[Kzyxtalk] I wrote to the board of MCPB regarding KZYX' smoke filled back room.

[Marco McClean]

Here's what I sent to the MCPB board of directors and the staff of 
KZYX&Z using the forms on their web page-- one for the board and one for 
the staff:

"Please use this form to let us know your thoughts about KZYX, if you 
want to volunteer or to direct a question to any staff member. Please 
let us know if you need a response."

Marco here. Yes, thank you for asking, I need a response.

Please explain to the paying members and the public why the so-called 
search committee for a manager for KZYX&Z is performing its 
deliberations entirely in secret, and why even the names of the people 
on the committee are being kept a secret.

And explain your reasoning for keeping secret from the full board of 
directors, much less the public, the applications and resumes of the 
people who have applied. Why shouldn't we all be involved in the process 
instead of being shut out of the loop entirely?

If you won't put these simple things on the station's website, nor talk 
about them on the air, nor group-email them to the membership, simply 
email them to me --one email-- and I'll read them on KNYO and KMEC. 
And/or you can email them to the Anderson Valley Advertiser. Or --and 
here's a thought-- you can tell one of your news reporters, and 
distribute the information via the KZYX news.

It would be much more ethical for you not to do everything in secret in 
the first place as though the inner workings of a tiny noncommercial 
radio station are a matter of national security, but if that's not going 
to change, at least make the entertaining five-minute effort to explain why.

Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com