[Kzyxtalk] Aigner Redux

[sako4 at comcast.net]

Bottom line: KZYX does not need Aigner, nor does KZYX need any other person to step into Aigner's shoes as Program Director. 

What do does KZYX need? We need a really competent chief engineer, and we need investments in infrastructure -- equipment and technology. We also need a studio in Ukiah. 

As a footnote, and for the record,, Aigner did not step in "to help" -- don't make me laugh, BC. Aigner got paid $50,000 a year for going on years and years. True, Aigner's performance is undeniable during Pledge Drives -- but then again, Pledge Drives are when staff sings for their supper. 

Footnote: Program decisions can -- and should -- be made by the station's 2,300 members via the PAC and CAB. Period. End of story. 

Final footnote: To put Aigner's cost to KZYX perspective, at $50 a pop, KZYX has to attract 1,000 members every year just to support Aigner -- and KZYX has only 2,300 members. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "BC" <omni at mcn.org> 
To: sako4 at comcast.net, "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 7:56:07 PM 
Subject: Re: Aigner 

Your "cold hard facts" are irrelevant. John. Mary kept that operation going for 20 years when no one would step in to help. 
Resume's are useful fictions; Mary's performance is undeniable. 
Let's talk about performance instead of your personal opinion about someone who has demonstrated operational skills for 25 years. 
I speak from appreciation of a job well done. It might have been "different" but not especially better had Mercury descended on the programmers throne. 
All that responsibility for less than $50g - give us a break from your angst John. ~BC 

On 3/13/2015 7:30 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote: 



Aigner is worse than Coate. She is grasping. Desperate for the job at KZYX. Broke. No retirement money. No IRA. Worse, Aigner is without any real skills. 

If Aigner didn't have her sinecure at KZYX, what is she qualified to do in the Anderson Valley? Pour wine and smile? Work in a tasting room, perhaps? Be an innkeeper? Wait tables? Change linens as a housekeeper? 

Think about it, brother. Aigner is hanging on at KZYX until she's old enough to collect Social Security. 

At least Coate has had a real resume. He has had real jobs in the tech sector in the Bay Area. And Coate also has a working spouse. At Kaiser Permanente, I heard. And he probably has a few retirement bucks set aside. Meaning what? Meaning that Coate is not as desperate as Aigner. And desperate people are dangerous people. 

And that's the cold, hard fact of the matter. 



----- Original Message -----

From: "BC" <> 
To: "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 6:50:21 PM 
Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] new article 

John, 

As you are relativly new to the area and inexperiencd in public radio operations, I suggest that your angry perspective on Mary Aigner is both misinformed and unnecessary. 
Running a 7/24 public operation of any kind requires a really dedicated and driven person. That person must take all the resources and present a smooth operation while involving the entire community. I couldn't do it nor could you. That kind of performance requires solid structure that must not accept the vagaries of poorly performing volunteer programmers who,by nature, are inconsistent and somewhat intermittent. If she was supported by a stern program committee who would support the scheduling and mission of volunteers she could take a breath occasionally. If you add a administrative crew who provide real network for smooth manageable operation and the station would smoothly continue it's growth to a real beacon to our evolving region. 

Give Mary a lot of slack John, she has done a great job under trying conditions - and still is less of a grouch than thou. An enlightened board will help. ~BC 

On 3/13/2015 3:01 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote: 

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Here are my thoughts, Doug: 

1.There will be no peace at KZYX until Coate and Aigner are gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone forever. Gone immediately. Coate has been been wielding his "executive director" powers with an iron hand at KZYX for the last 10 years. Aigner has been at KZYX since the station was started 25 years ago. She has been on the payroll for most of that time and wielding her "program director" powers with an iron hand for the entire time she's been the program director. 






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