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KUED's Rebecca Davis, 2010-2011 chair of the PBMA Board of Directors

Dear Fellow PBMA Member,

As your board chair and a long-time PBMA member,
I am pleased to report that PBMA continues to keep
public broadcasting managers well-informed, trained,
and confident to face the challenges of the future. This
was clearly evident at our annual meeting in Tampa
but if you were unable to attend, here is an outline of
what your organization has done and plans to do:

Some of our accomplishments this year were:

Nine Toolkits – 7 with CPE credit attached – to keep you abreast of business
Quarterly Roundtable discussions on finance, human
resources, and management topics
A Request for Proposal for PBMA association management services

Our projects for next year include:

GROWTH:
   - Increase the number of PBMA members
   - Increase attendance at the 2011 conference
   - Increase conference underwriting by 10%
   - Make PBMA more visible to national organizations and
     provide effective representation of the membership at the
     national level
   - Screen applicants and select management organization
     for PBMA for fiscal year 2012.

PARTNERSHIP:
   - Research industry partners for our 2012 conference

CONNECTIVITY:
   - Maintain effective and regular communication with you
   - Formally survey membership on PBMA’s future direction
   - Provide networking and professional development
     opportunities beyond the annual conference

Member Dues: For FY 11, the PBMA board has decided to implement
the first membership dues increase in two years. We do not take this
action lightly. With a 10% dues increase, our intent is to keep your
association strong and to grow its ability to be of greater support and
service to you.

New member benefit: the PBMA Toolkits which formerly cost $ 125 will
now be free to PBMA members. The Toolkits are one-hour seminars on
critical topics, and many of them carry CPE credit. Your board is glad to
be able to make this change, and we hope it will broaden the impact of –
and your participation in -- these useful, informative professional develop-
ment opportunities.

The year ahead could be a watershed for public broadcasters. You can
count on PBMA to provide you, your staff and your fellow public broad-
casting managers with the highest levels of leadership training, mentoring,
and educational opportunities.

Rebecca Davis
2010-2011 Board Chair