<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:20 AM, Liz Helenchild <<a href="mailto:deejayliz@yahoo.com">deejayliz@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_23863">What is a lover of community radio to do? Support the station so it stays on air, each according to her/his ability! </div></div></blockquote><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_30161">Hang in & work for change. Elect active, engaged Board members, establish communications with them, & insist on their accountability to the wishes of members. Burning down the house may be sexy, & serial down-&-dirty conflicts sell newspapers, but when our local on-air alternative to mainstream/corporate radio is gone, we can expect disconnection unto chaos. </div></div></blockquote></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_28563" dir="ltr">I hope for some skillful means of balancing the authority that keeps the station on air day after day with the effective radiated power of listener/member input. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Liz, for your wise words.</div><div><br></div><div>I had been withholding my financial support of </div><div>Mendocino County’s Public airwaves</div><div>until I saw changes in Board composition….</div><div>and here’s why:</div><div><br></div><div>Sako’s presence on the Board has only served</div><div>to stimulate and justify the “closed door” attitude</div><div>he so decries . . . </div><div><br></div><div>I cannot imagine that anyone </div><div>enjoys </div><div>His verbosity and bullying tactics</div><div>(displayed in every form of media county-wide)</div><div>that only discredit the very sincerity</div><div>of concerns held by programmers, listeners,</div><div>members and fellow board members alike . . .</div><div>concerns perhaps even held by staff,</div><div>in facing the challenges of aging equipment,</div><div>as well as the rising costs of travel </div><div>to the mothership in Philo for far-flung programmers,</div><div>stagnant membership #s, and reduced listenership?</div><div><br></div><div>And when he jumps on “taking over” honestly expressed</div><div>suggestions as to how station operations could be</div><div>re-structured . . . it tars people's sincerity with</div><div>the black brush of his own penchant</div><div>for discord, rather than encouraging </div><div>respectful dialogue and</div><div>true community involvement, imho.</div><div><br></div><div><b>If the man truly wants the station to survive and thrive,</b></div><div><b>he would immediately resign </b></div><div><b>from his “At Large” seat on the Board,</b></div><div><b>allowing both (current “At Large"candidates)</b></div><div><b>Ed Keller and Doug McKenty</b></div><div><b>to bring their considerable skills to the Boardroom.</b></div><div>Having met both, I do not see their visions for the station</div><div>to necessarily be incompatible . . . and would like to see them </div><div>working together with other caring board members </div><div>who have, to date, been cowed by Sako’s grandstanding.</div><div><br></div><div>This would certainly allow for more honest</div><div>respectful, and intelligent dialogue that the station so badly needs</div><div>in order to come up with creative solutions to the problems</div><div>that have always existed in running a station </div><div>that is mandated to serve</div><div>the geographically isolated set of unique communities</div><div>that make up Mendocino County. (i.e. It ain’t easy, </div><div>but with a little cooperation, and a lot less bully pulpit</div><div>it could be so much more fun!)</div><div><br></div><div>I, too, am weary of discord-driven politics,</div><div>generated to bring attention to the station (?)</div><div>that only serve to drive listenership away . . .</div><div>and</div><div><div><b>were JS to take the above suggestion</b></div><div><b>and (humbly, quietly) resign at this juncture. . .</b></div><div>(and, instead, expend his efforts on syndicating his </div><div>independently produced show, and sharing it w/other airwaves,</div><div>much like “Radio Curious” and “TUC” are shared </div><div>with other community stations across the nation);</div><div><b>He would prove to all of us that his actual agenda</b></div><div><b>is to improve the quality of the airwaves, not shut them down.</b></div><div><br></div><div>And, I suspect . . . that there would be many others besides myself</div><div>who would (once again) feel comfortable supporting</div><div>KZYX/Z . . .Mendocino County’s only community-owned</div><div>public radio station that is capable of reaching ALL of our ears.</div></div><div><br></div><div>~C.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Here are some visual aides to assist your considerations of what</div><div>the current brou-ha-ha over licensure is all about?</div><div><br></div><div>KZYZ: 91.5 Coverage area; license (already)renewed until 2021</div><div><img height="598" width="460" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="16F7A5E2-46B0-4C23-99BC-97E5CF124465" src="cid:D8CEBECE-2184-4917-9F7B-097E2B4F5EAA"></div><div><br></div><div>AND. . .Still up for renewal; </div><div>the FB Translator K201HR 88.1FM</div><div>(license expired 12/2013):</div><div><img height="549" width="527" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="81A0DE5C-6154-43ED-B121-ACEF7BBF92C0" src="cid:3935104E-4D59-4AF0-9AF9-E2A9A42AC3F6"></div><div><br></div><div>As well as KZYX, 90.7 FM, whose license expired 12/2013;</div><div>and is also still being contested by Sako for renewal,</div><div>even though, with all three in place, we’d enjoy complete </div><div>and enduring county-wide coverage?</div><div><img height="576" width="444" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="CDCA01CD-C6F3-49AB-8303-1E10D4FD0892" src="cid:D804F9AD-47AB-46AE-899B-D2912220CC0F"></div><div> </div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:20 AM, Liz Helenchild <<a href="mailto:deejayliz@yahoo.com">deejayliz@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_23863">What is a lover of community radio to do? Support the station so it stays on air, each according to her/his ability! <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_30160"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_30161">As Sheila Dawn eloquently points out, volunteering is a powerful way to do so. Hang in & work for change. Elect active, engaged Board members, establish communications with them, & insist on their accountability to the wishes of members. Burning down the house may be sexy, & serial down-&-dirty conflicts sell newspapers, but when our local on-air alternative to mainstream/corporate radio is gone, we can expect disconnection unto chaos. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_25541"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_23864"> I was a devoted fan of my erstwhile KMFB colleague Marco's Memo of the Air, & when I served on the PAC, urged that it be heard on KZYX in a late night slot. I hoped for an agreement. The escalation of discourtesies in communications saddens me. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_27050" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_27051" dir="ltr">Who & what kind of programming<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_28326"> deserves</i> airtime? I am still pondering. I would hope to hear the creativity, braininess, zaniness, wisdom, & diversity generated by & relevant to our lives in N CA.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_28562" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_28563" dir="ltr">I hope for some skillful means of balancing the authority that keeps the station on air day after day with the effective radiated power of listener/member input. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_30020" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_30021" dir="ltr">Naturally, change is gonna come.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_33343" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_33342" dir="ltr">Liz AKA Bessie Mae Mucho<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_26113" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_26114" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_22838"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_23934"></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_22841" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_22840" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_22839" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424157388931_23020" size="1"> </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>