapers will receive an online advertising survey requesting that they allow CNA to sell the two most common online ad sizes at $10 per thousand, with premiums for geo-targeting, behavioral targeting, and video. If newspapers cannot offer the requested rate, CNA will ask for the best possible rate. The current CAP rates will be discontinued (Buy one ad at open rate, get two free.)
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amend a Compensation Committee recommendation regarding the INA staff health insurance benefit. Under the approved policy, beginning in 2012, INA employees participating in the health insurance plan will pay 100 percent of any premium increases until such time as they are paying 25 percent of the premium. In subsequent years, the employee and the INA will share any additional premium increases, with the employee retaining a minimum 25 percent share of the premium and the INA premium increase not to exceed ten percent. The board will review the INA health insurance policy for its staff annually during the budget process.
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approve the matching 401K contribution for the staff.
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Chronological
list of motions acted upon by the foundation board since the formation
of the Iowa Newspaper Foundation in 1984:
The board voted to...
September 7, 1984 ...purchase
the property at 319 E. 5th Street for $180,000 provided that the
Association would lend the Foundation $85,000 for the downpayment.
February 1, 1985 ...set a goal of raising $300,000 over the next
three years. The money was to be invested with earnings going
to defray the costs of speakers at programs sponsored by the foundation
to keep registration costs at a minimum for foundation members.
September 6, 1985 ...establish a Founders membership to be issued
to any newspaper that contributes two times its annual INA dues
(payable over a three-year period) to the INA fund drive. ...allow
former Iowa newspaper professionals to become members of the Heritage
Club by contributing the amount the last newspaper they worked
for would contribute for the same recognition. ...increase tenants'
rents during the following 12 months.
February 28, 1986 ...adopt a recommendation of the INF's accountants
and change the end of the INF fiscal year from October 31 to December
31. ...repay the Iowa Newspaper Association $26,000 of the $78,032
borrowed using funds collected by the fund drive. ...recognize
INF Heritage Club members as follows: * Heritage Club members
would be recognized with two plaques (one for the Heritage Club
member and one to be displayed in the Heritage Conference room
of the INF building); * Memberships in the name of the newspapers
would be recognized with plaques featuring the name of the newspaper
in dominant type and the name of the publisher in smaller type;
* Memberships in the name of non-owners (retired publishers or
active staffers not working as publisher or general manager) would
be recognized with plaques featuring the name of the individual
making the Heritage Club contribution in dominant type and the
newspaper's name in smaller type. * Individual Heritage memberships
in the amount of $5,000 would be recognized with two larger plaques.
The individual member's picture would be on the plaque. The individual's
name would be in dominant type and his community would be in smaller
type. ...erect a Founders Membership plaque in the building listing
all INF Founders Members. ...have a booth at the INA Trade Show
to recognize INF members (those who have paid their $20 annual
membership fee) with a special emblem on the convention name tags.
...contribute up to $1,500 in speakers fees to help offset the
registration costs of the INA convention.
April 3, 1986 ...grant a $1,000 funding request from the Iowa
State University College of Education Extension Office for "What's
'Write' About Iowa", a writing program for elementary school children
in central Iowa.
September 5, 1986 ...repay $35,000 of the foundation's $79,463
building downpayment loan from the Iowa Newspaper Advertising
Service and to repay as much of the balance owed as possible each
month, leaving a total balance in the INF checking and savings
accounts of $9,000 to cover current expenses. ...reduce all 1987
INF-sponsored educational event registration fees by $5.
January 23, 1987 ...have the INF co-sponsor "U.S. 88: A New Road
to the White House" project.
April 10, 1987 ...borrow $10,000 at 8% interest from the Iowa
Newspaper Association to accelerate retirement of the $84,245.93
mortgage balance on the INF building. ...accept a recommendation
to hire Pitts as an INF fundraiser for a one year trial period.
September 11, 1987 ...borrow $70,855.48 from the Iowa Newspaper
Association to retire the 9% mortgage on the building. ...approve
a request for endorsement of the concept, and up to $1,000 for
the financing, of a research study of school newspapers published
in Iowa community newspapers and development of guidelines for
both schools and newspapers cooperating in such publications.
November 12, 1987 ...request that the INA board name an ad hoc
study committee to assess the membership's convention, clinic,
seminar and short course needs for the future.
February 25, 1988 ...approve a $4,000 funding request from the
Iowa State University Department of Journalism to co-sponsor a
summer workshop to provide low-cost training for community journalists
who have had little or no formal training. ...sponsor two new
one-day workshops in 1988 (public notice advertising and new technology).
