[Kzyxtalk] Different kind of station?

[doug mckenty]

Tim,

I feel like we are finally cutting threw the BS and getting to the crux of
our differences.   Is programming a management decision?  This is John's
contention, and I appreciate that.  I am not asking to win an argument, I
am asking to be allowed to have that argument in public, and have the
members decide who wins.

I believe that when the mission statement says the membership "controls the
programming and operational philosophy of the station," that gives the
board the job of deciding what those will be.  They can hire a manager to
make those choices, which the current majority has agreed to do, or they
can set up a committee, like the PAC, to help make those choices, which
boards in the past have tried.  This is the prerogative of the board.

In the end, i am really happy that we are having a solid contested election
where all these issues have come up.  They even published an agenda before
the meeting this time.  I wish we were having these conversations on the
radio and am looking forward to the candidates debate.

Doug

On Sunday, March 2, 2014, Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  Hi King,
>
> Thanks for the kind words of support and appreciation.
>
> It seems to me that you and I both want more and better communication from
> station management and the Board.  Where I think we differ is in the degree
> of participation by the listenership in management decision-making.  You
> seem to want the station to be run as a kind of collective, with
> participatory decision-making, and I see that as leading to a different
> kind of station than the one we have.  (I think that management model is
> unworkable and would lead to paralysis or worse.)  It seems to me that you
> also want more airtime devoted to station business, with listener
> participation, and less to... well, what, exactly would you have less of on
> air?
>
> That said, we do agree about the desire for more communication from and
> between management and staff.  I have been working for a long time to get
> that for the Programmers at least, because it frustrated me when staff
> would make changes at the station and I would find out about it on Sunday
> morning at 7 AM when I arrived for my shift.  The current staff is MUCH
> better about communicating with programmers than they were when I started
> there.  We generally do get informed in advance about changes that will
> affect how we do our programs, with training and guidance.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
> p.s.  I hope you didn't take "perennial gadfly" as a slight.  It just
> seemed an accurate phrase - and one that has probably been applied to me at
> times as well.
>
>
>
> On 2/28/2014 10:32 PM, King Collins wrote:
>
> Dear Tim Bray (and others of like mind),
>
> I like your program and I see that you work very hard to raise money for the station. Thanks very much.
>
> Early on you mentioned my name as one of the sources of complaints (below) and said that people like me "want a completely different kind of station."
>
> Would you please explain what you meant by that? And I do not mean to be confrontational. I really want to know.
>
> Thank you,
> King Collins
>
> Tim Bray said (excerpted):
>
> .... there really isn't merit to the attacks on station management....Most of the complaints arise from a few causes (including) perennial gadflies who want a completely different kind of station (King Collins et al).
>
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