[Kzyxtalk] Board meeting

[doug mckenty]

Yes,

I thought it was a great meeting.  The board published the agenda before
hand, which I really appreciated.  There was some discussion from Meg about
better instituting Roberts Rules of Order.  Norman, maybe you could contact
her, she sounded like she could use some help with this?  Everyone got
their time to speak, including Sakowitz, the obvious minority voice.  I
especially liked Stuarts message about creating a space for "dissident" (or
alternative) voices and Holly's notion that the board needs to move on as
there is a lot of work to be done.  Eliane produced a document outlining
the responsibilities of a board member that is required reading for all new
board members, but had not been seen by most of the rest of the board and
everybody got on the same page.

The institution of the CAB and the operation of this years contested
election has been a giant leap forward from prior years and I applaud
Stuart again for his efforts to make both of these happen.  The board still
needs to implement the committee system and write a strategic plan and I
think we need to have a debate about the programmers advisory committee and
really about the mission statement as well.  What does "membership control"
mean?  And how do we ensure the programming "gives access to all points of
view?

Doug McKenty

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  I stuck my head in the door but had to leave just as Eliane was ending
> her opening remarks, around 6:25.  She did mention three things I thought
> were significant:
> 1.  The CAB is populated and has begun meeting.  I think three of its
> members were in attendance, including Steve Fish from Anderson Valley.
> (Kudos to Stuart Campbell, who apparently did most of the work to revive
> the CAB.)
> 2.  There is now an easy way for people to communicate directly with Board
> members, or the whole Board, through a mailto link on the KZYX Website.
> (Kudos to Stuart Campbell for managing that as well.)
> 3.  Open Lines will be reinstated soon, with rotating hosts, including
> Doug.  (Not sure if Stuart had anything to do with that.)
>
> The room was packed.  I saw people from Willits, Ukiah, and the AV in
> addition to many coastal friends.
>
> My spy told me most of the speakers, including Board members, were
> lambasting Sakowicz; apparently the phrase "tired of being bullied" came up
> more than once, and the AVA's reporter was not well-received either.  King
> Collins came in late, just before I left, carrying a box; which I gather
> contained some props for his speech, crystals or semiprecious stones that
> were supposed to be metaphors for... something, it wasn't quite clear.
> Sako apparently used most of his 3 minutes to talk about... himself.
> (John, did you really say "The blood of heroes flows through my veins?")
>
> Anybody want to provide more detail or "color" as the analysts say?
>
> Tim
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