April 15, 1988 ...extend for 12 months the agreement with Pitts
to serve as INF fundraiser.
September 9, 1988 ...pay a monthly health insurance premium for
INF fundraiser Pitts in lieu of allowing him pension benefits.
December 9, 1988 ...approve a recommendation that Pitts' health
insurance benefit be paid and that he be reimbursed for supplies,
postage and phone expenses and be paid a commission of 25 percent
of all new contributions received by the INF during the interim
period (December 1, 1988 to April, 1989 at which time Pitts would
present a proposal on fundraising to the board).
February 16, 1989 ...approve a new compensation package for fundraiser
Pitts. ...table discussions on purchasing a building adjacent
to the existing INF building. ...approve a request for $4,000
to fund a second summer workshop at Iowa State University for
professional journalists with no formal training.
April 7, 1989 ...establish a policy for registrations at INF functions
where severe weather prohibits some registrants from attending
educational events held despite the weather. Publishers who registered
themselves or other staffers but are unable to attend because
of the weather will be sent a letter and given the option of either
contributing the registration fees to the foundation to offset
the costs of the meeting or receiving a 50% credit on the registration
for any other INF educational event during the next 12 month period.
December 8, 1989 ...change the INF fiscal year to correspond to
the calendar year. ...adopt the 1990 consolidated budget.
February 22, 1990 ...approve a management contract with the Iowa
Newspaper Association regarding the use of association personnel.
...not contribute $2,000 to fund a Young Writers Conference in
Ames.
May 3, 1990 ...instruct Monroe to write a letter of intent accepting,
in concept, a fund-raising proposal from Fletcher Communications
Co. of Des Moines.
June 1, 1990 ...authorize Monroe and Gross to enter into contract
negotiations with the Fletcher Communications Group to engage
in a program to encourage newspapers to donate space to promote
a video on girls basketball in exchange for commission revenue
for the newspapers and the foundation. ...instruct Monroe to have
a compensation contract for the INF Fundraiser prepared for board
review.
August 25,1990 ...contribute $1,000 to fund 50 $20 scholarships
for high school students attending an Iowa High School Press Association
conference and up to $500 to Iowa State University's Dept. of
Journalism and Mass Communication to underwrite expenses for an
electronic photo image workshop. ...change the date of the INF
annual meeting to coincide with the Iowa Newspaper Association's
annual convention.
October 25,1990 ...raise the fundraiser's travel allowance from
$2,225 a year to $3,000 a year. ...amend the fundraiser's contract
to read: "Gifts received more than 12 months after a contact by
Pitts may be considered as a result of Pitt's solicitation efforts.
...approve the fundraiser's contract as changed. It was understood
that the fundraiser would pay 15% of his health insurance premium,
as is the case with all other INA/INF employees. ...approve the
INF's portion of the 1991 budget allowing for a $5,000 fund for
contribution requests in 1991. ...approve a $1,000 contribution
to Iowa State University for the 1991 Young Writers' Conference
but indicated the support would have been higher had the event
been statewide rather than regional.
July 25, 1991 ...instruct the staff to invite the director of
the Minnesota Newspaper Foundation to the next board meeting to
discuss fund-raising techniques.
November 22, 1992 ...propose an amended set of bylaws for member
approval at the annual meeting in April. ...resolve that the terms
of office of any officer or director of the Foundation which would
have expired at the annual meeting of the Foundation held in 1991
shall be extended until the 1992 annual meeting of the Foundation.
...renew the contract of INA fundraiser Carter Pitts for one year.
...contribute $500 to help fund registration fees for students
attending the 1992 fall regional or state conference of the Iowa
High School Press Association. ...contribute up to $2,000 to match
gifts from newspapers to help fund a series of Young Writers Conferences
to be held at Iowa State University, Central College and Simpson
College. ...contribute half of the cost of five $200 registration
fees ($500) for a week-long summer writing course to be presented
by Iowa State University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
The fee assistance is to be given to minority students.
March 6, 1992 ...sponsor a two-day management seminar in July
in Des Moines.
April 10, 1992 ...elect Wayne Davis as president and Tom Johnson
as secretary/treasurer (as per INF bylaws, former secretary/treasurer
Messersmith becomes vice president.)
July 9, 1992 ...approve a request by Pitts for $1,500 increase
to the fundraiser's travel and expense budget.
