<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="Arial">I'm going go this interpretation from Ms. Grimes:</font><div style="font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>...keep in mind that you won with a little over 13-1/2% of the membership voting for you [Paul Lambert].</i></span></div><div><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif">In other words, 13 1/2 % is not a mandate.<br></font><br><hr id="zwchr" style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="font-family: Arial;">From: </b><font face="Arial">"Paul Lambert" <paul.lambert55@yahoo.com></font><br><b style="font-family: Arial;">To: </b><font face="Arial">kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org</font><br><b style="font-family: Arial;">Sent: </b><font face="Arial">Friday, April 4, 2014 10:25:15 AM</font><br><b style="font-family: Arial;">Subject: </b><font face="Arial">Re: [Kzyxtalk] Election Statistics</font><br><br><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt;"><div><span>Kelly:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.000003814697266px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.000003814697266px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Should you have any specific requests, idea or gripes, please contact me at paulmcnews@gmail.com, at any time.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.000003814697266px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.000003814697266px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Paul</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, April 4, 2014 9:59 AM, Kelly <grimie@mcn.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3342899763"><div>
<div class="yiv3342899763moz-cite-prefix">Hello people interested in the fate of
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When I was a kid, I would debate with my dad about the problems
with the USA. Inevitably the discussion would end with my dad
telling me that if I didn't like this country that I should look
around and try to find one that is better. The point is not to
find the best Country (or station) but to make OUR Country or
station the best!<br clear="none">
It would be nice if some of the concerns raised by the dissidents
would actually be addressed instead of these broad attacks on a
supposedly radical few.<br clear="none">
Mr. Lambert, congratulations on winning the election but keep in
mind that you won with a little over 13-1/2% of the membership
voting for you. Mr. McKenty got 12-1/2%. Please do not distort
the numbers or the reality. Transparency and factual statements
are the issue. Please keep this in mind as you sit on the board
representing all of us.<br clear="none">
Finally, how can you speculate that the vast majority of financial
supporters want to keep the station operating as is, since the
vast majority did not even care enough to vote!!<br clear="none">
Thanks for listening.<br clear="none">
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Kelly Grimes<br clear="none">
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On 4/4/2014 9:25 AM, King Collins wrote:<br clear="none">
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<pre>Dear KZYX folks and list followers,
This thread is for interpreting the results of the election.
Below are the numbers, followed by the interpretations posted to the list, so far, about those numbers:
The vote count and percentages for the contested seats:
King Collins 23 votes 3%
Tom Melcher 145 votes 19%
Doug McKenty 286 votes 37%
Paul Lambert 310 votes 41%
Patricia Kovner 271 votes 37%
Jane Futcher 458 votes 63%
Meg Courtney 611 votes (uncontested)
Total ballots 793
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John Sakowicz's interpretation:
The 283 members who voted for Doug McKenty, out of the 783 total members who voted, should be a good start in trying to get a handle on the number of people disaffected with the status quo at KZYX. Doing the math, that's 36.5 percent of our members -- 36.5 percent who voted for change. Adding King Collins's 25 votes to Doug McKenty's 283 votes, that's 301 votes, or 38.4 percent.
This estimate of disaffected members does not count members who voted for Tom Metcher. Melcher was the deciding factor, whoever he is. He split the vote and helped elect KZYX's company man, Paul Lambert.
Telling this 38 percent of the membership "it's our way or the highway" just won't happen
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Paul Lambert wrote:
There is another way to frame this, of course:
That over 61% of the votes went to non- dissident candidates;
That as a percentage of all members, not just voters, dissidents represent about 10%;
I speculate that the vast majority of financial supporters want to keep the station operating as is, not because they don't have a choice, KMEC & KMUD, KWINE, Internet radio etc., but because they like the balance of NPR & local programming.
However, I do not support firing any or all of the current staff or management even if it brands me as a company man, a characterization I resent, because it implies I am in lock step with management, which is not accurate.
Having said that, as your elected representative, I would like to hear your specific requests, a la King's petition. I will do my best to represent all the members.
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