<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Other alternatives, old bean!<div><br></div><div>Remember Poor Richard's coinage:</div><div><br></div><div>Benign Neglect...</div><div><br></div><div>You should see the bright, new jacket...or is it a coate?</div><div><br></div><div>I've got on my back.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Dennis OBrien wrote:<div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2790" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2789" style="font-size:18.0pt;">Help Us Bring Needed Change to KZYX&Z!</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2788" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2787" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2786" style="">There are many of us in Mendocino County and beyond who feel that Mendocino County Public Broadcasting and its radio station, KZYX&Z, has lost touch with the community.<span class="" style=""> </span>The policies supported by the current Board of Directors give all power to the General Manager while shielding him and the rest of management/staff from KZYX members and the listening public.<span class="" style=""> </span>Using those powers, the General Manager has eliminated the full-time News Director position and dropped the most popular NPR programming.<span class="" style=""> </span>The Board and General Manager have refused written requests for copies of KZYX policies, even though such access is guaranteed by our bylaws and state law.<span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_7051" style=""> </span>The Board even forbids individual directors from doing their own investigation and oversight, which is each director’s duty. <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_2169" class="" style=""> </span>And programmers who question the current management and/or policies have been reprimanded or lost their shows.</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2796" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2785" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2784" style="">Although it is possible to file a lawsuit to force action on some of these matters, such litigation drains funding and gives control of the outcome to a third party.<span class="" style=""> </span>Instead, some of us who are working to bring transparency and accountability back to our nonprofit community radio station are hoping to use the upcoming election for the Board of Directors.<span class="" style=""> </span>Three seats are currently open, one each for members in the Fifth and Second Supervisorial Districts, and one At-Large.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_3905" class="" style=""> </span>All members vote for all three seats, and each director represents all members, regardless of where they live.<span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2802" style=""> </span><b class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2783" style="">The process for candidates begins January 1, 2015.<span class="" style=""> </span>But the deadline for becoming a member eligible for vote or run in the next election is December 31, 2014.</b></span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2782" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2779" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2781" style="">Please consider becoming a member before the deadline so that you can be part of this renewal.<span class="" style=""> </span>Last election Doug McKenty challenged the incumbent for the At-Large seat and lost by only 12 votes even though two other challengers split the votes for change.<span class="" style=""> </span>For just $25, you can sign up for a Simple Living Membership that will give you full voting rights.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4970" class="" style=""> </span>You can do this by mailing a check to KZYX, or using their online payment system.<span class="" style=""> </span>Information on both methods is available at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_7630" style="" target="_blank" href="http://kzyx.org/index.php/donate-or-join">http://kzyx.org/index.php/donate-or-join</a>.<span class="" style=""> </span>Election information is available at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2780" style="" target="_blank" href="http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/volunteering-at-kzyx/102-station-business/236-the-mcpb-board-of-directors-2015-election">http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/volunteering-at-kzyx/102-station-business/236-the-mcpb-board-of-directors-2015-election</a>.</span><span class="" style=""></span><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2776" style=""><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_7631" style=""> </span>If there is an influx of memberships in response to this request for support, we will seek to have those funds dedicated for a full-time, independent News Director position, which is now part-time and serves at the pleasure of the General Manager.</span> </div><div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2824" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2798" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2797" style="">Our platform will be based on a legal and policy analysis of the current situation at MCPB/KZYX, including specific proposals (see below).<span class="" style=""> </span>It does not make judgments about personalities, but rather looks at actions and their consequences.<span class="" style=""> </span>It is not necessary to defame anyone’s character in order to make decisions about how our community radio station moves forward.<span class="" style=""> </span>To the greatest extent possible, we will adhere to the principles of nonviolent communication in order to foster lasting change.</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2799" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_3331" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_3330" style="">A membership nonprofit that operates a community radio station with taxpayer money must be open and accessible.<span class="" style=""> </span>Otherwise, it defeats the efforts of generations who have sought to make the airwaves a resource for all the people.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5536" class="" style=""> </span>And it will fail.<span class="" style=""> </span>Only by making essential changes can MCPB/KZYX achieve its best destiny, to be a shining city on the hill for a county, and a nation, that so desperately need one.</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4336" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_3815" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4372" style="">Will you please join us?</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4337" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2800" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4373" style="">Sincerely,</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2801" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2775" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5217"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_2774" style="">Dennis O’Brien, Candidate for Fifth District Seat</span></div></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4340" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" style=""> </span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4339" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4338" style="">PS: You can be part of the conversation by joining the KZYXTalk email list.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_6048" class="" style=""> </span>Please go to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4341" style="" target="_blank" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk</a> to join.<span class="" style=""> </span>In addition, there is a facebook page, KZYX Members for Change, which will be updated with the most recent information during the campaign.</span></div> <div class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4342" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5706" class="" style=""> </span></div> <span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4343" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">Late News: KZYX will hold a “meet and converse with the news team” at the Space Theatre, 508 W. Perkins Street, Ukiah, this Sunday, December 14, at 1:00pm.<br></span><span class="" id="yiv3905350964yui_3_16_0_1_1418264876118_4343" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4140">______________________________________________<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4141"><br></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4142"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4142"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> 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individuals.