November 12, 1992 ...renew the contract of Fundraiser Carter Pitts
for another year. ...approve a funding request for $300 by the
Iowa FFA Foundation to fund an ag journalism proficiency contest
in 1993 and a request for $850 from the University of Iowa School
of Journalism and Mass Communication to sponsor the Nancy Drew
Iowa Student Writing Contest for students in grades 5-8 in 1993.
...approve the 1993 budget. ...hire Linda Cottington of Des Moines
as a fund raiser for the months of January-May, 1993. ...provide
for INA board representation on the INF board by encouraging the
Association to send a representative to all future INF board meetings.
...approve a recommendation by the Program Committee for a series
of 1993 seminars, adding three regional meetings to be held in
October.
February 18, 1993 ...instruct Cottington to meet with foundations,
beginning with Iowa media foundations, to discuss funding of a
feasibility study to determine whether an "electronic newspaper
project" to gather, store, and disseminate newspaper stories electronically
to the general public for a fee would be feasible any time in
the near future.
April 1, 1993 ...elect Alan Smith of the Mt. Ayr Record-News INF
Secretary-Treasurer.
June 3, 1993 ...elect Tom Hawley of the Indianola Record Herald
and Tribune to serve the remainder of the unexpired board term
of Molly Carroll, Muscatine Journal. ...approve a recommendation
by Cottington to work with the Center for Agricultural Rural Development
(CARD), Iowa State University, to pursue funding for a study to
test the assumption that consolidation of government services
would save Iowans money. ...deposit all future INF auction proceeds,
Individual Heritage Club and memorial contributions into the INF
endowment fund.
September 30, 1993 ...give INF Grant Writer Cottington approval
to work with Johnson and CARD to seek funds for a project to,
among other things, test the assumption that consolidation of
government and private services is beneficial to Iowa's future.
...increase the 1993 travel allowance for INF Fundraiser Pitts
from $3,000 to $4,500.
November 5, 1993 ...approve the INF budget for 1994. ...use the
proceeds of the INF endowment fund in 1994 to help fund the Harry
Mauck Professional Improvement Seminar program.
March 3, 1994 ...approve a recommendation of the Ad Hoc Raffle
Committee to hold a raffle to raise funds during the INA Convention.
May 12, 1994 ...elect Martin Bunge of the Forest City Summit to
serve as Secretary-Treasurer. ...elect Bill Monroe to serve as
executive director.
June 30, 1994 ...recommend to the INA Board that a full-time INF
director be hired January 1 to raise money for the foundation
and to oversee its program. ...instruct Monroe to investigate
funding sources for the production of a video demonstrating the
value of Iowa's open records and open meetings laws.
October 28, 1994 ...accept the resignation of Linda Cottington
from the board. ...name Mark Hamilton of the Iowa Falls Times-Citizen
to replace Linda Cottington on the board. Hamilton will serve
the remainder of Cottington's unexpired term. ...set in motion
the process required to amend INF bylaws to require that one INF
board member must be a member of the INA board to ensure communication
and coordination between the two groups. ...approve the 1995 budget
which calls for hiring the first INF director.
February 2, 1995 ...amend INF bylaws to read, "One director shall
be appointed by the board of directors of the Iowa Newspaper Association.
This director may not serve as a foundation officer but may serve
a term of from one to six years, as determined by the INA Board."
...appoint a nominating committee, consisting of Alan Smith, Bob
Reiste and Tom Johnson. A letter outlining member's terms will
be sent. The committee was charged with discussing a systematic
rotation of terms. The committee was also requested to consider
adding a public member as well as to consider gender equity.
May 11, 1995 ...pursue the idea of INF sponsored seminars presented
by Joe Roth of Hampton. Roth has suggested that as a fund raiser
the board arrange a partnership with an individual or firm to
conduct seminars for local business personnel. The publisher would
be the catalyst, and the benefits would be three-fold: (1) raise
money; (2) Enhance publishers' standing in the community; (3)
Be a service to local business community. A committee of Roth,
Smith, and Johnson was appointed to look at this project. ...elect
Tom Hawley as secretary.
July 19, 1995 ...approve a draft of a contract between the INA
and its two related companies, the INA Services Co. and the Iowa
Newspaper Foundation, whereby the Services Company will agree
to provide the other two companies with services provided by its
employees with the INA board charged with the responsibility of
hiring the association's executive director. The contract is to
become effective August 1, 1995.
November 9, 1995 ...elect Alan Mores, Harlan Newspapers, to the
INF board to fill the last half of an unexpired term. ...accept
the 1996 business plan. ...spend up to $500 having the INF logo
altered to create its own identity. ...accept the consolidated
budget.
