<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Kelly Grimes asked:<div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite">What is the process for finding a person to replace Mr. Coate, the general manager? </blockquote></div></blockquote><br></div><div>When I was on the board, the centrists set up an "interim Management team." (Below an excerpt from the Secret Life Of KZYX, written in 2005:)<div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; "><b>Selection of the Interim Management Team. </b>After GM Diane Hering’s resignation in July of 2004, an Interim Management team was established. The board as a whole had <i>no role </i>in picking that team, which turned out to consist of the president of the board, Tony Miksak, and two staff members. Obviously, the Egalitarians would have liked to discuss such an important decision and to participate on the team. The Centrists ask, “Don’t you trust Tony?” That’s a complicated question, but there is another more important point: by putting the station under the leadership of a Centrist and by discouraging other board members from being involved in management, the approach to running the station, once again, falls to the status quo. Only the chosen few board members are permitted at management meetings. The absence of a manager ought to be a chance for the board to be more involved, to get to know the staff, and to put their individual skills to work. It is also, as we have mentioned earlier, an opportune time for the Board to re-tune its policies and vision, thus making it possible for the next General Manager to follow new guidelines from day one.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; ">(Secret Life Of KZYX; PDF at </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/report-PDF/SL1_KZYX_2005(2010).pdf">http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/report-PDF/SL1_KZYX_2005(2010).pdf</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; ">--King Collins</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; font-size: 14px; ">* * * *</div><div><div>On Jun 19, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Doug McKenty wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I believe the board is going to set up a hiring committee to oversee the process. They are required by law to publicly post the job opening as part of the process. <br><br>John Coate, to the best of my knowledge, insisted that he be called Executive Director upon his hiring. He also insisted that he have total co tell over the programming. He had an interesting interpretation of the role of the board, basically relegating it to fundraising, while all station operations were the preview of management. Any attempt by the board to set policy or effect programming was considered "micromanaging." Let's hope they find a new anther with a more inclusive philosophy. <br><br>I, for one, hope they drop the "Executive Director" title altogether. <br><br>Doug<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 19, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Kelly Grimes <<a href="mailto:grimie@mcn.org">grimie@mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Good morning,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What is the process for finding a person to replace Mr. Coate, the <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">general manager? Will that person automatically become the executive <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">director of MCPB? If the board of directors is responsible for <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">overseeing the general manager, why is the general manager the head of <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the board? This has always seemed a bit odd to me and now appears to be <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a good time to discuss the true title and scope of work for Mr. Coate's <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">replacement. Does anyone have any factual information?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Kelly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Kzyxtalk mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org">Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<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></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>