[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Announce]- respose to John Sakowicz

[sako4 at comcast.net]

Amen! 

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From: "David Gurney" <jugglestone at gmail.com> 
To: "Carole Freeman" <madrone at mcn.org>, mcourtney1 at mcn.org, "Announce at lists.mcn.org MCN" <announce at lists.mcn.org>, discussion at lists.mcn.org, "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:14:09 AM 
Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Announce]- respose to John Sakowicz 

"Staff salaries are a personnel matter and are not up for public perusal." 

Baloney. 

All salaries at a non-profit, donation supported public radio station should and must be open for station supporters and the public and to know about and "peruse." 

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Carole Freeman < madrone at mcn.org > wrote: 


Thank you, Meg. i appreciate your comments. 

On Jun 17, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Meg Courtney < mcourtney1 at mcn.org > wrote: 

> I thought I had posted this earlier but had inadvertently only sent it to Mr. Sakowicz. A shoter version of his posting is below mine) 
> 
> Friends and Neighbors, 
> (I know this really should be on the discussion list as I understand it, but since Mr. Sakowitz has posted it here I will reply here to set the story straight) (and I am only on this forum temporarily because I have a rental I wanted to advertise) 
> 
> I am on the KZYX board and I have gotten to know John Coate and station business pretty well in my tenure. I can assure you that John Coate resigned not because of any of the issues that John Sakowicz refers to but because of personal family issues, one of which is that he & his wife have had to live apart for the better part of a year because of her job in Santa Rosa, and that he also has family there, and that he has served KZYX incredibly well for 7 years as the GM under very trying circumstances, not the least of which is the constant battering of current board member John Sakowicz which has cost the station close to $20,000 in legal fees to thwart the specious allegations he has promoted under the guise of "conscience" If this is "conscience" please take me to another planet! 
> 
> The "demand letter " referred to is just another in a long list of specious attempts to undermine the GM and the station. Staff salaries are a personnel matter and are not up for public perusal. I can go on & on about Mr. Sakowitz but this is an announce list and this is my annoucement. 
> 
> Meg Courtney 
> 
>> Dear Friends and Neighbors: 
>> 
>> 
>> On June 11, KZYX Executive Director and General Manager, John Coate, resigned, only one day after he was served with a demand letter for financial disclosure at the station. The letter was prepared by a legal team, and it was signed by three current or past KZYX board directors, including myself, Doug McKenty, and King Collins, one past member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Norman De Vall, and one member and recent board candidate, Dennis O'Brien. 
>> 
>> 
>> The demand letter was prompted by Coate's refusal to answer questions asked by me about staff salaries when the station's audit was presented at the May 4 annual meeting. The refusal by Coate to answer questions from a board director about important financials at a public meeting is a violation of the California Corporate Code. 
>> 
>> 
>> The letter was also prompted by Coate's post on his Facebook page where he referred to 37% and 32% of the station's members who voted for reform candidates, respectively, during the last elections, as a "hate group" and "haters" who should "STFU". (See Urban Dictionary for the meaning of this acronym.) 
>> 
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