February 8, 1996 ...dispense with a nominating committee and ask
Tom Johnson to stand for election to a one-year term. ...approve
a proposed loan policy to borrow money from the INF.
April 11, 1996 ...review the "limitation of outside activities"
clause form Monroe's contract with the INA and recommend a similiar
clause become part of the employee handbook. ...pursue a recommendation
from the Development Committee to investigate the possibility
of forming "ambassadors" to make personal calls on newspapers.
...pursue development of a "Professional Partnership Program"
to encourage dialogue between newspapers and college educators.
...spend up to $500 having the INF logo altered to create its
own identity. ...accept the consolidated budget.
Oct. 2, 1996 ...draft a letter to other Positively Iowa organizations
letting them know the INF will continue to support the project
so long as certain accountability measures are taken.
Jan 15, 1997 ...no action.
Oct. 10, 1997 ...allocate $2,000 for a University of Iowa project
to record oral histories of Iowa newspaper editors or publishers.
...invite the INA and INA Services Company to the next INF Board
meeting to discuss fund-raising and planned giving.
March 5, 1998 ...approve a policy limiting the dollars the board
can commit to funding granting requests in any calendar year to
15 percent of the earnings on INF-invested funds. ...approve several
changes to the investment policy, including that all investments
must be approved in advance by the president of the INA and the
chairperson of the Finance Committee, and that all board and finance
committee members be sent monthly reports tracking any investments
made. ...approve a primary goal of executive director John Neibergall's,
which is to spend 30 percent of his time working on the planned
giving initiative.
April 23, 1998 ...approve allocating $2,000 to fund a second year
of a University of Iowa project to record oral histories of Iowa
newspaper editors or publishers. ...drop the INF Benefit Golf
Outing if potential co-chairs are not able to accept.
June 24, 1998 ...recommend that if planned giving software is
purchased from a vendor prior to the National Planned Giving Conference
in Atlanta, INF should send John Neibergall to the software training
and national conference.
October 29, 1998 ...approve a revised Planned Giving Marketing
Plan and implementation timeline. ...approve the 1999 INF budget.
...authorize Gary Alban to proceed with the afghan fundraising
project. ...authorize Gary Alban to name a task force to review
the relationship between the INF operational budget and fundraising
income.
March 4, 1999 ...approve plans for the awards ceremony to Maytag
Corporation and its CEO during the 1999 INA Trade Show reception.
...approve a proposed $3,000 INF grant application from the Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University to
support a project to provide two "Ag 101 for Journalists" workshops.
...approve a final afghan design. ...approve a new INF mission
statement. ...agree to hold a benefit golf outing in August if
the INF Golf Committee will implement the plans. ...support a
new Iowa Graphic Communications Academy Program to be held at
three Iowa Community Colleges in June.
June 17, 1999 ...direct the INF Student Committee for its input
on a proposal to establish an Iowa Newspaper Career Incentive
Initiative. ...ask Gerlach and Neibergall to submit the latest
afghan design concept to a number of Iowa newspaper graphic artists.
...accept President Gerlach's proposed 1999-2000 INF committee
assignments. ...agree to hold a raffle and recognition event similar
to the Maytag washer event at the convention in the year 2000.
...hold a special meeting some time in July to study and understand
INF budget projections.
November 4, 1999 ...approve a technology committee recommendation
to establish an Internet program for Iowa newspapers and hiring
a new staff person to work with papers in developing on-line products.
...approve an ad hoc headquarters committee recommendation to
investigate selling the INF building, investing the proceeds and
leasing space in a more visible location near the interstate.
...approve the budget for 2000. ...approve a student committee
career incentive task force to establish a pilot program whereby
INF and participating newspapers would offer a limited number
of signing bonuses. ...to administer a journalism scholarship
in the name of Carter Pitts, funded annually by the LeMars Daily
Sentinel, and establish an INF scholarship committee to be headed
by Gary Alban. ...expand the INF Board to 13 members in the annual
meeting elections to be held in April, 2000. ...seek input from
the finance committee, and the INA and INA Services. Co. board
members, before revising a gift annuity contribution investment
policy.
April 13, 2000 ...proceed with an afghan fund-raising project.
...approve the purchase of a plaque to acknowledge deferred gifts
to the INF. ...accept a proposal by Gary Gerlach and Michael Gartner
to transfer their Iowa Journalism Institute Scholarship funds
to the INF. ...accept a proposal by Mike Lyon in which his company
would sell INF logo-clothing and donate 20 percent of sales to
the INF.
