[Kzyxtalk] How to Kill a Nonprofit -- Part 6

[Scott Peterson]

Dear Ms. Courtney,



This is a continuation from the GuideStar article here:



http://trust.guidestar.org/blog/top-strategic-mistakes-nonprofits-make-part-2



The sixth one listed is 'Failing to deliver some services online'.



What are your services, Ms. Courtney? You're a public radio station.



What services do _you_ deliver online? Let's do a little comparison.



Between KZYX and the Anderson Valley Advertiser (AVA).



The AVA offers a public forum. Where anybody can go public with



anything. What do you offer? Name one programmer who's allowed an



open public forum -- including criticism of KZYX management. Take



your time, Ms. Courtney.



Okay. You've got an online discussion group. That's closed to the



public. With no minutes available to the public. Norman de Vall



has an online discussion group too. It's called KZYXTalk. It's



open to the public. Where anybody can speak their mind. And some



people do. With one exception -- anyone on the KZYX Board of



Directors. Yeah.



All right. You've got online Board of Directors meeting minutes.



But none for 2016. Mendocino TV has recorded all of them. And



has posted them online. At their expense. With a section for



public comment. Where anybody can speak their mind. And some



people do. With one exception -- anyone on the KZYX Board of



Directors. Uh-huh.



You publish editorials in the Ukiah Daily Journal. Objecting



to people who criticize KZYX management. They've got a public



comment section too. Where anybody can speak their mind. And



some people do. With one exception -- anyone on the KZYX Board



of Directors.



Your online presence is pure spin, Ms. Courtney. Your Board of



Directors never challenges the General Manager. Ever. Neither



do you. You're an online doormat, Ms. Courtney. And so is your



Board of Directors. Your employees wipe their feet with you.



Online. Which is why you don't offer some services online. You



can't. All you can do is kowtow. To your employees. Online.



I'd like to challenge you to a debate, Ms. Courtney. At the



Mendocino TV studio. About who follows KZYX policy. Who doesn't.



And what that's done to KZYX. I'll bring John Sakowicz. You can



bring your 'mystic nomad' -- John Coate. He can show the world



how he cut KZYX's debt in half. Why five years worth of Form



990s were hidden from the Board of Directors. And where all of



those so-called audits came from.



Online.



Sincerely,



Scott M. Peterson



Mendocino



cc: (MCPB Board Members)



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