[grc] Guidelines for underwriting for our station volunteers

[Michelle Bradley]

The word "promote" and "spot" should not be in our vocabulary.

Underwriters send a station money.  Stations acknowledge those donations 
through mentions of their business.  No more.

See
https://recnet.com/compliance


*Michelle A. Bradley, CBT*
/Amateur Radio: KU3N/
/Founder - REC Networks/ - *https://recnet.com* <https://recnet.com>
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On 1/6/2021 4:54 PM, Susan Raybuck via grc wrote:
> We are revisiting our first guidelines for underwriting for volunteers and find a section in our own policy that puzzles us (clearly copied from another source).
>
> Radio reserves the right to require full, up-front payment from sponsors if they are first-time sponsors; their contribution total is $200 or less; the sponsor is paying for paid promotional announcements (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?), as opposed to underwriting spots; or the sponsor has a history of not submitting previously-pledged contributions in a timely manner.
>
> A board member flagged the phrase in bold and I cannot make sense of it myself. In fact unless it’s from a nonprofit, it sounds like it would be illegal to me.
>
> Could you help me understand if there are any other cases in which a sponsor can pay for a promotional announcement?
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Susan
>
> Susan Raybuck
> KWVH Wimberley Valley Radio
> Board Secretary
>
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