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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Beth,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>MCPB's Articles of Incorporation are dated November 22, 1984. They</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>were endorsed by the State on January 12, 1985:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/MCPB%20Articles%20of%20Incorporation.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/MCPB%20Articles%20of%20Incorporation.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The application for a broadcast license with the FCC was accepted on</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>October 24, 1989. And granted on February 5, 1991:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=134767" target="_blank">http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=134767</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't know how much startup capital was involved. Or where it came</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>from. It looked like a slipshod operation to start with. The founding </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>documents are two-pages long. That's it. Articles of Incorporation and</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>nothing more. No amendments got filed with the State. No bylaws</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>either.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Capital Public Radio's founding documents are fifty-pages long. Filed</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>by the President and the Secretary. They include amendments and</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>bylaws. Along with a three-page determination letter from 1991. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Articles of Incorporation for MCPB were only signed by Sean </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Donovan. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">only as 'Incorporator'. And it looks like the IRS didn't </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">get </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a copy </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">until </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2005.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bruce Anderson hit the nail on the head here: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://theava.com/archives/56750" target="_blank">http://theava.com/archives/56750</a></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"DONOVAN POISONED KZYX in its crib by </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">organizing it as forever self-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">appointing and self-succeeding."</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scott M. Peterson</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mendocino<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">>Scott: This doesn't make sense to me. KZYX did not go on the air until
autumn 1989. Sean claimed he received no salary for his spade work and
only submitted a bill a couple of years later. Where did close to $300,000
come from in 1985? --beth bosk</pre></div></div> </div></body>
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