[Kzyxtalk] any ideas for feedback ?

[David Gurney]

OK - two of the forms from the KZYX "PAC" are reasonable enough, but the
third has categories for a 1-5 grade that read:


"is cheerful, positive"…."is rude difficult"…."open, friendly"…."defensive
terse"…"helpfull, informative"…."welcomes feedback, ideas"….professional
manner"…."work habits, time use…"


This "evaluation form" is highly subjective, extremely personal, and
probably illegal in the normal workplace.


So which is it?  Is this form from the "PAC" of KZYX, or is this classic
Mark Perkins?


Uh, Mark?  Where did you get this, and was this being used at KZYX to rate
staff and board members, and if so, by whom?


Friendly fascism at its worst.


...


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  Mark Perkins posted the attachments in an e-mail here.  I don't know
> where he found the two from the PAC, and I suspect he (or someone else)
> just made up the one about staff and board.
>
> I don't think the programmer evaluations have been used since the PAC fell
> apart, but I could be wrong.  You are correct that we are supposed to be
> reviewed yearly, and I hope we return to that.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 7/9/2014 1:34 PM, doug mckenty wrote:
>
> Where did this come from?  I looked around the KZYX web site and did not
> see this, nor did I find the agenda for Monday's meeting BTW.
>
>  Programs and programmers are supposed to come under yearly review
> according to the current Station Handbook.  This is standard operating
> procedure at most community radio stations and is not meant to be
> Orwellian, just a way to increase production value.
>
>  One of the major aspects I really liked about the PAC was that it gave
> transparency to this process in order to ensure objectivity.
>
>  Doug
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>>  The two evaluation forms for programmers were developed by the Program
>> Advisory Council in 2007.  The PAC put in a LOT of time and effort
>> developing those.
>>
>> The one for Staff & Board is new to me, and it looks like a rough draft.
>> Who developed it, and who would use it?  If it's a serious effort and there
>> is an actual process to apply it, then it should be reworked to be more
>> usable.
>>
>> The purpose of program evaluations was to improve the quality of our
>> locally-produced shows.  The Program Director wanted some objective way of
>> identifying which programmers needed improvement, and of communicating that
>> to those programmers.  I think the hope was that such a process would
>> diffuse some of the angry and defensive reactions expressed by some
>> programmers against the PD.
>>
>> Not sure what the purpose of a Board-member evaluation would be; isn't
>> this what elections are for?
>>
>>  Tim
>>
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