<html><body>Please add me to the Conference call is one is set up. --beth bosk 937-5703 <br /><br /><blockquote><br />----- Original Message -----<br /><div style="width:500px;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "Norman de Vall" <ndevall@mcn.org></div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div>"Dennis OBrien" <dennisobrien@sharejerusalem.com>, <kzyxtalk@lists.mcnorg><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:29:25 -0800<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>Re: [Kzyxtalk] Proposals for Change<br /><br /><br />
Dennis,<div><br /><div>Will you have a speaker telephone available at the</div><div>meeting this afternoon? I've done my share of meetings</div><div>this week (three) but am willing to open my conference call</div><div>line for those of us who don't attend.</div><div><br /></div><div>Your bullet points are excellent and I hope the discussion</div><div>will spend most of its time addressing the candidate(s):</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>how to build trust, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>access,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span> availability,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span> independence,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>willingness.</div><div><br /></div><div>People will vote for those they trust.</div><div><br /></div><div>Norman</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>On Jan 10, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Dennis OBrien wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><blockquote><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div dir="ltr">The summary below will be passed out at today's meeting in Boonville, 4:00pm at Lauren's. It is also attached in case formatting messes up.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Denny<br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>
</div><div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Summary of
Current Proposals for Change at MCPB/KZYX</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">“MCPB
is a membership-based organization dedicated to serving the entire community of
Mendocino County and contiguous counties. The primary purpose of MCPB is to
engage in providing high-quality, independent, community and public radio and
other media products and services.”</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">
- The Bylaws</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">There are <b>four areas of change</b> that will help MCPB/KZYX fulfill its mission:</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Freedom
of Expression:<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">No one will be disciplined for expressing their opinions on
or off the air; restrictions concerning offensive language, endorsements during
campaigns, and defamation of character will still apply.<span> </span>There will be freedom of communication
between and among the programmers, staff, management, directors, members, and
the public.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Open
Governance:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>
</span>All policy decisions will be made by the Board of Directors.
Directors will be given access to any and all information and documents.
The duty of each director to oversee and evaluate the operations of the
organization will not be restricted. <span> </span>Any
member will be allowed to inspect and copy any and all records of MCPB/KZYX,
other than confidential personnel records. Written notice of the annual
Membership Meeting will be sent to all members with their ballot. Members
will be allowed to put a Bylaw amendment on the annual ballot if they obtain
the signatures of at least five percent (5%) of the membership on a petition in
support of the proposed amendment.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Decentralized
Power:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>
</span>Final say on all personnel matters will be with the Board of Directors,
not the General Manager.<span> </span>Final say on
programming decisions will be with a Programming Council, not the Program Director;
the Council will be organized along the lines of the policy adopted by the
Board in 2009.<span> </span>The News Director/Department
will be independent of both the Program Director and the General Manager.<span> </span>The budget will be reprioritized, with
programmers provided adequate resources to maximize their creativity.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Engagement
with Members/Public:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>
</span>The General Manager, Program Director, News Director, and Station
Engineer will attend all Board meetings. The Board and Staff will respond
to questions and comments as time permits. The audio/video file of any
meetings and/or outreach events will be posted on the website. The Community
Advisory Board will be reconstituted so that it is independent and reflects the
diversity of the listening community, with regular meetings that are open to
the public.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">All of these policy changes can be
made by the Board of Directors. However, any of them could also be
submitted to the members for a vote as a bylaw amendment, which would bind future
boards if adopted.</span></div>
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