we are facing some as well at kalw. i want to talk about our plans for continuing to serve the san francisco and the bay area as a good representative of the school district in the community. kalw is a public radio station, listeners supported, that has been licensed -- of course. i should know microphone technique. that is one thing i should bring with me. we have been licensed to the school district since 1941. in 2011, we will be celebrating 70 years on the air. it is an opportunity for us to look back at the legacy of the station, the role it has played in the development -- president mendoza: if i could have the audience take your conversation outside or be respectful of the presenter, i would appreciated. >> to look back at the work the station has done, to assess where we are now. right now, kalw is making a big difference for this community in terms of providing real news and information, providing an outlet for arts and culture, as it ever has in the seven years it has been on the air. -- in the 70 years it has

thank you so much for the support you have given to kalw. i hope we can continue a dialogue about these issues. i have a great relationship with the cfo and our liaison here in the district. the art in conversation with me. -- they are in conversation with me. when it comes to implementing a longer-term plan, i will be talking with them. i will do interim reports with the budget committee or other relevant committees to keep you informed. i see this about me being accountable to you all, and also making sure you know where we stand as an enterprise unit of the district. we will make sure you know what we are planning and the plan that we have. commissioner murase: i have four points. in your material, you talk about being the oldest non-commercial fm signal west of the mississippi. that is something you can be very proud of. what is your overall operating budget? secondly, in terms of governance, do you have and the advisory board that you work with? is there a strategic plan in place in which the development director plays a role? to what d

commissioner norton: i want to sever the kalw item, and i wanted to request if we could discuss this item in conjunction with the klw report we are going to get later. i do not know if we can hold up voting on it will be go to the consent calendar and then the vote on it with items for discussion. commissioner wynns: 71. -- same one. >> item h is the superintendent proposals. there are nine tonight. --none tonight. item i, the same. item j is public comment on general matters. if your name is called, please come forward to the microphone and press the red button. state your name and you can begin speaking. you will be given two minutes. nicholas higgins, reverend townsend, cheryl davis, julien davis, yvonne johnson miller, karen bishops, jeff komenski, edward purcheck, and then linda is with them. that is all i have. please come forward and go ahead and press the button. if you could stick your name -- there are others. two minutes to speak. hold on one second, mrs. davis. i also have a warrant foster, ken daschle, and eva cisneros. >> good evening. i doubt it has been said before. c

i am joined by my colleague also from kalw. we would like to welcome you on behalf of the society of professional journalists for what promises to be a bi discussion about what is going on in journalism today. what we want to talk about are the rapid changes going on right now in journalism with a convergence of new technology, new media, and a weak economy. all that has basically forced changes in the way that we gather the news, in the way that we deliver the news, in the way that we received the news. we have with us a stellar panel of top thinkers in the fields of media, education, finance, and government represented, but we also wanted to encourage an audience to participate and drive to a's discussion. so you are asked to ask discussions -- questions. if you would like to ask questions, please move toward the middle aisle. as tom mentioned also, our conversation will be divided into five parts. first, we will talk about the quality of reporting in the past few years. we will also talk about ways to sustain quality journal