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</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5066" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5065" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This Wednesday, December
31, is the deadline for becoming a member of KZYX&Z and being eligible to
vote and/or run in next spring’s election for the board of directors.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6347" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Many of us believe that new directors must be
elected in order to bring about essential changes.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5089" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Doug McKenty and I have committed to running for
the At-Large and Fifth District seats, respectively.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We are now looking for a candidate from the
Second District, mainly the city of Ukiah. Members have until January 30 to decide if they want to run.<br></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5064" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5060" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5059" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The last post, a legal/policy analysis, prompted
suggestions that the changes be specified, with fewer words.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Thus the following:</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5061" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5063" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5062" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Proposed Policy Changes
for Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, aka KZYX&Z</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5211" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5213" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5212" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Programming: A Program
Advisory Council will be established, as required by the attached policy
adopted by the Board of Directors in December 2008. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Programmers will be provided adequate
resources and support, with the least possible restrictions on freedom of
expression, in order to maximize their creative energies.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_7027" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There will be freedom of communication between
and among the Programmers, Staff, Management, Directors, Members, and the Public.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5214" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5216" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5215" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Personnel: Authority for
hiring and firing will be returned to the Board of Directors, as it was until
2006.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5591" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The News Director will be a
full-time position, independent of editorial control by Management. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Any disciplinary action can be appealed to the
Board of Directors.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No one will be disciplined
for expressing their opinion about the organization, though legal restrictions
concerning offensive language and defamation of character will still apply.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6559" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5664" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6266" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Community Outreach: The
General Manager, Program Director, News Director, and Station Engineer will
attend all Board meetings. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Board and
Staff will respond to questions and comments as time permits. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The audio/video file of any meetings and/or
outreach events will be posted on the website. <span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Community Advisory Board will be
reconstituted so that it is independent and reflects the diversity of the listening
community, with regular meetings that are open to the Public.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6267" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5598" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5597" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Members: Allow any
Member to inspect and copy any and all records of MCPB/KZYX, other than
confidential personnel records.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Send
written notice of the annual Membership Meeting to all Members with their
ballot.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>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_1419705885424_5599" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5601" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5600" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directors: All policy
decisions will be made by the Board of Directors.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_8864" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Directors will be given access to any and all
information and documents.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The duty of
each director to oversee and evaluate the operations of the organization will not
be restricted.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5453" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5355" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5354" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All of these policy
changes can be made by the Board of Directors.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_8863" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>However, any of them could also be submitted to the Members for a vote
as a bylaw amendment, which would bind any future boards if adopted.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5629" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5345" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5347" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Attached are the current
bylaws and policies of MCPB/KZYX, along with<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5351" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span> the lengthier legal/policy
analysis previously posted. They and the proposed changes are the basis of future discussion.<br></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5341" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5340" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_8426" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5340" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anyone interested in supporting
these changes and/or running for a seat on the Board must be a member by
December 31.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Simple living memberships
of $25 per year are still available, even though they are not publicized.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6653" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The quickest way to join is by using the
website donation page: <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5342" style="" class="" href="http://kzyx.org/index.php/donate-or-join">http://kzyx.org/index.php/donate-or-join</a></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5343" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5270" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5269" class="" style="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 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5271" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>That is our mission, as stated in our bylaws 25 years ago.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A membership nonprofit that operates a public
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 who have sought to make the airwaves a resource for the
people.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And it will fail.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5507" 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 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5272" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5273" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dennis O’Brien</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_5274" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419705885424_6179" class="" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">December 2014</span></div>
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