[Kzyxtalk] Benj Thomas_KZYX candidate statement_2015

[she-la]

Hi King,
    Thanks for putting these candidates statements on the list serve. Where are you getting them from? I went to the kzyx website and haven't found them. I sent a long email to Campbell asking for them and also discussed the handout regarding the CPB rules regarding membership lists.
    Also, do you know what the job or purpose of the election auditor is?
  I didn't get my article in because I was still researching material for the candidate statements. I don't feel I can only write about the people we support so if you have access to the others could you either send or tell me where they are available. 
     Thanks.   
  It's good to see that kzyxtalk is getting lively again. I guess that is to be expected as the election nears.
         Sheila Dawn

King Collins <King at greenmac.com> wrote:

>Benj Thomas 2015 Board Candidate Statement
>Benj Thomas – District 2 (Ukiah)
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>I am applying to serve on the KZYX Board of Directors because I have long had a deep and strong commitment to public radio as the essential element in creating and maintaining community, particularly here in Mendocino County.
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>As a member of every group or community that I have been a part of, I have promoted communication, consensus and compromise when necessary. My skills in that area have been developed as a school teacher and administrator, as foreperson of the Mendocino County Grand Jury, as a twice-elected member of the Ukiah City Council (2006-2014), and service on more boards than I want to count.
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>I have been involved with public radio for almost 40 years, answering phones at WAMU-FM (Washington DC) and KZYX, as a programmer (dj) at KZYX in the early aughts, and KMEC (2006 to the present). I play mostly jazz but use jazz and other music as a medium to celebrate history and diversity, as well as to honor great musicians past and present. My goal is that my on-air programming is one among the many threads that bring our community together.
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>I am currently on the County Library Advisory Board, the Mendocino Homeless Continuum of Care, the Ukiah Main Street Program, and the Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee. I teach poetry to three sixth grade classes in the Ukiah Unified School District.
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>I believe that boards in principle should be wholly engaged in establishing and overseeing policy and wholly not engaged in micro-managing. I am well aware of the Board’s essential responsibility for fund-raising, and I have done a lot of it. I do it well when I believe in the goal.
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