July 13-14, 2000 ...accept Finance Committee recommendations to
adopt a Charitable Annuity policy. ...establish a distribution
policy to ensure that the foundation's principal is not reduced
in any given year. ...authorize the mailing of PSAs on behalf
of Iowa Stories 2000, a literacy project of the first lady. ...authorize
the mailing of PSAs on behalf of Leave a Legacy. ...accept an
offer to market MNF's CD-ROM training program. ...create an INF
Legacy Society.
October 26, 2000 ...confirm the principles of the disposition
of funds policy. ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
to adopt the consolidated budget for 2001. ...approve a Finance
Committee recommendation to change the investment polciy. ...invest
up to $9,000 to help underwrite the Iowa Community Newspaper Institute.
...invest $10,000 in a Newspaper Career Incentive Program to offer
student loan buy-down incentives. ...invest $5,000 in the newly-formed
Iowa College Media Association. ...instruct INF director to set
student rates for INF seminars.
March 8-9, 2001 ...approve the final draft of the INF Continuing
Education and Career Incentive Program. ...approve a funding request
policy and procedures. ...approve the establishment of an INF
Scholarship Committee. ...approve a $3,170 expense to cover costs
of the Success 2001 seminar.
April 26, 2001 ...purchase an ad in the next two issues of Iowa
Next magazine for high school students. ...approve an investment
of up to $11,000 in 2002 to partner with the Minnesota Newspaper
Foundation to create two new interactive learning CDs.
July 12-13, 2001 ...approve the Capital Budget for 2002. ...approve
programming requests to allow the executive director to hire temp
help as needed to execute INF programs. ...approve underwriting
a one-day sales seminar. ...approve spending up to $1,500 for
a career brochure. ...approve the creation of an annual $1,000
INF scholarship for an Iowa college student preparing for a newspaper
career.
November 2, 2001 ...vote to table for one year a recognition program
for supporters of the Pages for the 21st Century supporters. ...approve
insurance gifts as qualification for membership in the INF Legacy
Society. ...approve a reformatted INA/INF investment policy. ...approve
the 2002 Consolidated Budget. ...approve the 2002 INF Programming
Budget. ...require that supporters of the Pages and Print Power
Plus programs be given priority over non-supporters in registration
for the 2002 INF Advertising Sales Academy.
February 6, 2002 ...approve a proposal to promote CompUSA training
programs to members at discounted rates. ...approve an amendment
to the investment policy format. ...approve an amendment to the
INF Programming Budget. ...approve a proposal to promote Russell
Viers' DIGIVersity online training program to members at a discounted
subscription rate. ...set the registration fee for the 2002 Iowa
Community Newspaper Institute.
April 4, 2002 ...adopt a policy for Individual Heritage Club memberships
to be conferred upon individuals or couples. ...direct Huisman
to explore options to improve the live auction. ...delay the proposed
political advertising seminar.
July 11 & 12, 2002 ...pay INA Services Company $1000 per completed
2002 seminar (to a maximum of $25,000) to cover the added administrative
costs generated by the Foundation's enhanced seminar activity
this year. ...approve a preliminary 2003 INF programming schedule
and budget. ...approve the Capital Budget for 2002-2003. ...approve
hiring a summer intern to solicit contributions to the INF auction
and to solicit pledge renewals for Pages for the 21st Century.
October 3, 2002 ...fund all speaker costs at educational events
and to move the Program Committee to the Iowa Newspaper Foundation.
...fund a series of seminars on selling classified advertising.
...establish a $50,000 building maintenance contingency fund for
capital improvements or emergency repairs, funded by non-contribution
resources, with board approval required for all expenditures.
November 21, 2002 ...adopt the consolidated budget for 2003. ...authorize
INF cooperation with Printing Industries of the Midlands and Graphic
Arts Technology Consultants (GATC) to offer ore-press and press
seminars to INA and PIM members in 2003. ...direct Huisman to
research how other non-profit associations utilize naming opportunities
as a fund-raising mechanism.
February 5, 2003 ...confirm two ballots-by-email recognizing Carter
Pitts at the 2003 INA Convention and transfering $5000 from the
INF programming budget to the new Carter Pitts Scholarship Fund.
...approve scheduling a strategic planning meeting for April 10
and 11, 2003, to begin long range planning for the Iowa Newspaper
Foundaton.
