<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6329" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Norm Duvall has suggested that
building trust is essential for any candidate in this election.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I believe it is also important for KZYX itself,
and that it can start with a sunshine policy.</span>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6268" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6267" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6270" class="y_msg_container"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6325" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6348" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6347" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I attended my first annual membership
meeting in 2013.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6349" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All comments were
deferred till the “Members’ Comments” item on the agenda.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At that time, a man stood up and asked, “Could
you please give us an update on the Ukiah studio?”<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He left the remainder of his three minutes
for the board and management to respond.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Instead, the chair announced that, although comments would be allowed,
there would be no responses.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That was
the moment I realized that there was something essentially wrong in the way the
station was being run.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6351" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6328" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6327" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The decision to withhold information
remains the policy of the current board, which has announced that its role is to
support and protect the management of MCPB/KZYX.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6454" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The policy has continued through this month’s
board meeting in Fort Bragg.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At first
the board would not allow any comments on items on the agenda, and comments on
items not on the agenda were deferred till near the end of the meeting.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It took a revolt be the membership present
and a switch by three of the board members to change the policy and allow comments
and questions about items on the agenda.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6367" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6369" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6368" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Even then, the board limited how
much information it would share.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Most
people seemed interested in the salaries paid to management and staff, yet the
board would only reveal that the General Manager was paid $54,000 for the year
ending June 30, 2013, as reported on the tax return for that fiscal year. Disclosure of the returns is required by the FCC/CPB.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However, they
would not reveal any information from the 2014 fiscal year tax return, even
though the General Manager confirmed it was recently filed.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I have submitted a written request for the
return, as is any member’s legal right.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Both the General Manager and the board have refused to release it.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6326" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6371" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6370" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The current policy is that information
will be disclosed only if it is required, and even that is being ignored.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We must reverse that.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6414" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6372" class="" style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">All
information must be shared unless its confidentiality is specifically protected
by the law.<span class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b>Adopting such a sunshine
policy may be the most important single change that KZYX can make.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6417" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For it is only by having all relevant information
that the members and the public can make informed decisions about their public
community radio station. Conversely, keeping information secret results in an improper concentration of power, less essential feedback, and bad decisions. It is the first policy I would change as a director.<br></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6403" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6490" dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6491" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Denny</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6489" dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6416" class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6415" class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">PS - Does anyone else have a story about
information being withheld?<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423591485955_6443" class="" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Remember,
nonviolent communication allows comments on actions and their consequences. Just avoid calling people names or demeaning their character.</span></div></div></div> </div> </div></body></html>