[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Discussion]- Fwd: Miss you

[Doug McKenty]

I wish I could say that I was surprised by Raoul's assessment. To bad he has decided to go, I had sincerely hoped his presence would help manifest the changes KZYX so desperately needs. 

When, and how can our community create these changes?   

I hope his observations spark some much needed community discourse on this issue. 

Doug

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> On May 26, 2016, at 9:05 PM, Dr Richard Louis Miller <drrichardlmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Richard Louis Miller, M.A., Ph.D.
> Clinical Psychology
> Wikipedia: Dr Richard Louis Miller
> Wikipedia: Wilbur Hot Springs
> MindBodyHealthPolitics.org
> Psychepedia.org
> 
> 
> ​Dear KZYX Friends and Neighbors:
> 
> Hopefully this sad  email below, from departing KZYX Program Director,
> Raoul Van Hall, can serve as a wake up call for our KZYX community.
> 
> We have work to do to become the model of cooperation and grace that we
> have it in us to become and which many of us idealistically came here to be
> part of and participate in.
> 
> Wishing you all excellent health as we move forward in greater harmony,
> 
> Richard
> Host, Mind  Body Health & Politics.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Thank you for all those kind things you said. It really means a lot.
> 
> Ultimately, there were several factors that made me decide to leave.
> 
> For the record, it wasn't the volunteers, the staff, the board or the
> self-appointed 'community radio police' that drove me away. It was internal
> politics.
> 
> It was also something else… I basically retired a couple years ago. After
> the passing of my girlfriend, I decided to leave Portland and work at one
> last radio station for the final chapter of my career.
> 
> What I'd hoped for was a gathering of artisans and intellectuals within a
> group of volunteers and staff working towards a common goals.
> And a radio station that it will was at the hub of a beautiful and peaceful
> place.
> 
> What I found instead at KZYX was a microcosm of what's wrong with society
> in general, nastiness and a lack of civil discourse.  And also a level of
> cronyism that was going to prevent me from being effective at my job…or
> happy.
> 
> While I certainly met some great people at KZYX and in the community, the
> growing list of negatives finally made the decision easy.
> 
> Since I don't really need to work full-time anymore, it wasn't worth it.
> 
> I'll be quite content working from my home studio again.
> 
> Thank you for being an open and welcoming person with me while I was there.
> 
> I wish you great health and success.
> And happiness.
> 
>   *Raoul*
> 
> Raoul van Hall
> Audio Arts LLC
> *On the Air - In the Air - Online*
> 
> Portland, Oregon USA
> 
> 503.858.7347
> 
> 
> 
> On May 26, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Richard Louis Miller <
> drrichardlmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Raoul:
> 
> You were the most professional radio person I have encountered at Kzxy in
> my 10 years of broadcasting. You brought light to what for me was the
> darkest of work sites. I raved about your positive  cooperative attitude.
> 
> I am so sorry you have left.
> 
> Is it over for sure?
> 
> Anything at all I can do to get you to reconsider?
> 
> Either way I wish you good health and happiness,
> 
> Richard
> 
> Dr Richard Louis Miller
> Clinical Psychology
> MindBodyHealthPolitics.org <http://mindbodyhealthpolitics.org>
> Wikipedia: Dr Richard Louis Miller
> Wikipedia: Wilbur Hot Springs
> Psychepedia.org <http://psychepedia.org>
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