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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Dear Mr. Campbell,</font><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I found MCPB's budget online last week. One week before MCPB's</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Board of Directors had voted on it. You can see it here:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/volunteering-at-kzyx/102-station-business/249-mcpb-2016-budget-as-passed" target="_blank"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/volunteering-at-kzyx/102-station-business/249-mcpb-2016-budget-as-passed</font></a></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">As you can see, it's marked 'As Approved 6-29-16'. Which is </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">hard to imagine. Since it hadn't voted on yet.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">The amount that was 'passed' is $541,500. MCPB only took in</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">$501,695 last year. And spent $568,912 doing so. Running its</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">net assets down to the $10,000 mark. Meaning that MCPB lost</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">($65,000) last year.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">This budget can't be found on the KZYX website. it can only </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">be found <span style="font-size: 12pt;">through </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Google. And there's no attribution. So it's</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">impossible to tell who proposed it. Or who 'approved' it.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I understand that you're MCPB's treasurer: </span><a href="http://www.kzyx.org" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.kzyx.org</a></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Have you ever heard of a cash flow statement? If you have </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">an <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Internet connection, you might want to look it up. You</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">can even find a calculator for it here:</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><a href="http://www.bplans.com/business_calculators/cash_flow_calculator/" target="_blank"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">http://www.bplans.com/business_calculators/cash_flow_calculator/</font></a></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Having a current cash flow statement can keep unpleasant</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">surprises from happening. Like suddenly running out of</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">cash. And being forced into bankruptcy.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I've seen that you teach classes on critical thinking:</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><a href="http://profiles.santarosa.edu/stuart-campbell" target="_blank"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">http://profiles.santarosa.edu/stuart-campbell</font></a></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">So maybe you can help me and other members of the public</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">to understand three critical thinking questions: </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">1. How can a nonprofit treasurer be effective _without_ </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">a cash <span style="font-size: 12pt;">flow statement?</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">2. Without a cash flow statement, what's the point of</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">a budget?</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">3. How can a nonprofit budget be approved a week before</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">it's voted on?</font></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Scott M. Peterson</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Mendocino</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">cc: (MCPB Board Members)</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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