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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">I'd like you to look at marker 45:00 here:</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;"><a href="http://mendocinotv.com/2016/06/27/mendocino-tv-brings-you-junes-kzyxz-board-of-directors-meeting/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk722911">http://mendocinotv.com/2016/06/27/mendocino-tv-brings-you-junes-kzyxz-board-of-directors-meeting/</a></span><font face="Courier New, monospace"><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Where you said, "We don't have any way in our current budget planning</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">and accounting system to designate funds for a specific event or a </span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">specific activity. It all kind of goes into the general pot."</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Now I'd like you to look at this:</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;"><a href="http://media.kzyx.org/mp3/Policies/MCPB%20Financial%20Management%20Policy%209-12-2006.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk727748">http://media.kzyx.org/mp3/Policies/MCPB%20Financial%20Management%20Policy%209-12-2006.pdf</a></span><a href="http://media.kzyx.org/mp3/Policies/MCPB%20Financial%20Management%20Policy%209-12-2006.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk727748"></a><font face="Courier New, monospace"><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Look at the title, Mr. Campbell. "Mendocino County Public Broadcasting</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Financial Management & Controls, Policies & Procedures". Now look at</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">page 6. Under "Restricted Amounts". Where is says, "Restricted amounts</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">recorded in the financial statements are to be disclosed, including an</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">indication of the nature of the restriction, and deposited into </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Can you read, Mr. Campbell? According to MCPB policy, restricted funds</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">are supposed to go into restricted accounts. Not the 'general pot.'</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Apparently you've got your own policy. Where restricted funds can be</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">moved at your discretion. Nice!</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Now. About that MCPB policy. The one on the 'clunky' old KZYX website.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">It looks like it was approved by -- shudder -- the MCPB Board of</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Directors. Way back in 2006. Can you subtract, Mr. Campbell? That was</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">ten long years ago. Antique by some standards. Or the Statute of </font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Limitations by others. But why's it still on the KZYX website?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Ah! You need major donors, don't you? Like the Corporation for Public</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Broadcasting. Is that why it's there? Since you're obviously running</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">the show, why not put your policy up?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Therein lies the rub, Mr. Campbell. Your policy won't attract anyone.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">But MCPB's will. So you use their policy to attract major donors. And</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">your policy to spend the money. Got it.</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">I'm sure that you've talked this 'critical thinking' over with the</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But in the event that you've</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">forgotten, I'll forward a copy of this to them.</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Sincerely,</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Scott M. Peterson</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Mendocino</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">cc: (MCPB Board Members)</font></p>
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