[Kzyxtalk] KZYX COMMON GROUND

[ann brown]

Thank you, King.  Common Ground is the only coffee I am willing to drink

I have hesitated to join the fray, since there was so much disrespect being shown and it did seem like a fray and not a true exploration.  Granted, there are clearly old resentments stacked up.  I believe firmly that it is important to air them…but with respect, curiosity and an open mind.  At 68, with eight children and a large extended family, I am not new to the challenges innate to all relationships I care passionately about.  But without respect, curiosity and an open mind, I fear I would be eating cat food out of a can and wondering why none of my brood visit at Christmas.  Respect, curiosity and maintaining an open mind are not easy arts, but they are fundamental to working with others.

I have lots of ideas and questions for KZYX and would very much like to join in on the discussion, explore possibilities and advance the station's programming for all interested and invested members…myself included...with my own particular preferences and interests and in consideration/inclusion of other people's preferences as well. 

I appreciate your summation and acknowledgment and respect for what has been admirably accomplished for the good at KZYX and your desire to move forward and hold those running for office accountable to the membership's aired frustrations and desires.

However, in the same way that you question whether adding a mix of new/other programs to the station might have a detrimental financial impact…I also ask, if new and current board members are, in fact, empowered as a whole entity, to respond directly to members.  I guess I need to read the bylaws.

Anyway,  thank you so much for your very harmonious and nuanced message.

Sincerely,

Ann


On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:53 PM, King Collins <king at greenmac.com> wrote:

Dear KZYZtalk and discussion folks,

I think I got it (beaten into my head): the station is financially good, and technically good and getting better in so many ways. And folks, I believe it.

Yet somehow there is a lot of dissatisfaction out there and ideas about how things could change, like programming and how programming decisions are made, and other ways of getting local news, or maybe we should just get the FCC to kick ass, all kinds of ideas.

Some of these things are really important issues, hot issues, and probably won't be resolved quickly.

But there is common ground and a foundation to build on, because what most people want DOES NOT THREATEN the financial or technical stability of the station, and does not require going to the FCC. 

Most people understand they can't have their way in everything. BUT...

WE THE REASONABLE want is our questions answered and our ideas heard. Adding that to the mix a KZYX won't diminish our financial and technical stability, will it? In fact it should help in every way, because it taps the skills and knowledge of a lot of valuable human beings.

How about it? Do you candidates agree to that as a bottom line? 

Do you agree that after you are elected you will find a way to communicate directly to us members, you know like you cared about us, the suckers who elected you?

King Collins



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