April 10, 2003 ...affirm a ballot by e-mail contucted on February
25 proposing that the board invest up to $1,500 from the INF Programming
budget to pay for a facilitator for the April 10 Strategic Planning
Meeting.
July 18, 2003 ...approve the 2004 Capital Budget. ...approve a
2003 INF programming budget amendment in the amount of $3,250
to subsidize registration rates for Pages for the 21st Century
supporters for a Newspaper Design Workshop and for the Mauck-Stoufer
Workshop as well as to pay the cost of a trip by the executive
director to the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation
to examine their fundraising efforts and other programming and
to report his findings to the board. ...approve a recommendation
by the INF strategic planning committee to increase the size of
the INF board by three members. ...approve a nominating committee
recommendation to elect three individuals to the new board positions
† Jim Nelson, Newton Daily News; Rick Morain, Jefferson Herald;
and Jo Martin, Iowa Falls Times-Citizen beginning immediately.
...approve the expansion and reconfiguration of the INF board's
executive committee as recommended by the INF strategic planning
committee. The recommendation calls for the executive committee
to include a president, first-vice president, second vice president,
third vice-president/secretary-treasurer and the past president.
The first vice-president will oversee the INF committees responsible
for new projects. The second vice-president will oversee INF committees
responsible for outreach/public relations projects. The third
vice-president will oversee INF committees responsible for educational
and other current projects. ...adopt the ten programming priorities
established by the INF strategic planning committee on June 25.
The priorities include (1) Literacy; (2) FOI initiatives; (3)
Community revitalization; (4) Outreach/Public Relations strategies;
(5) Incentives for young journalists; (6) Expansion of the INF
scholarship program; (7) Ethics forums; (8) Exploration of building
options; (9) Assisting young newspapers buyers; (10) Freedom Forum
presentations. ... approve by consensus a preliminary 2004 INF
Programming Budget with the executive director to present a final
budget to the board at the October board meeting. The board gave
official approval to one line of the 2004 INF Programming Budget
† $12,000 to help underwrite a series of regional Freedom Forum
"Let Freedom Sing" First Amendment concerts in Iowa
next year. ... approve a "Capital for Knowledge" affinity
program with Wells Fargo Banks. Wells Fargo will contribute to
the INF one percent of the face value of each student loan made
through the plan. The INF incurs no costs or obligations. Wells
Fargo will provide educational and promotional materials to be
distributed to INA members. ...elect Steve Mores, Harlan Newspapers,
to the INF board.
October 23, 2003 ...deny a funding request from the Iowa Human
Rights Commission because the project did not fall within the
mission of the Iowa Newspaper Foundation. ...approve the 2004
Consolidated Budget. ...approve a Finance Committee recommendation
that changes be made in the wording of the INF/INA Investment
Policy. ...approve an INF raffle program for the 2004 Convention.
February 5, 2004 ...accept the INF Literacy Committeeęs recommendation
to collaborate with the Iowa Association of School Boards in an
early childhood literacy program. ...empower the INF executive
director to sign management agreements with INA Services Company.
...On a ballot-by-e-mail, the board voted 16-0 to expend up to
$2,000 to provide audio, lighting and related equipment and services
for the Freedom Sings concert at the INA Convention on February
6.
July 23, 2004 …Approve recommendations of the INF Contest
Committee with minor revisions …Approve an INF programming
budget amendment of $5,000 to provide an additional Iowa Community
Newspaper Institute Advertising 101 workshop in the fall of 2004
…Approve the Capital Budget Finance Committee Recommendations
…Approve a recommendation from the Explore Building Options
committee to amend the INF programming budget by up to $3,000
to pay for a new appraisal of the INF/INA Building. Hicks and
Mores voted “no.” …Amend the INF programming
budget by $5,000 to provide a final quarter ad workshop as a thank
you to INF Pages for the 21st Century contributors …Approve
a nominating committee recommendation electing Brian Cooper of
the Dubuque Telegraph Herald to fulfill the unexpired board term
of John Goossen.
October 28, 2004 …Approve a recommendation from the Funding
Requests Revisions committee to create a new grant request form
and to review grant requests as agenda items at quarterly board
meetings …Approve the 2005 Consolidated Budget …Accept
the recommendation of the Finance Committee to continue with the
existing Investment Policy and to retain Wells Fargo Charitable
Management as managers of the INF’s investment portfolio
…Create a new scholarship endowment fund with $5,000 from
the Carter Pitts Endowment Fund. The new Memorial Scholarship
Fund will be the repository for undesignated memorial gifts, and
when the endowment fund totals $10,000 it will begin generating
at least one scholarship per year …Accept contest entries
delayed by a postal situation on the condition the newspaper
pay
its delinquent INA membership dues by November 1.
