[Kzyxtalk] Fw: Fwd: KZYX Board of Directors Election

[Paul Lambert]

John:

You are shooting from the hip, and, without asking me my opinions or positions.

I am not a "company man," and I do not owe John Coate anything. He hired me -  not when Christina was fired but when Dave Brooksher left. the money I made doing it did not compensate me for the time I spent, so I'm not in anyone's debt.

The greatest impediment to changes at KZYX, many of which I endorse, is not management nor the Board but people whose goal in life is to topple John and Mary who work long hours into the  night starting at 10:30 or 11 and whose time is wasted by petty anger over what seem to be old, personal issues.

I believe that many of the atagonists should simply come up with the programs they think we lack and go on the air and do it.  It's not something done from management of the Board. If KZYX is to be a community station, the community has to step up.

It's a simple fact that if you keep attacking someone, he or she is not likely to be forthcoming to an antagonist; how bout tuning down the rhetoric and try to settle problems like adults, rather than as them vs us.

I belive that Community is inclusive, with a capital C, not exclusive, as in 'only those who think my way' are my community.

I hope, if I am elected that we can work together towards a common goal - a better, more robust KZYX, with strong finances, a studio in Ukiah, programming that the Community wants and, yes, more community imput but not the same old 'community' that wants to completely change the structure.

You, Michael K, Stuart Campbell, Jeff Blankfort do a great job, we need more people to do a great job. But the politics of confrontation just isn't working ; it creates enemies and schisms, encourages rigidity (which both you and Coate have shown), doesn't solve problems and creates an atmosphere of distrust and tension. It's hard to work under that pressure.

Paul Lambert




On Friday, February 14, 2014 3:34 PM, King Collins <king at greenmac.com> wrote:
 
John and all,

Regarding whether I support a particular candidate: 

I have my preferences, but my presence on this list and in the election is to insure that the interests of the MEMBERS (and listeners) are represented. I believe the members benefit greatly by this OPEN DIALOG.

And I believe it is important to preserve the HISTORY OF KZYX and let it contribute to the judgement of the candidates and what should be done. 

So I remain neutral until positions are clarified. Maybe this year the Candidates Forum will really be a forum.

For KZYXtalk
King Collins

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On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:42 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote:

I kinda sorta regret that Doug and King may split the vote among the station's dissidents/reformers.

That said, King, is there any way you could throw your support behind Doug? 

Please be advised that Paul Lambert is a "company man". He is a strong supporter of John Coate. In fact, Paul Lambert owes Coate. Why? Because Coate hired him as the part-time news director after Christine Aanestad left the station.

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From: "King Collins" <king at greenmac.com>
To: bod1989 at pacific.net, elections at kzyx.org
Cc: parentsforpeace at yahoogroups.com, kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:18:51 PM
Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Fwd: KZYX Board of Directors Election

Just receivedved from the Elections Coordinator, Stuart Campbell:




Begin forwarded message:
To 2014 Candidates for MCPB Board of Directors,

This email is to let you know that your application was received on time and your membership in KZYX verified. As such, you will appear on the ballot sent to members. We will be posting your candidate statements on the KZYX website very soon, and the mailing to members is in the process of being completed for printing. We expect to get it sent out within the next couple of weeks at most.

So that you are all aware, here are the candidates for each seat:

District 4
Meg Courtney

District 3
Jane Futcher
Patricia Kovner

At-large
King Collins
Paul Lambert
Doug McKenty
Tom Melcher

We are scheduling the candidate forum for Thursday, March 6th. It will begin at 6:30PM, and probably run for about two hours, depending in part on questions received from the membership. We request that you arrive at the Philo studio by 6:15PM so that we can get everything set up for everyone. I will supply more information about this forum a little later, but I wanted to inform you now so that you can make the appropriate plans.

Please respond to this email to let me know that you have received it, and that you plan on participating in the forum. If you have any questions at any time, you can always send them to this email address: bod1989 at pacific.net. 

Thanks very much for your interest in serving on the MCPB Board of Directors.

Stuart Campbell
bod1989 at pacific.net.
Elections Coordinator
Programmer-elected Board Member

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