[Kzyxtalk] Centrist takeover of KZYX, c. 2010

[ann brown]

Hi Norman,

Any idea when you are going to be available to come over here for dinner as we discussed.  Need a little notice…that is if you still want to…let me know.

Ann


On Feb 5, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Norman de Vall <ndevall at mcn.org> wrote:

If you want to maintain the status quo 
keep the decision makers away from
asking "How can we better meet the
challenges of our Mission Statement?"


On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Doug McKenty wrote:

> One of the board members, I think it was Jane, mentioned having meetings more often on Monday night.  O thought it was a good sign. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 5, 2015, at 9:06 AM, King Collins <king at greenmac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> John Sakowicz said:
>> 
>>> We used to meet monthly, but when there was a Board change in late-Spring 2013, the last two things that the old Board did was to give Coate a raise and to cut the meeting schedule. David Hopmann, the attorney from San Francisco who is Coate's friend, was the outgoing Board president at that time.
>> 
>> Yes, you have that right about David Hopmann, and he is still around, comes to the board meetings. Was at the last one and the one before that. He surely the main player in managment's current legal team. He was the president of the board when the Centrist takeover was executed 2010 or so? And I think he was around before that.  During his time as president of the board, he saw to the complete eradication of the Grady committee system with its built in member participation. Ending the committee system was part of estabishing CEO model, in which the board gives up its oversight responsibility and becomes a tool of management.  
>> 
>> Who actually devised the takeover plan? Hopmann was the lawyer who gave the it credibility. I think it was Tony Miksak (who personally solicited Coate) and Coate, with the happy cooperation of Mary Aigner. 
>> 
>> The argument of the centrists, then as now, is that member control is ridiculous, and besides nobody is interested in democracy and how radio is produced. Listeners are only interested in what they hear.
>> 
>> However some of us have the stubborn belief that how our radio is produced has a lot to do with its quality. --king
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>> 
>>> On Feb 5, 2015, at 6:44 AM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Norman,
>>> 
>>> We used to meet monthly, but when there was a Board change in late-Spring 2013, the last two things that the old Board did was to give Coate a raise and to cut the meeting schedule. David Hopmann, the attorney from San Francisco who is Coate's friend, was the outgoing Board president at that time.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> From: "Norman de Vall" <ndevall at mcn.org>
>>> To: "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:21:18 PM
>>> Subject: [Kzyxtalk] kzyx
>>> 
>>> John,
>>> With all the challenges KZYX is facing
>>> can you tell me why the Board meets
>>> only every three months?
>>> Norman
>>> 
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