EXHIBIT 4.3.19A


                                BOARD RESOLUTION


         RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of General Communication, Inc.
("Company") hereby approves increasing the allocation of additional shares to
the Company's Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("Plan") as follows ("Plan
Stock"): Class A - 4,000,000 shares;

         RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Board approves filing a registration
statement pursuant to the federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Securities Act") and, in particular, in the format of Form S-8, where such
registration statement will pertain specifically to the registration of the
offer of the Plan Stock and such Plan Stock will be offered or acquired through
the Plan; and

         RESOLVED FURTHER, that the president and other officers of the Company
are directed to take such steps as are necessary to register the offer of the
Plan Stock and otherwise to be in compliance with the Securities Act and other
securities laws.