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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color:
rgb(253, 253, 253);">Wednesday </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color:
rgb(253, 253, 253);">16 December 2015</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color:
rgb(253, 253, 253);">Dear friends of
KZYX,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color:
rgb(253, 253, 253);">I am writing a
quick note to the kzyxtalk listerv and to the
newspapers letting the public know that the
interview process for KZYX's new GM -- who will also
be Mendocino County Public Broadcasting's (MCPB) new
Executive Director -- was conducted on Monday, 14
December 2015. The final hiring process was handled
fairly and professionally, and with integrity. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color:
rgb(253, 253, 253);">MCPB's Board of
Directors was honorable in every regard at that
time. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">I felt included and heard, as I'm sure
each Board Director did.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">In the
words of one of our applicants, I felt that the
Board was guided by the Buddhist principles of
"truthfulness, justice, and seeking the virtuous
path."</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">We met
from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. We interviewed five
finalists, broke for a pizza and salad dinner,
then deliberated until mid-evening. It was a long
day.</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">MCPB
Board Chair, Meg Courtney, chaired Monday's
meeting at her home in Fort Bragg.</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">Board
Director, Benj Thomas, facilitated. He was
excellent. At times, our deliberations reminded me
what Quakers call a "meeting for clearness" --
trying to find the way forward during a time of
change or difficulty..</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">All
Board Directors were present for Monday's meeting
with the exception of Jenness Hartley, who had to
work, but she was consulted by telephone for the
final vote. </div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">The
Board reached a nearly unanimous vote, with only
one Board Director dissenting. The Board's
decision will be announced very soon in a press
release. </div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">Please
join us at the Board's regularly scheduled meeting
on January 4 in Ukiah with time and location to be
announced. C<span style="font-size: 12pt;">ome to
personally congratulate and support our new GM
and Executive Director.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">Finally,
please let us all work together to heal our
divisions in the coming year. Let us be empathetic
with one another. Patient with one another. And
kind. Public radio is not only an alternative to
mainstream corporate media, it is a community of
local folks. In that regard, public radio is equal
parts "global" and "local". At its best, public
radio is also "family".</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">Happy
Holidays and Merry Christmas,</div>
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<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">John
Sakowicz</div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">MCPB
Board of Directors (2013-2016), Board Chair
(2014); Host of "All About Money" (on leave)</div>
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