[Kzyxtalk] Board meeting

[Joel Waldman]

All quite as refreshing as using a dolly.

Perhaps as a minority of a minority, the least politically-correct  
local Joker in the neighborhood, do you think EVEN I
might get a chance back on the air?

Joel Waldman


On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:49 PM, doug mckenty wrote:

> 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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