[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: my two cents

[Liz Helenchild]

Chuck,
With any luck, you will be able to listen to candidates forum archived. Type in jukebox.kzyx. It's a work in progress, so no promises from management.
Liz

      From: Chuck & Betty <fbmusic at mcn.org>
 To: Kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org 
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 10:48 AM
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| Subject:  | my two cents |
| Date:  | Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:18:25 -0800 |
| From:  | Chuck & Betty <fbmusic at mcn.org> |
| To:  | Kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org |

 
 
 My name is Chuck Artigues, I have lived out on the coast about 20 years 
and have been a supporting member of KZYX for about the last 10. This is 
my first posting on the list serve and I'd just like to put in my two 
cents, for what ever it is worth...

I have never paid much attention to the list serve until it was brought 
to my attention by one of the candidates running for the board.  After 
reading the postings for the month of February I am rather dismayed at 
the petty bickering and personal attacks that seem to dominate the 
discussions. Can't we do better?

But there are a few items that I think are worthy of discussion;

A very good question is; should there be ANY paid staff at KZYX? Which 
positions should be paid and what should those salaries be? Another 
question might be; what portion of the annual budget is healthy (for the 
station) to spend on salaries?

I do agree that there should be a designated 'station engineer' and that 
more of the stations resources should go to the physical plant that 
keeps the station on the air. It kills me that there is all this 
constant bickering over programs and programming yet the station is 
constantly going off the air. What good is an excellent program if you 
can't hear it?

Another good idea is to have a volunteer coordinator... perhaps one of 
the board members could take on this responsibility.

In general I believe it is the job of the board of ANY non-profit to do 
the following; 1) raise money 2) set policy 3) raise more money 4) 
hire/fire management 5) raise even more money! Whenever I have seen the 
board of a non-profit try to get involved in micro-managing the 
operation of that endeavor, I have witnessed disaster and chaos. I think 
the worst thing in the world would be if the board at KZYX began to 
meddle or get involved with the programing!  Ugh!!

In general I think John Coats has done a pretty good job running the 
station and the period under his leadership has been a time of stability 
and steady growth. I especially give him credit for reducing the debt 
load at the station and putting KZYX on a firm fiscal foundation.

I know it is difficult when 'management' doesn't see things your way. It 
seems to me there ought to  be a way to have reasonable discussions 
about important issues without all this crazy talk. If you really care 
about the station, roll up your sleeves, get to work in a positive way; 
don't try to blow it up! I am dismayed that anyone who claims to care 
about the station would express glee at a poor fund drive or even worse 
seek to sabotage the station as a way of bringing about the change they 
desire.

Unfortunately I have a previous engagement Thursday evening and won't be 
able to catch the candidates nite. I hope it is recorded and archived so 
I can listen to it at a later time. Thank you to all the candidates that 
strive to make KZYX even better than it already is.

Anyone can feel free to email or phone me up (I'm in the book) to 
discuss this or any other issue. I know we are all pretty spread out but 
maybe there could be a time and place for a face to face meeting to 
discuss these issues. thanks for reading....
 
  
 


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