[Kzyxtalk] sako rants, marco taunts, homie won't play

[Tim Gregory]

this thread really belongs to kelly grimes, who asked dave steffen the 'difference'
between public and community radio. denny broke it down broadly, i wrote to you
'Keeping in mind the primary focus (operative interpretation of mission statement) I
will get back to you soon.'

you didn't notice or appreciate my clarification of her question: interpretation of
mission statement in practice is what matters. but wait, you want conversation about
your opinions as a quid pro quo? well then, fuck off. i'm a volunteer at kzyx AND
here...i don't defend status quo, i make lemonade. [and i'll pass on the sack o'
piss you're drinking, thanks.]

but 2] try leaving whole threads intact if you want to go back over something.
excerpted, okay, but also intact.

3] a better mission statement would be a joy. a tool. an asset. i didn't think you'd
just toss one off, but perhaps others may see such an effort as worthwhile. YOURS
might be EXCEPTIONALLY brilliant, marco. if you could only get small enough...
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"Tim Gregory" <tgregory at saber.net>
> thanks for all the opinion all over again, marco, but i'm not here to argue that.
> write kzyx a better mission statement, if you can.
> c'mon, you're a writer, give it a try.


    WYou never address any of the many
good points I have madehat are you here to do, then? ; you just change the subject.
It's hand waving.


 >Norman deVall wrote, "...The challenge is how to open a conversation.
Their response letter appears to be anything but. No easier to talk with
the Board than it was to talk with John."


 > Tim Gregory replied: "...Sounds simple but early family counselling
has talks 'put the baby in the middle'--a point of agreement where both
parents want the best for the kid... KZYX May be 900# gorilla baby, but
it brings out the mother hen in all of us..."


    Yeah, see, Tim, you never address /anyone's/ points. The problem is
the board and managers always have the advantage and can just wait out
and ignore any voices for change, anything at all that anyone outside
the bunker writes, any calls for transparency. They've been selectively
ignoring their own rules and their own mission statement all along; how
would a new one help?
    Waiting months for a board meeting and then driving two hours to get
there-- to speak to an angry, pursed-mouthed board for a timed two
minutes and then be shouted down by the belligerent packed crowd of
apologists for the board and people who benefit financially from the
station and deluded "programmers" who think their shows depend on the
status quo and who apparently love being bossed around by control freaks
and love not being paid to do the work while the bosses are paid to
pretend to work-- then waiting for the next meeting, and the next, and
the next, and so on, has got everyone exactly nowhere in 25 years. All
writing anyone sends to the board stops with Stuart Campbell, who
filters what gets to the others. That's why it's so important to have
this conversation regularly on the air in prime time and on an
unmoderated forum on the station's web page, which the insiders will
never allow.
    The people who /are/ the problem are always either whining or
pontificating from their panic room inside the armored chest of your
giant robot gorilla. It can never be anything like a counseling session.
There's no level playing field. There's no bathwater. There's no baby.
    I'll make a deal with you, Tim. You answer some of the concrete
points I've brought up in the last six months  --the points your mind
most veers away from-- and then I'll consider writing something you tell
me to write; a mission statement, why not.

    Just to ground us in reality: all MCPB's existing transmitters and
mixing boards and microphones and computers and peripheral equipment,
all together, cost less than $25 a day to operate. David Steffen's and
Mary Aigner's ridiculously well-paid positions are entirely superfluous
to the operation of the station. All the crucial tasks of any radio
station manager can be accomplished in a lazy afternoon per month. The
yearly CPB grant has always paid for the entire operation of the KZYX
--overhead, electricity, bookkeeping, tower fees, repairs, internet,
phones, music publishers' fees, NPR dues, plumbing, everything-- twice
over. Everything said on the air during every pledge drive, about how
"the station needs your money and pledges and memberships to keep the
great shows on the air" is a lie. These aren't opinions. These are
verifiable facts. Answer some of it, Tim.


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





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