[Kzyxtalk] KZYX info

[Tim Gregory]

Doug and Kelly...

Doug, you know i’m eternally grateful for your in-house efforts. (With none left for
the ad hominem wielding detractors)...kzyx is not a public utility, though, rather
it’s the frail, flawed non-profit business you left. kzyx is a vestige of true
community radio, and yet its employees are not the enemy.

Likewise, neither cpb nor fcc control its content. The membership does, through
dollars, and we can be sure the parasitic relationship to npr is part of that.

So the begging bowls come out again and sure enough the scorched-earth tin-pot
reformers. Mike Sweeney nails candidate Bruce Anderson, but so many new to the
footprint may not see the hazards of an even MORE disfunctional BOD.

So, Doug, if sabotage is still in the air—how do you stand now?
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Then what?


Here's a ten-point plan:


1. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) should immediately demand the
resignations of the current Board of Directors. The CPB should also immediately
terminate the current GM and his salaried cronies...the other paid staff at the
station.


2. The CPB should hold new elections that it oversees. The newly elected Board
should hire new staff, starting with the GM.


3. The new Board should strongly consider adopting a new business model, a la KMUD,
that mandates real inclusiveness and ensures the integrity of public representation
in a truly "public radio station".


4. The new Board should review all by-laws, policies and procedures, and their
enforcement.


5. Old programmers should be termed out, if they have have hosted shows for ten
years or more. Again, no cronyism.


6. Past IRS Form 990s from the last ten years should be reviewed for accuracy,
truthfulness, and completeness.


7. The new Board should order a complete audit of of the station's financials,
especially the inconsistencies among the station's balance sheets, income
statements, budgets, tax returns, and so-called "audits".


8. The new Board should order a review of the banking relationship with the
Mendocino Savings Bank.


9. The new Board should recruit a new Program Advisory Committee and Community
Advisory Board that is truly inclusive and truly representative of the public, and
that is not stacked with the friends and family of former Board directors, staff, 
and programmers...again, no cronyism. This effort should also be overseen by the
CPB.


10. The FCC should be advised of these changes in governance and management.


As a footnote, if KZYX/KZYZ/Mendocino County Public Broadcasting can't be rescued
and turned around, and if the Board of Directors, Program Advisory Committee, and
Community Advisory Board cant be made to be truly inclusive, and if the station's
management and finances can''t be made to be truly accountable and transparent, then
the station's two FCC licenses, KZYX and KZYZ,  should be transferred to other
public radio stations in the area, like KMUD or KMEC, or, in the alternative, a new
Mendocino County-based public radio station should be incorporated and it should
apply to the FCC for these licenses.


Public media is a privilege, not a right. And it is a sacred trust.


Respectfully submitted,


John Sakowicz
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> On February 13, 2018 at 10:58 AM Kelly Grimes <grimie at mcn.org> wrote:
>     Then what?
>     On 2/13/2018 10:41 AM, John Sakowicz wrote:
> >         The CPB should immediately defund KZYX and KZYZ/Mendocino County Public
> Broadcasting. The FCC should consider suspending the station's licenses pending a
full investigation. I speak as a former member of the Board of Directors and Board
Treasurer of the station.
> >         Current GM, Jeffery Parker, is as secretive and autocratic -- and
> arrogant -- as former GM, John Coate...who belongs in prison. Public dollars
disappear through waste, fraud, and corruption. Conflicts of interest and
self-dealing are rife at the station.
> >         John Sakowicz
> > >             On February 12, 2018 at 6:02 PM doug mckenty <dougmck at gmail.com>
> mailto:dougmck at gmail.com wrote:
> > >             Seems like not much has changed. Anyone can read the bylaws and
> discover that the current board is not following any of it. How
> these “rubber stamp boards” can not only take control of
> public utilities, but run off those who try to clean up the mess rather than just
help do the right thing, is beyond me. Someone
> should do a psychological cal study on how and why this happens. It is a real
shame.
> > >             Sent from my iPhone
> > > >                 On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Tim Gregory
> <tgregory at saber.net> mailto:tgregory at saber.net wrote:
> > > >                 Why?
> > > >                 —-
> > > >                 Please take the time to read the post by
> > > >                 Scott Peterson re KZYX.  Please post
> > > >                 your thoughts re same on KZYXtalk.
> > > >                 Norman, Host