[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Announce]- The Battle for KZYX

Mon Mar 3 14:53:14 PST 2014

Mitch, 
  I hope you come to tonight's meeting at the Senior Center--6 P.M.
   Whatever your personal opinion of Sakowicz is, I believe he is perfectly within his rights to separate himself from the rest of the Board who have abdicated their oversight role of the General Manager. There are a lot of outright lies that have been fostered by Coate & John S. has the fiduciary responsibility as Treasurer to challenge Coate as he deems necessary.
    I believe there will be an effort made to remove him from the Board tonight (led by Coate & seconded by the Board President) which is inappropriate seeing as La viva Dakirs essentially missed many consecutive meetings of the Board which, according to the Board's Bylaws & policy, was grounds for dismissal. Of course, a demand for action to declare the position vacant by myself  was disregarded. The position of the Bd. Pres. at the  time was that the Board couldn't force anyone to attend a meeting.   How lame. 
Yet when someone disagrees with their secrecy format of decision making, they are quick to cry betrayal.  Let's get the decision making process out in the open. That will be a large first step towards creating a democratically run organization.
  Sheila Dawn Tracy

Mitch Clogg <mitchc at mcn.org> wrote:

>Sako/Saco is ever litigious, Marinela. You'll see email from him 
>mentioning all the legal battles he takes interest in. He threatens 
>litigation all the time. "I'm all over that," is how he describes his 
>initiation of legal wrangles and his interest in them. I am confused 
>about what's real and what's false at KZYX, but I regard SacSak's 
>calling down the FCC to be a particularly slimey thing. Whatever he does 
>that is useful to others notwithstanding, he's a horrible guy.
>
>Mitch Clogg
>Mendocino
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>On 3/2/2014 7:14 PM, Marinela Miclea wrote:
>> Where exactly does it state that announcements of candidacy have no
>> place on this list? Conversely, I keep seeing the word "suggested
>> use"....
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>> Marinela
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>> On Mar 2, 2014, at 3:12 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote:
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>>> You are campaigning on the MCN's announcement listserv, Mr. Lambert.
>>> This is extremely bad form. It sets a dangerous precedent. And, it
>>> violates the MCN Announce List Subscriber Agreement/Terms of Service
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Paul Lambert" <paul.lambert55 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: announce at lists.mcn.org
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:51:57 PM
>>> Subject: [MCN-Announce]- The Battle for KZYX
>>>
>>> I, Paul Lambert, former KZYX newsman and host of Mendo Matters, am
>>> running for the KZYX Board of Directors as an At Large Candidate. I
>>> am making this statement to urge the members to participate in this
>>> election.
>>>
>>> On the web, a group who are deeply frustrated with KZYX's current
>>> direction have stated that , if elected, the General Manager and the
>>> Program director will be fired. They already have plans for who they
>>> will hire to do the news and have discussed reducing or eliminating
>>> NPR programming.
>>>
>>> Their attacks on Coate and Aigner caused the Board of Directors to
>>> take the unprecedented step of writing a public letter on the KZYX
>>> website supporting the staff signed by eight of the nine board
>>> members.
>>>
>>> I do not believe that these folks represent the majority of the
>>> membership.
>>>
>>> By no means is KZYX perfect or anywhere near it; it needs better
>>> programming, more diverse programming, including younger people,
>>> Latinos, African Americans, Gays and children. It needs a studio in
>>> Ukiah so other voices can be heard. Some programs that used to be on
>>> should be reviewed for inclusion again . There are legitimate issues
>>> that should be addressed, like making it easier to communicate with
>>> the Board.
>>>
>>> That's why your vote is so important in this election. Be sure to
>>> vote.
>>>
>>> Please vote for me, Paul Lambert (At Large) and the Third District
>>> Jane Futcher (who has had no part in this letter).
>>>
>>> You, the membership, will decide and I will abide by your decision.
>>>
>>> Paul Lambert
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