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5552" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_6222" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Background</span></u></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5374" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4530" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4529" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In March 2006, the Board of Directors of MCPB/KZYX adopted a change to the Board Policies and Procedures Manual, transferring the authority to make all hiring and firing decisions to the General Manager.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>From then on, the Board of Directors would only hire/fire the General Manager.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5541" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5540" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Section 11.3: The General Manager is responsible for the hiring, firing, and evaluation of all Staff positions.”</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5539" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5538" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5537" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In 2009, the current General Manager used that authority to fire the News Director.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Correction: as the General Manager explained at the time, he did not fire the News Director; he eliminated the position entirely for financial reasons.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He also cut the most popular NPR shows from the Station’s programming, including Prairie Home Companion, This American Life, Car Talk, Piano Jazz, and the BBC.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Community was stunned, as all of these decisions had been made unilaterally, without public discussion or consultation.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4673" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4672" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It appears that the General Manager exceeded his authority by making a policy decision to eliminate the full-time News Director position, a service valued by the Community, rather than merely an administrator’s decision on hiring and firing.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However, the Board of Directors, then and now, has endorsed the action, at the very least by not reversing it. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Indeed, the current Board has stated explicitly that it supports this model of governance, and now forbids any individual Director from overseeing the work that is being done by the General Manager or any other Staff, even though such oversight is each director’s responsibility.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5707" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5709" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5708" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This policy change means that the Program Director and the rest of the Staff are now insulated from any oversight by the Board of Directors, and are thereby one more step removed from the Members and the Community.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Prior to the change, Members could go to Board meetings and discuss programming and other issues with the board.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Now, the Board still allows public expression, but no longer responds to questions and comments, and has declared it will not intervene in Management/Staff decisions.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Even written requests for information from a Member and a Director have been ignored or given incomplete response.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4675" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4674" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In response to public outcry at such lack of transparency and accountability, the Board of Directors reconstituted the Community Advisory Board, which is required by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the largest funder of the station.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However, the CAB has failed to hold any public meetings, opting instead for a telephone conference during their one private meeting. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Many Members signed up but could not participate due to technical limitations.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At that meeting, the CAB adopted a report, previously prepared without any public input, which stated the station was doing just fine and that no changes were needed beyond “News of the Station” reports.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The CAB relied on a survey that was distributed to some (but not all) Members during the latest election balloting.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The methodology of the survey was flawed, e.g., a respondent had to state that they thought something was wrong with the station before being allowed to prioritize what changes they wanted.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In spite of these limitations, local news received the plurality of votes for most-needed change, followed by station operations and talk shows:</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10% (Music programming)</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">20% (Talk show programming)</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">36% (Local news)</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12% (National and international news)</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">22% (Station operations)</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The full report and survey are available at <a style="" class="" href="http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/community-advisory-board">http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/community-advisory-board</a>.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5725" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5711" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5710" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The diversity of the membership of the CAB itself, required by the CPB, has also been questioned, as one of the members has the same address as one of the directors.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In spite of these shortcomings, the CAB felt it was necessary to sound the following alarm:</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5722" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5724" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_5723" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“The CAB is very concerned about the perception, within the listening community, of a lack of transparency into operations, internal decisions, and governance of our station. This has generated a barrage of criticism, outright attacks, and negative comparisons with other media.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4677" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4676" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alas, its sole recommendation was to air short “News of the Station” segments.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Though such an effort would no doubt be helpful, it cannot replace the transparency and accountability required by law, regulations, and bylaws (below).</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[Note: Apparently a Programming Advisory Committee was developed at the Station to broaden the decision-making process, but is now inactive.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Requests for the PAC Policy have been ignored, so no analysis is possible at this time.]</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, those programmers who have questioned the current policies have lost their shows or have otherwise been reprimanded.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The more that Members and Community leaders, including elected officials, plead with the Board of Directors for more openness, the more the Board digs in and asserts that its role is to support and protect the General Manager and Management.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>An impasse has arisen that has led to sharply divided elections whose legitimacy is questioned, public name-calling in the local media, and legal challenges to the station’s license renewal.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4678" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Bylaws</span></u></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mendocino County Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit membership corporation chartered under the laws of the State of California.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission to operate on three different frequencies, allowing it to reach most of Mendocino County.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It also receives a large grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Thus it is subject to three sets of laws/regulations, along with its own bylaws.