Minutes for December 2, 2004 Texas Daily Newspaper Association Board of Directors' Meeting at the Headliner's Club in Austin, Texas. The members in attendance of the meeting were, Donnis Baggett, Larry Walker, Jeremy Halbreich, Wesley R. Turner Gary Borders, Bob Carlquist, Buddy King, Charles Moser, Doug Toney, Phil Berkebile, Ken Whalen and Darla Thompson. President Donnis Bagget opened the meeting and read announcements to the committee members.

Monthly report written by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association's (TDNA's) office manager, Darla Thompson, to Phil Berkebile providing a summary of revenues and account balances, programs, meetings, and other activities in the office during the previous months. The header states that no officer report has been done for November/December as TDNA moved offices.

A complete list of Texas Daily Newspaper Associations members and their terms, if available, that they have served as board officers or directors. The list begins in 1985 and go until 2005.

A 2005 budget draft for the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. The document breaks down the expected income and expenses of the association for the 2005 year.

Nomination form for the Frank Mayborn Award for Community Leadership. Nomination submissions are due by January 31, 2007

A nomination form for the Pat Taggart Award for Newspaper Leader of the Year. Nominations must be received back by January 31, 2009.

A record on the former and current winners of the Frank W. Mayborn Award for Community Leadership, that dates back to 1992 and goes until 2005. The record names the winner as well as the newspaper company they work for.

Monthly report written by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association's (TDNA's) office manager, Darla Thompson, to Phil Berkebile providing a summary of revenues and account balances, programs, meetings, and other activities in the office during the previous months.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President at TDNA, to Charles A. Spence, Publisher at The Midland Reporter-Telegram, on October 25, 2004. The letter is in regards to a prior correspondence between Wesley R. Turner and Spence, in which Spence said that he would accept the nomination for the TDNA board of directors if offered by the 2005 nomination committee. The nominating committee has formally nominated Spence to be one of the four recommended candidates for election. cc'd on the letter are Donnis Baggett and Wesley R. Turner.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President at TDNA, to Darrell Colemen, President and Publisher at Wichita Falls Times Record News, on October 25, 2004. The letter is in regards to a prior conversation between Wesley R. Turner and Coleman, in which Coleman accepted his nomination for the TDNA board of directors if offered by the 2005 nomination committee. The nomination committee met and formally nominated Coleman to be one of the four recommended candidates for election.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President at TDNA, to Darrell Coleman, President and Publisher at the Wichita Falls Times Record News, on October 24, 2004. The letter is in regards to Berkebile congratulating Coleman on being selected by the nomination committee to be a candidate and serve on the TDNA board of directors. cc'd on the letter are Donnis Bagget and Wesley R. Turner.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President at TDNA, to Doug Toney, Publisher at Herald-Zeitung, on October 24, 2004. The letter is in regards to Toney being selected by the nomination committee to be a candidate to serve a full three-year term on the TDNA board of directors.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President of TDNA, to Guy Kerr, Senior Vice President / Law and Government Secretary at Belo Corp, on October 24, 2004. The letter is in regards to Guy being selected by the nomination committee to be a candidates to serve a three-year term on the TDNA board of directors.

Letter from Darla Thompson to Donnis Bagget, Bill Cornwell, Dan Savage, Wesley Turner and Aubrey Webb on October 22, 2004 with the subject Nomination Committee Minutes and Thank-you. The letter thanks the recipients for their time serving on the nomination committee and selecting board members for the year 2005. The continued memo details the minutes from prior meeting they all attended.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to TDNA Board Members on October 5, 2004 with the subject Results of Treasurer Election. The new treasurer for TDNA as elected is Bob Carlquist, executive vice president and general manager of the Houston Chronicle.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to Aubrey Webb on October 4, 2004 with the subject Nominating Committee. Berkebile thanks Webb for accepting TDNA's President Donnis Bagget's request to serve on the 2005 board of directors nomination committee. Serving with Webb will be Baggett, Bill Cornwell, Dan Savage and the committee chairman Wesley Turner.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to Bill Cornwell, on October 4, 2004 with the subject Nominating Committee. The letter is in regard to Cornwell accepting President Donnis Baggett's request to serve on this year's Board of Directors Nomination Committee. Those serving with Cornwell are Baggett, Dan Savage, Aubrey Webb and the committee chairman Wesley Turner.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile, Executive Vice President at TDNA to Bob Carlquist to Executive VP and General Manager at the Houston Chronicle, on October 4, 2004. The letter is in regards to Carlquist being elected TDNA's treasurer for TDNA at the beginning of January 1, 2005 and on becoming the association's president in 2007.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to Dan Savage, October 4, 2004 with the subject Nomination Committee. The letter is in regards to Savage accepting President Donnis Baggett's request to serve on the 2005 Board of Directors Nominating Committee. Serving with Savage are Baggett, Bill Cornwell, Aubrey Webb and the committee chairman Wesley Turner. The purpose of the nominating committee is to fill four openings within the board members.

Letter from Darla Thompson to Philip A. Berkebile, on September 30, 2004 with the subject Board Elections. Thompson states that Bob Carlquist as received the most votes for the new treasurer of 2005, and that there are four openings for the nomination committee to fill.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to Wesley R. Turner on September 30, 2004 with the subject Board Nominations. The letter begins with the news that President Donnis Baggett has appointed Turner to serve as chairman on the 2005 board of directors nomination committee and have enclosed information relation to the nomination process to select candidates for the TDNA board of directors for the year 2005.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to the TDNA Board Members on September 16, 2004 with the subject Nominations for 2005 Treasurer. The letter begins with Berkebile stating that the nomination process for the TDNA officers and directors has begun and that President Donnis Baggett is in the process of appointing officials to be on the nomination committee. Attached to the letter is a ballot listing of the names of all board members in alphabetical order who can be nominated. Nominations are due Thursday, September 30, 2004.

Letter from Philip A. Berkebile to Donnis Baggett on September 8, 2004 with the subject 2004 board Elections. The letter states that it is that time again for the TDNA board of directors nomination process to elect new members for the committee. Enclosed in the letter to Baggett are the election timetable and information needed to make the nomination decisions.

A notice from the Texas Daily Newspaper Associations to their members with information on how to offer substitute nominations for members on the board of directors. Member newspaper in good standing may submit nominations other than those made by the nominating committee, however, if no nominations other than those offered by the committee are received within the time frame, the directors must elect from those listed.