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MINUTES
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Board of Directors Meeting
July 28, 2005 - Headliners Club, Austin
Present: Larry Walker, Bob Carlquist, Gary Borders, Gary Coleman, Buddy King,
Charles Moser, Doug Toney, Ken Whalen, Darla Thompson
Absent: Jeremy Halbreich, Donnis Baggett, Guy Kerr, Charles Spence, Jim Wilson
President Larry Walker opened the meeting at 10:10 a.m.
Minutes from the December 2, 2004 board meeting were read and unanimously approved. Motion by
Charles Moser, second by Bob Carlquist. (Minutes attached to file copy)
Ken Whalen presented highlights from the Administrative Report (attached to file copy). He said the
office move went as expected and put the association in a good financial position. TDNA is on target
to have a surplus of around $31,000 by the end of 2005 due to lowered expenses in salaries, office rent
and telephone.
Whalen added that, although Annual Meeting attendance was once again disappointing, the convention
was a success as was the legislative session.
Walker gave his view of TDNA's current operation from the president's perspective. He said he
thought the association's move and transition to the Texas Press Association (TPA) building was
incredibly smooth. Space is adequate in TDNA's new offices on the second floor of the TPA building,
but parking leaves something to be desired and makes visiting TDNA a little tricky.
Whalen summarized the Legislative Report (attached to file copy). Whalen said this year's legislative
session was the most successful of the three he's covered with TDNA. Public notice and taxes were
big issues affecting newspapers.
There was a big push for a shield law. Although the bill ultimately failed, it set the stage to make a
bigger push during the next session. School finance took over from the beginning, so many bills this
session didn't get hearings. Newspapers influenced amendments that were drawn for 10 bills.
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