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The California Corporations Code describes in detail the rights of Members, the rights and responsibilities of Directors, and the responsibilities of the organization to the Community. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>MCPB/KZYX, its Directors, and its Staff must follow these laws or risk having its nonprofit corporate status, and its license to broadcast, revoked.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4680" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4679" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Section 5210: Each corporation shall have a board of directors. Subject to the provisions of this part and any limitations in the articles or bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the Members (Section 5034), or by a majority of all Members (Section 5033), the activities and affairs of a corporation shall be conducted and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board. The board may delegate the management of the activities of the corporation to any person or persons, management company, or committee however composed, provided that the activities and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the board.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4682" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4681" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is proper under this section to delegate the management of activities to a general manager, but a board cannot abdicate its responsibility to set policy, maintain proper oversight, and interact with the organization’s members.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Even the largest corporations must do that; the holder of a single share can question Warren Buffet at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is not impossible or even impractical for the board of a nonprofit with significantly fewer stakeholders to answer questions about the policies and operations of the corporation.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The current Board’s policy of not responding has added to the perception that there is no transparency or accountability and has increased frustration and tension within the Membership and listening Community.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4683" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Board and General Manager have also withheld information that has been properly requested by a Member and a Director.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But the Corporations Code requires such transparency:</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Section 6333.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the members and the board and committees of the board shall be open to inspection upon the written demand on the corporation of any member at any reasonable time, for a purpose reasonably related to such person's interests as a member.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Section 6334. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation of which such person is a director.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The right of a Member to inspect records is further guaranteed by the Bylaws:</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4685" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4684" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Section 11.06 Member Inspection Rights: Members shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect all of MCPB’s records which are or should be maintained at the principal office except personnel records and other items that would violate the privacy of a specific individual or are otherwise protected under Federal or California law.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The right of inspection also includes the right to copy.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When a written request was made by a Member for all of the policies of MCPB/KZYX, only the policies of the Board were released, not those of the Station, including the Station Manual which was specifically requested.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The refusal to release records when access is guaranteed by both the Code and the Bylaws is not just a violation of the law.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It defeats transparency and accountability, destroys faith in the board and management, and threatens the very existence of the organization and its license to operate a radio station.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MCPB/KZYX is also a grantee of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The CPB requires a Community Advisory Board as a condition of funding.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Here are the minimum requirements:</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“A. Each station that is not owned by a State, a political or special purpose subdivision of a State, or a public agency must do the following --</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. establish a community advisory board that is independent of the community</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>licensee's governing body;</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. undertake good-faith efforts to assure that --</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>a. its advisory board meets at regular intervals;</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>b. the members of the board regularly attend the meetings of the advisory board;</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>c. the composition of the community advisory board is reasonably representative of</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the diverse needs and interests of the communities served by the station.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4686" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4688" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4687" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">B. In addition, each licensee required to have a community advisory board must also permit the community advisory board to perform the following activities:</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4689" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. establish and follow its own schedule and agenda, within the scope of the community</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>advisory board's statutory or delegated authority;</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. review the programming goals established by station;</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4691" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4690" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. review the community service provided by the stations;</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. review the impact on the community of the significant policy decisions rendered by</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the station; and</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5. advise the governing board of the station whether the programming and other</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>significant policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>needs of the communities served by the station. The advisory board may make</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>recommendations to the governing board to meet those specialized needs.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“The station may exercise a reasonable degree of discretion in selecting advisory board members. The board should be reasonably representative of the diverse needs and interests of the communities served by the station. . . . The composition of the community advisory board must reflect its independent role, and may not include members of the station staff or governing body in anything other than an ex officio or administrative capacity.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The full regulations are available at <a style="" class="" href="http://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/cert3.html">http://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/cert3.html</a>.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For MCPB/KZYX to have a legitimate Community Advisory Board, it will need to add or replace members to ensure both independence from the board and representation of the diversity of the Community.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It should also require the CAB to meet “at regular intervals” that are more than one private meeting per year.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Otherwise it will appear to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Board and Management.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4703" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4702" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The CAB itself needs to expand its outreach to make sure that it does, indeed, reflect the Community it represents.