February 3, 2005 … table a $3,000 grant request
from Michael Bugeja, director of the ISU Greenlee School of Journalism
and Communication, and to ask Bugeja to submit a more specific
request for consideration at the board’s April meeting …Amend
the 2005 Capital Budget by increasing the amount budgeted for
zoning of the INF/INA buildings heating and cooling system to
$30,568 to allow the zoning of both floors of the building, and
to award the contract for the project to Holt Plumbing and Heating …Accept
a recommendation to alter the remodeling plans for the INF/INA
building’s front entry by reducing the width of the remodeled
entry by 4’ on each side. (The change does not affect the
price and was requested by tenants affected by the remodeling.)
April 21, 2005 …Limit to the aggregate expenditure without
regard to the individual recipients, but that the individual
recipients’ names should be included for information only
in the future the ballot question seeking approval of the INF
Scholarship Committee recommendation for awards …Direct
the executive director to write a letter to Rick Morain thanking
him for his service on the INF board.
June 17, 2005 … Change the INF’s Mission Statement
to read as follows: “The Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s
mission is to champion and improve the quality and future of
Iowa’s newspaper enterprises and the communities they serve
and to raise funds to fulfill this mission.” …Approve
the 2005-2006 capital budget recommendations.
August 18, 2005 ...approve a recommendation of
the INF Fundraising Strategy Committee to hire a program director
to take over the majority of the INF programming duties, thereby
allowing the INF director to spend at least 60 percent of his
time in fundraising activities ... effective
immediately the INF will draw upon its liquid assets to pay its
monthly management fee provided that the fee not exceed the budgeted
amount approved by the board. And
provided that at no time shall the balance of all INF funds fall
below the balance of Dec. 31 of the previous year.
October 28, 2005 …Capture ethics listserv
responses and post them on the INA website …Approve the
2006 Consolidated Budget …Approve a recommendation from
the Finance Committee for changes in the Investment Policy …Approve
a recommendation from the Finance Committee to retain Wells Fargo
Charitable Management
Services as the INF’s financial vendor for 2006.
February 2, 2006 ...no action taken.
April 21, 2006 ......no action taken.
June 14, 2006 …approve the 2006-2007 capital
budget recommendations.
October 26, 2006 …approve the overall design
plan for the brick project and referred all remaining details
to the INF Fundraising Strategy Committee for oversight …approve
the Finance Committee recommendation to adopt the 2007 consolidated
budget …approve providing online registration for seminars
using credit cards for payment.
November 30, 2006 ...approve participation and
$1,000 in funding for the Greenlee School of Journalism’s
Chamberlin Speaker Series and INF Scholar ...approve inviting
the Graphic Arts Training Consultants (GATC) to the February
board meeting to discuss GATC’s funding request for help
to purchase a newspaper press simulator ...approved a request
to assist the Council Bluffs Nonpareil with a grant request to
the Iowa West Foundation on a one year trial basis. The board
will appoint a committee at the February meeting to develop a
policy for handling these types of requests in the future.
February 1, 2007 ...approve the Finance Committee recommendation
to invest $100,000 of the INF’s Carter Pitts endowment
fund in the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation and $10,000
in the Great River Bend Community Foundation now and another
$10,000 later in 2007 ...study new training opportunities in
the area of production including prepress and web press.
April
12, 2007 ...approve that individuals may purchase any size
brick in the Legacy Walk project. Individuals are not limited
to the smallest, 4x8 inch, size ...not allow contributions
to the Legacy Walk count towards an Individual Heritage Club
membership.
June
22, 2007 ...increase Legacy Walk brick prices by 20% after
August 15 ...approve the 2007-08 Capital Budget ...approve
the 2008 Programming Budget ...approve the Contest Committee
recommendations for 2008.
August
23, 2007 … appoint David Lyons to fill the board vacancy
created by the resignation of Mike Beck.
November 2, 2007 … approve the INF Sponsorship Policy …authorized
Asa to proceed, based on the drafting of a final agreement, with
the donation processing program for newspapers’ educational
non-profit initiatives …fund the Chamberlin Lecture program
at $1,000 in 2008 … approve a recommendation of the Finance
Committee to approve the 2008 budget …approve a Capital
Budget amendment of $10,315 for the purposes of upgrading the
wiring of the INA data network cabling …approve the Finance
Committee recommendation to make no changes to the INF Investment
Policy …make the ICMA scholarship deadline the same as
the other scholarships given by the INF in the spring.
