Michigan Association of Educational Broadcasters (MAEB Board)
The Michigan Association of Educational Broadcasters was established in November 1977 to strengthen, improve and promote educational broadcasting stations in Michigan. I served on the Board as president (1985-92), vice president, secretary and treasurer.
WBFH was a Charter Member of MAEB. The president was Greg Byndrian from Highland Park Schools; the vice president was Jeff Cardinal from Plymouth-Canton Schools; the secretary was David Legg from Novi Schools; the treasurer was Carl V. Jacobson from Spring Arbor College; one board member was H. Greydon Hyde from Central Michigan University; one board member was David Albery from West Bloomfield Schools; one board member was Charles Lampinen from Warren Schools.
As an active MAEB member I:
Attended MAEB meetings usually four times a year at member stations. In the 35 years of membership, I think I missed one meeting. At the meetings, I was responsible for providing an update of WBFH events and news. When I was president, I was responsible for printing an agenda for each meeting and running the meeting.
Helped create an annual event called a Share-a-thon where all member stations met in one place with sessions covering different positions in broadcasting and featuring professional broadcasters on panels giving students a glimpse at a career in broadcasting. Helped acquire guest speakers for Share-a-thon. When hosting Share-a-thon, was responsible for have food and drink catered in for attendees.
Helped create an awards competition where students could submit their work in different categories and have member advisers act as judges and award students either a gold, silver or bronze medal. I acted as judge and was responsible for ordering the medals. Responsible for getting award entries to judges and getting results back before Share-a-thon.
Contributed to the spreading of information regarding educational broadcasters in the state of Michigan. I think this was the best part of MAEB. To hear what others were doing was helpful and being able to share my experiences with others, especially those who were new to educational broadcasting was great. I miss the social aspect of MAEB, sharing stories with cool advisers like Carl Jacobson, David Legg, David Albery, Charlie Lampinen, Greg Byndrian, Bill Keith, Jenny Stanczyk, Ron Wittebols, Jay Korinek, Susan McGraw, and Lara Hrycaj.