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Properly noticed public meetings are a minimum.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>These could be run as caucuses or general assemblies using the Occupy model.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Although this may seem intimidating at first to those who have not experienced it, the model allows the maximum of public expression while still maintaining order.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>During this process, the CAB must review the Station’s programming goals, community service, and the impact of significant policy decisions, as required by the CPB.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It must then advise the Board of Directors if the Station is meeting the educational and cultural needs of the local Community.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4705" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4704" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As the holder of a broadcast license issued by the FCC, MCPB/KZYX is a steward of the airwaves and thus subject to regulation.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If the station is large enough, with at least five full-time employees, then it must abide by the employment policies of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, including adequate outreach when filling positions.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The recent complaint filed with the FCC alleges that the organization has failed on that point.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However, by eliminating the full-time News Director position, the General Manager reduced the number of full-time employees to four and effectively removed all of the employment protections provided by federal law.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This, again, is a policy decision that should have been made by the Board of Directors.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The effect of the decision has been to increase the power of the General Manager to make personnel decisions without restriction or oversight, which has increased the perception that the General Manager and Management are unresponsive to the Community.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Proposed Changes (Board Actions, Possible Bylaw Amendments)</span></u></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A. Membership Rights</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Allow any Member to inspect and copy any and all records of MCPB/KZYX, other than confidential personnel records.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Send a written notice of the annual Membership meeting to all Members (likely with ballots in order to save postage while meeting time requirements).</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4706" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4708" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4707" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Allow Members to put a Bylaw amendment on the annual ballot if they obtain the signatures of at least five percent (5%) of the Membership on a petition in support of the proposed amendment.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4709" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Respond to all Member questions at the Membership meeting and all Board of Directors meetings, as time allows.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4711" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4710" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5. Post online any sound/video recordings of any Membership or Board meeting.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">B. Programmers Rights</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. No Programmer shall be disciplined for expressing an opinion concerning MCPB/KZYX, its policies, and/or its operations.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. There shall be no restrictions on communications between and among the Directors, the Management, and the Staff, except for confidential personnel matters.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Any disciplinary action taken by Management can be appealed to the Board of Directors.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">C. Directors Rights and Responsibilities</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Rescind the recent policy change which restricts the oversight rights and responsibilities of Directors, individually and collectively.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Guarantee every Director absolute and total access to all records of the organization.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Guarantee freedom of communication between Directors and Staff.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4712" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">D. Community Advisory Board</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Reconstitute/expand to guarantee independence and reflect the diversity of the community.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4713" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Hold regular public meetings.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Facilitate maximum public participation.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Use surveys that measure the favorability of each specific proposal.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E. Staffing</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Return all hiring/firing authority to the Board of Directors.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Restore full-time News Director position.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Abide by applicable EEOC employment regulations.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Require General Manager, Program Director, News Director, and Station Engineer to attend Director/Member meetings and respond to questions as time allows.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Theoretically, all of these changes can be made by the Board of Directors.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But some of them are so essential to the operation of the organization that the Members may wish to make them part of the bylaws, which would control future boards.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Conclusion</span></u></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4715" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4714" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“MCPB is a membership-based organization dedicated to serving the entire community of Mendocino County and contiguous counties. The primary purpose of MCPB is to engage in providing high-quality, independent, community and public radio and other media products and services.”</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4717" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4716" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is the Statement of Purpose and Governing Principles written in the original Bylaws some 25 years ago.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It still applies today, perhaps more than ever.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If the Directors and Members of MCPB/KZYX hope to fulfill this mission, they must take a close look at their current policies and procedures.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rather than being transparent and accountable, as envisioned by both the founders and the law, the organization has become closed and reactionary, doing whatever is necessary to support decisions made by only a few, or by one, that are perceived in the community as being arbitrary and capricious.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4786" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4785" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A membership nonprofit that operates a community radio station with taxpayer money must be open and accessible.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Otherwise, it will defeat the efforts of generations that have sought to make the airwaves a resource for the people.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And it will fail.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Only by making essential changes can MCPB/KZYX achieve its best destiny, to be a shining city on the hill for a county, and a nation, that so desperately need one.</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dennis O’Brien</span></div> <div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 2014</span></div> <div></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418333268320_4142"><br style="" class=""></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Kzyxtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org">Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org</a><br>http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>