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* Fall
2002 Forum
* Success Stories
* Background Papers
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The National Forum for Public Television Executives (NFPTE) was established in
1998 to encourage licensee CEOs to communicate, discuss, deliberate and make decisions
about major opportunities and issues for the public television industry in a timely
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Last October, the Forum met in Dallas to assess current conditions and the
future. (See background papers.)
They heard the plain-spoken forecasts for individual, corporate, state, and congressional
funding. (See PBS
Robert Altman's PowerPoint presentation
on giving trends.) They listened to G4 leaders speak about
their visions for public broadcasting. (For additional background, see the APTS'
1999 PowerPoint,
"Developing a Vision for Public
Broadcasting.")
The CEOs nailed down current system strengths
and identified points that needed to change.
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In some ways, the
reinvention
of public television is already
happening at the grassroots. |
Read more about licensees'
creative innovations (here)
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| Information is power. |
Download any of more than 30
white papers and presentations.
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All
public television licensees are eligible to become members of the Forum.
All members pledge to uphold the principles of the organization’s charter:
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- Public television stations operate under a variety of
economic and ownership models, and members acknowledge that it benefits all stations to
broaden and deepen the understanding of these different models.
- Members are free to determine how best to fulfill
their mission in the community they serve. At the same time, members acknowledge that
public television stations are inter-dependent.
- Members acknowledge that it is in their interest to
continually weigh the interplay of these two forces—and to make decisions
accordingly.
- Members pledge to invest the resources given them by
the American public to fulfill their missions as effectively as possible.
- Members will strive to do no harm to any station.
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The
Forum's Council is composed of 13 Forum members. It guides the work of the
association, and has the responsibility to:
- Advance the principles and goals of the charter
- Solicit a broad range of viewpoints on critical
opportunities and issues
- Gather objective research to inform the deliberations
of the Forum and Council
- Frame the agenda and guide the process of the Forum
- Communicate the results of the Council and Forum
- Involve all public television stations in the work of
the Council and Forum
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Forum Council
Tom Axtell,
KLVX/Las Vegas
Rod Bates,
Nebraska Educational
Telecommunications
Jeff Clarke,
KQED/San Francisco
Sherri Hope Culver,
WYBE/Philadelphia
David Dial, WNIN/Evansville
Susan Farmer,
WSBE/Providence
Gary Ferrell, KERA/Dallas
Deborah Onslow,
WMHT/Schenectady
Maynard Orme,
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Wick Rowland, KBDI/Denver
Ron Salak, KRWG/Las Cruces
Dan Schmidt, WTTW/Chicago
Joe Widoff, WHRO/Norfolk
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| NETA provides association support services
for the NFPTE. |