[Kzyxtalk] Interaction with Members

[ann brown]

Well then, back to the written bylaws regarding board members responsibilities to the public.  If I write/call/e-mail/, you call/write/e-mail, another e-mails/calls/writes, etc, etc.  What is a board member to do?  What did they sign up for according to the bylaws and what are the expectation of various and often disagreeing contingents of the listener/membership?  Is there a difference(s) between these two…three…twenty?  If there is, that is an issue that is concrete and can be researched, discussed and resolved realistically.  Since you brought this up…do you want to take this issue on?  Actually only a member of the public can take this on. How could a board member know what different contingents of the public expect. The board members could only reference the bylaws. No?







On Apr 4, 2014, at 3:03 PM, ann brown <divinesight at icloud.com> wrote:

How about 1) the interested public attend the public meetings they are interested in; or if unable  2) public minutes/recordings of public meetings be made available on the KZYX website or by written request along with money donated by the requester to cover postage and staff time; and 3) the minutes of appropriately and legally private meetings be respected as such.

To volunteer to serve a public institution for no pay is already a huge job.  It is service.  We all know virtue is its only reward…and it is actually a bountiful reward requiring almost no recognition but the knowledge that one has made one's best effort.  To expect a board member to be constantly available and accountable to any member at anytime for anything is more than unrealistic.  The degree of negative insinuation and criticism leveled at KZYX staff and board members by some members is not only truly appalling but profoundly lacking in gratitude and good will.  

I am not saying, King, that you expect this new Board Member to be at your beck and call, but that others certainly do act as if entitled to expect just that.

Good luck new members.

Ann

On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:13 PM, King Collins <king at greenmac.com> wrote:

Dear Paul Lambert,
I have already said how much I appreciate your willingness to listen to members. Here's my question:
As a member of the board willl you report back, regularly and transparently, to the rest of us on this list (or one that is equally open) about the dialog taking place on the board? That would mean that you would report the topics discussed on the board listserv and at committee meetings, not only those that are broadly agreed to but also those that are disputed, with the understanding that you would not report on matters that are properly confidential, which is limited to certain personnel or legal issues. 
--king collins





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