[Kzyxtalk] from the AVA's "Mendocino County Today", March 9, 2017

Thu Mar 9 11:28:23 PST 2017

Mary: King Collins sent me an email day before yesterday, forwarding your
message to him sent sometime in January. 
 I asked him to remove the material referring to John Sacowcz from his
site. Wish I had received your request to him earlier. Had forgotten all
about it.  --beth bosk

On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 08:42:04 -0800, Mary Kathryn Massey
<mkathrynmassey at gmail.com> wrote:
> John, I also watched the entire meeting and glad you have provided the
> link for the OIG. 
> As a former Executive Director of a nonprofit, I would have never been
> permitted to say, " I don't know" when I should have known, nor would it
> be acceptable to come to a board meeting without files and policies in
> hand that are pertinent to say, a treasurer's report. Mr Campbell relied
> on "not knowing " for explanations. Mr Campbell had no report prepared
> for the members in the audience. Instead, he said, "if you email me
after
> Friday, I can send you one." 
> Mr Campbell stated he has been involved with management for three years,
> including his tenure as GM. He currently serves as Treasurer of the
> Board. To say, " I don't know, " "I don't recall" , or "I haven't seen "
> is a serious matter given the financial state of KZYX. KZYX and the
> community it serves, deserve better. For those who have not watched the
> meeting, please do so for your own understanding. 
> Sincerely,
> Mary K Masseywww.masseyfineart.com [1]
> 
> On Mar 9, 2017, at 8:20 AM, John Sakowicz  wrote:
> 
> KZYX'S COOKED BOOKS
> 
> '
> 
> Wednesday, March 8, 2017
> 
> Mr. Jeffrey Parker, Executive Director and General Manager,
> 
> Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (MCPB):
> 
> I just finished watching all 2 hours and 25 minutes of the recent MCPB
> Board meeting in Fort Bragg on Monday, March 6, at Mendocino TV.
> 
> See:
>
http://mendocinotv.com/2017/03/06/kzyx-board-meets-in-fort-bragg-on-march-6/
> [3]''
> 
> At the meeting, when confronted with the questions raised by Scott
> Peterson's excellent flip chart presentation on MCPB's finances, MCPB
> Board member and Treasurer, Stuart Campbell, repeatedly insisted he "did
> not know," or "can't recall". Also, Campbell shifted blame on others.
> Furthermore, he states he doesn't have, nor has he ever had, the
> financial documents relevant to the questions being raised by Mr.
> Peterson.'
> 
> Summing up Mr. Campbell's position when Mr. Peterson pressed him,
> Campbell seemed to say, and I'm paraphrasing: "I really don't know much
> about Board governance and financial matters for non-profit
> corporations." Campbell insisted that he would personally ensure that
> necessary corrections would be made to MCPB's financials, especially the
> station's confusing and misleading IRS Form 990s.
> 
> During Monday's Board meeting, Campbell said no one on the Board saw the
> 990's prior to the presumed filings, including himself, MCPB Board
> Treasurer. Campbell even suggested that his job as a part-time
instructor
> at a local community college was an excuse for _not_ performing his
> duties as Treasurer at MCPB. He was visibly embarrassed.
> 
> Campbell admitted he doesn't have time for Board officer
> responsibilities, and he would step down, if asked.
> 
> Mr. Parker, the one and only time we spoke on the phone -- during our
> recent Pledge Drive in February -- you hung up on me. Before you hung
up,
> you declared I was intent on "destroying KZYX" by filing complaints to
> the FCC and CPB two years ago.
> 
> That's simply false, Mr. Parker -- I was actually trying to save the
> station two years ago by filing my complaints. I'll explain.
> 
> While I was a MCPB Board member from 2013-2016, and Board Treasurer in
> 2014, I was deliberately kept from raising the very same financial
> questions raised by Mr. Peterson on Monday. During the entire time I was
> Board Treasurer, I never saw any drafts of any financial documents
before
> they were presumably filed. And I never saw the filings. I never
> co-signed a check. I never saw our letter of credit agreement with the
> Mendocino Savings Bank. I never saw our IRS Form 990s. I never met our
> accountant or auditor. I never helped develop a budget.
> 
> In fact, then-GM John Coate never once picked up the phone and called me
> while I was Board Treasurer in 2014, and he stonewalled me at all other
> times.
> 
> History repeats itself, Mr. Parker. Although you alluded to "big debts"
> in your GM presentation on Monday, it was never disclosed at Monday's
> Board meeting how much we owe and to whom.
> 
> So I'll ask now.
> 
> How much do we owe to NPR for programming and affiliation status? How
> much do we owe to the California Department of Forestry for rent? How
> much do we owe to Public Radio International for programming? How much
do
> we owe to Amy Goodman and Pacifica for programming?
> 
> What are paying for the empty studio in Ukiah? How long is the lease?
> 
> Also, how many fully-paid up members at MCPB do we currently have? How
> does that compare to membership numbers for each year going back five
> years, or ten years?
> 
> And, what is the budget line item for salaries? (One could infer payroll
> by looking at payroll taxes, but MCPB's payroll taxes are consolidated
> into the budget line item called ""office expenses".)
> 
> As a footnote to payroll, do we currently pay either John Coate or Mary
> Aigner any money for any work? For consulting services, perhaps? Have we
> paid either Coate or Aigner anything since they left their jobs at MCPB
> as full-time employees?
> 
> I ask because MCPB''s new website seems to have purged much of our
> financials and other reports from the past -- there's no money trail. It
> would further seem as if Coate has an interest in purging the past. When
> talking about his time at MCPB, Coate is something of a revisionist of
> history. But, sadly, revisionism does not relieve legal and financial
> liabilities incurred in the past.
> 
> Finally, why doesn't MCPB commit to best practices for accounting and
> audits for non-profit corporations? In particular, why don't we commit
to
> multi-year budget line item reviews?
> 
> I'll copy some members of the Board (past and present) and Mr. Peterson
> on this email, and also the CPB.
> 
> MCPB would never pass a CPB audit at this time. After consulting with
> several media attorneys -- please remember that two former FCC
> commissioners have appeared on my show in the past -- I have concluded
> that MCPB's violations are numerous and serious.
> 
> Thank you for your response in advance.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> John Sakowicz
> 
> MCPB Board of Directors, 2013-2016; Board Treasurer, 2014
> 
> Host and producer, "All about Money"
> 
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> 
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