February
7, 2008 ...approve the revised 2008 programming budget ...approve
the INF Donation Processing Agreement, subject to review
by the INA Attorney.
April 10, 2008 … approve holding a golf tournament
fundraiser in the summer/fall of 2008 …. appoint Gary Milks
to fill the board vacancy created by the resignation of Jim Nelson.
August 22, 2008
... approve the July 7 ballot-by-e-mail that amended the 2008 INF Program Budget to allocate $5,000 for the Iowa Newspaper Employees Disaster Relief Fund.
... approve the 2008-09 Capital Budget.
... recommended the first draft of the INF’s 2009 Programming Budget.
... approved the 2009 Contest Committee recommendations.
... approve retaining the remaining balance in the INF Relief Fund and establishing a permanent fund to assist newspaper employees affected by natural disasters.
November 14, 2008
... to increase the INF basic membership from $20 to $25.
... approve a recommendation from the Finance Committee to adopt the 2009 budget.
... approve the Finance Committee recommendation to make no changes to the INF Investment Policy and INF Investment manager in 2009.
... approve a whistle-blower policy and a records retention/destruction policy.
... approve the initial concept for the “Healthy Conversation” project in partnership with Iowa Farm Bureau and Des Moines University.
February 5, 2009
... not to submit a management proposal to the National Newspaper Association Foundation.
April 2, 2009
... approve a programming budget amendment for the Leo Mores Leadership Institute. The amendment increases expenses to the 2009 INF Programming Budget by $2,650.
July 16, 2009
... approved the 2009-10 Capital Budget.
... recommend the first draft of the INF’s 2010 Programming Budget.
... recommend to the INA board that the INA accept sponsorships from interested parties at its two meal functions during the INA Annual Convention.
... recommend offering Iowa Gaming Association a speaking opportunity at one of the meal functions during the 2010 INA Convention.
... approve recommendations from the 2010 Contest Committee.
... approve a programming budget amendment for the Midwest Newspaper Summit. The amendment increases income and expenses to the 2009 INF Programming Budget by $10,000.
... approve a programming budget amendment for the Leo Mores Leadership Institute. The amendment increases expenses to the 2009 INF Programming Budget by $500.
November 5, 2009
... approve the recommendation from the Finance Committee to adopt the 2010 budget.
... approve the Finance Committee’s recommended changes to the INF Investment Policy.
... approve the Finance Committee recommendation to make no changes to the INF investment manager for 2010.
... authorize Asa to facilitate a partnership with Iowa State University to update The How-To Newswriter book. The INF agrees to fund this project up to $2,500, which includes a contribution of $1.00 per copy to the ISU’s First Amendment Fund.
... recommend the INF enter into a partnership with the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (SNPA) to provide online training.
December 11, 2009
... provide $5,000 in funding for the Multi-State Digital Task Force.
February 3, 2010
... approved a contribution of up to $10,000 to the Iowa Freedom of Information Council to fund the start-up of an FOI enforcement agency.
April 9, 2010
...approve a 2010 rent reduction of $7,488 to Geotel.
...approve ten INF Scholarships for 2010.
July 8, 2010
...approve the online contest administration agreement with SmallTownPapers.com.
July 23, 2010
...approve the Des Moines Marriott as the 2015 INA Convention site
...approve the Contest Committee recommendations for 2011
September 27, 2010
...have INA Executive Director Chris Mudge send a letter to Ken Livingston instructing him, as trustee on the Richard R. Knowles Charitable Remainder Trust #1 (to which the INF is a beneficiary), to contest a claim against the Trust by Gregg and Brad Knowles on behalf of the Knowles family.
October 28, 2010
...approve the Finance Committee’s recommendation to make no changes to the INF Investment Policy and Investment Manager for 2011.
... approve the recommendation from the Finance Committee to adopt the 2011 budget.
... approve offering newspapers incentives and/or discounts for their first year participating in the Pages program. The board also recommended increasing recognition opportunities for newspapers currently participating in the Pages program, including buttons at the INA Convention and recognition at INA Convention lunch or banquet.
February 3, 2011
...approve investing $10,000 in a summer journalism camp to be conducted in partnership with the Iowa Association of Business & Industry. At the end of the year, any remaining funds will be set aside to be used for future journalism camp programs and/or journalism camp scholarships.
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