[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: letter to the editor

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Am I missing something here? Was there a posted board meeting in
which the Board of Directors of KZYX/Z put on the agenda a Closed
Session meeting to discuss a personnel matter that needed immediate
action?
How often does the full board meet on its listserv or any other
instant messaging situation to make decisions? With no opportunity
for Public Input? 
Isn't there some long ago-inserted Bylaw or Practices policy that
disallows such behavior? even when the messaging is done
successively. --beth bosk  

KZYX Board Writes Love Letter to John Coate

To the Editor:
I writing to let you know that the KZYX Board of Directors recently
drafted a "love letter" to KZYX General Manager, John Coate. It will
soon be posted to the KZYX website. The letter is absurd, especially
in light of the fact that KZYX is facing five or more challenges to
the renewal of their FCC licenses.
I take the love letter  to be a vote of confidence in Coate, but it
borders on the obsequious. Perhaps it is a belated Valentine's Day
note. 
Maybe. It reads much more like a tribute to Caesar.
Eight of the nine members of the Board of Directors endorsed the
letter. I sit on the Board, and I was the sole dissenting vote.
Regretfully, I can't cut and paste the letter and share it with you.
Why? Because that would violate the Board's obsession with secrecy.
 
I asked Board Chair Eliane Herring if the Board would allow me to
post a short dissent to the love letter -- much like the courts
publish a dissenting opinion alongside majority and concurring
opinions for important court decisions in the court reporter -- but I
never received an answer from Ms. Herring.
Silence. No answer. 
No surprise. The Board, would seem not to want to air any diversity
of opinion with respect to poor management decisions at the station,
nor does it seem to value free speech. We've known that much four
months ago when Coate canceled  the station's only public forum for
public comment "Open Lines", and indefinitely suspended the show's
popular host, Doug McKenty -- the Board was silent then, too.
John SakowiczUkiah


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