[Kzyxtalk] Community Vision and Community Adviosry Boards

[nsi at mcn.org]

The station needs to replace the current, bigoted  troika.And the
management paradigm needs to be replaced. We all know that. 
To continue as is will mean the continued bleeding not only the
membership from both the north county and the coast, BUT ALSO GRANTS
that reward honest attempts to attract and cover the lives of the
Latino and Indian residents of Mendocino County with local public
affairs programming, message music and travel compensation for
serving on the Board in the original two seats specifically allotted
those two communities for good reason.  
This is a rural station with less and less evidence to that effect. 
The Station needs to revert what is now known as the "5th District"
Board seat back to the original intent of representation, which was
to have a board member who lived on the Mendocino Coast, roughly from
Caspar to Guallala elected solely by members who live within those
bounds. (We are now represented by a woman who lives in the Ukiah
Valley and eats off of the nuclear industry.) The boundaries of the
5th Supervisorial District were substantially altered in the past two
redistricting gerrymanderings, rendering it Ukiah-centric in
population counts if not heart. Closed seats are only closed if only
the folks who are being represented get to vote for the candidates
for those seats.
Decision making regarding 91.5 KZYZ  needs to be handed over to the
3rd District folks it was supposed to serve with special split-signal
programming, as was originally intended. It was the first step (never
taken) towards decentralization of the station, acknowledging
different micro-regional focus.  The totally inadequate, heartless
coverage of the struggle over the Willits Bypass is inexcusable. If
Michael Kisslinger won't get off his ass, hand that reportage (and
monetary compensation) over to someone like Mike A'Dair who has a
deep history of even-handed reportage of 3rd District politics and
movements. 
Nothing short of multifaceted bigotry can account for the lack of 1st
and 2nd generation Latino programmers, and respectful coverage of the
county's cannabis culture. Coate has been credited for saving the
station. Actually, his personality, and choices are driving it to
ruin.  The truth is he is a cowardly and manipulative individual.
And Tim Bray you really  need to let him talk for himself. What you
are doing right now is serving as his hack. And your last "science
show" entertaining as it was, was poor science passing on results and
serious conclusions based on baselines extant for less than a
generation.
And Doug, I don't need any lessons in deportment from you. Things get
done when people of more or less like mind tackle the intractable from
different directions with different demeanors. 
 --beth bosk  
  

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Sent:Fri, 23 May 2014 16:43:29 -0700
Subject:Re: [Kzyxtalk] Community Vision and Community Adviosry Boards

 David, why are you so reactive?  Your job would be affirmed if
there was a better fit (philosophically
FONT-FAMILY:TIMESNEWROMANPS;FONT-STYLE:ITALIC;">ITS
PROGRAMMING AND operational philosophy is controlled by its
membership, which is open to all.    
 Dear David, 
 What part of the word "and" don't you understand? 
 It is grammatically correct to use the word "is" to refer to both, 
due to the presence of the compounding qualifier "and". 
 If you diagrammed this sentence, it would break down to: 
 (1) ITS PROGRAMMING IS CONTROLLED BY ITS MEMBERSHIP,  WHICH IS OPEN
TO ALL. 
 AND 
 (2) ITS OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY IS CONTROLLED BY ITS MEMBERSHIP, 
WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL. 
 Hence the use of the singular form of the verb in this instance.
Your argument for the plural "are" applies only when compounding two
plurals. Please review "Compounding Sentences" chapter of your
fourth-grade grammar book 
 IF THE TWO WERE SEPARATELY CONTROLLED BY DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT
ENTITIES, THEY WOULD NOT BE JOINED BY THE WORD "AND" IN THIS
SENTENCE. 
 The Mission Statement assigns control  of programming AND
operational philosophy to its membership which is additionally
qualified as "open to all".  
 Please also note the absence of the words  "General Manager"
"Program Coordinator"  "Board of Directors" or any reference to
their roles in this regard. 
 Management and Coordination are essential to KZ's successful
fulfillment of its grant requirements. (Grants that were obtained on
the basis of its Mission Statement, BTW.) So they do have an
obligation here . . . 
 The membership entrusts the Board to hire and make certain staff is
capable of doing so. As Diane pointed out, it involves the skill to
work with, rather than merely exclude controversial opinions/issues.
YES, SKILLFUL MEANS ARE REQUIRED. This is the challenge that faces
all Community Radio Stations in these times, as this is the true
essence  of Democracy, which we find the newly-landed so eager to
corrupt in favor of Oligarchy. 
 oligarchy |ˈäliˌgärkē; ˈōli-|noun ( pl. -chies)a
small group of people having control of a country, organization, or
institution : the ruling oligarchy of military men around the
president.• a state governed by such a group : the English
aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century.• government by such
a group. 
 . 
 Sincerest thanks to Norman for bringing this up. And revealing
management's  (current) attitude toward its own mission statement.
Who does NOT have "control" over content? Well, by law . . . 
Underwriters. And, according to MCPB's Mission Statement . . . 
Staff and Board. 
 If the above are working in coordination, against development of 
creatively and professionally produced (local) programming "that
responds to the needs of the community" a navigational course
correction is in order, lest the good ship become becalmed. 
 Yours in creative synergy ~C. 
 On May 23, 2014, at 10:46 AM, David wrote: 
  GOOD MORNING NORMAN.   THE MISSION STATEMENT, AS POSTED ON OUR
WEBSITE AND CITED BY YOU IN YOUR EMAIL, IS AS FOLLOWS:  
KZYXfont-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-style:italic;">   If one
follows both the words and phrasing, as well as the grammer and
punctuation, the content of the Mission Statement clearly states that
the station's ". . .programming AND  operational philosophy is
controlled by its membership." Note the use of "is" in lieu of
"are". It states a singular item, i.e. "the . . . philosophy is
controlled by its membership." Therefore, neither programming nor
operations are controlled by the membership. Only the philosophy.
"Philosophy", as you know, is the theory or attitude held by a person
or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior. The
membership can guide the programming and operational philosophy but
the membership does not control prtogramming or operations.   David
  David Steffen   KZYX Business Development (707) 895-2324 office
(707) 322-9895 cell (707) 895-2451 fax      

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[mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces at lists.mcn.org [6]] ON BEHALF OF Norman de
Vall
SENT: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:26 AM
TO: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org [7]
SUBJECT: Re: [Kzyxtalk] Community Vision and Community Adviosry
Boards

 David, Am I quoting information from a previous Mission Statement?
 If so, when was it amended? Norman 
   On May 23, 2014, at 10:13 AM, David wrote: 
  Good morning.    Norman is incorrect. The mission statement does
NOT state that "programming and operations is controlled by the
membership."   David    David Steffen KZYX Business Development
(707) 895-2324 office (707) 322-9895 cell (707) 895-2451 fax      

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[mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces at lists.mcn.org [9]] ON BEHALF OF Norman de
Vall
SENT: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:22 AM
TO: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org [10]
SUBJECT: Re: [Kzyxtalk] Community Vision and Community Adviosry
Boards

 Good Morning All….. 
 This is interesting reading and worthy of review: 

	KZYX Mission Statement  

	KZYXfont-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-style:italic;">KZYX&Z pledges
to be a responsible and responsive county-wide medium for news,
information, music, performing arts, entertainment, and local
features. KZYXfont-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> . . from KZYX website

	Interesting to note that programming and operations is controlled by
the membership.   On May 23, 2014, at 8:51 AM, id wrote: 

 On May 23, 2014, at 8:23 AM, Norman de Vall wrote:

 It is on the last page .

What is the Mission Statement of KZYX and when was
 it last reviewed and updated?

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