Yes,<div><br></div><div>I thought it was a great meeting. The board published the agenda before hand, which I really appreciated. There was some discussion from Meg about better instituting Roberts Rules of Order. Norman, maybe you could contact her, she sounded like she could use some help with this? Everyone got their time to speak, including Sakowitz, the obvious minority voice. I especially liked Stuarts message about creating a space for "dissident" (or alternative) voices and Holly's notion that the board needs to move on as there is a lot of work to be done. Eliane produced a document outlining the responsibilities of a board member that is required reading for all new board members, but had not been seen by most of the rest of the board and everybody got on the same page. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The institution of the CAB and the operation of this years contested election has been a giant leap forward from prior years and I applaud Stuart again for his efforts to make both of these happen. The board still needs to implement the committee system and write a strategic plan and I think we need to have a debate about the programmers advisory committee and really about the mission statement as well. What does "membership control" mean? And how do we ensure the programming "gives access to all points of view? </div>
<div><br></div>Doug McKenty<br><div><br>On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Tim Bray <<a href="mailto:tbray@wildblue.net">tbray@wildblue.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Arial">I stuck my head in the door but had to leave just
as Eliane was ending her opening remarks, around 6:25. She did
mention three things I thought were significant:<br>
1. The CAB is populated and has begun meeting. I think three of
its members were in attendance, including Steve Fish from Anderson
Valley. (Kudos to Stuart Campbell, who apparently did most of the
work to revive the CAB.)<br>
2. There is now an easy way for people to communicate directly
with Board members, or the whole Board, through a mailto link on
the KZYX Website. (Kudos to Stuart Campbell for managing that as
well.)<br>
3. Open Lines will be reinstated soon, with rotating hosts,
including Doug. (Not sure if Stuart had anything to do with
that.)<br>
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The room was packed. I saw people from Willits, Ukiah, and the AV
in addition to many coastal friends.<br>
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My spy told me most of the speakers, including Board members, were
lambasting Sakowicz; apparently the phrase "tired of being
bullied" came up more than once, and the AVA's reporter was not
well-received either. King Collins came in late, just before I
left, carrying a box; which I gather contained some props for his
speech, crystals or semiprecious stones that were supposed to be
metaphors for... something, it wasn't quite clear. Sako
apparently used most of his 3 minutes to talk about... himself.
(John, did you really say "The blood of heroes flows through my
veins?")<br>
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Anybody want to provide more detail or "color" as the analysts
say? <br>
<br>
Tim<br>
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