<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;"><br><div><div>On Jan 29, 2016, at 9:05 PM, Norman de Vall <<a href="mailto:ndevall@mcn.org">ndevall@mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">John,<div>I'm sorry you hold such a vengeance. Mary did what she thought best.</div><div>We may have differed. Your diatribe reduces the points with which we</div><div>have differed to a personal dispute. I'm sorry that you haven't </div><div>maintained that our objective, of being back benchers, would be for</div><div>the benefit of the station, its program and listeners. Mary's private </div><div>life has nothing to do with the station. </div><div>You owe her an apology,</div><div>Norman</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font color="#005493">Norman,</font><div><font color="#005493"><br></font><div><font color="#005493">I concur. </font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#005493">Casting aspersions at Mary, or anyone! = pure, unnecessary vitrol.</font></div><div><font color="#005493">I, and I suspect many others</font></div><div><font color="#005493">have (already) made the decision to</font></div><div><font color="#005493">not support the station financially</font></div><div><font color="#005493">until this type of behavior on the part of a Board Member stops.</font></div><div><br></div><div><img height="593" width="478" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="92FB28E9-248D-4288-A784-EFF867FA6270" src="cid:17704EB9-11EB-4EBD-A29D-F76FCE6DFEBD"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#005493">==> It’s pretty obvious the Board needs a new at-large member.</font></div><div><font color="#005493">Fortunately, there’s an election coming up soon.</font></div><div><font color="#005493">and (only) At-Large Members can also be programmers . . .</font></div><div><font color="#005493">Liz, Sherri, Norman, Doug, Marco, Jamie (someone from the coast)</font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493">—there is currently an under-representation of the Coast on the Board.</font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493">Please, throw one of your hats into the ring,</font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493">and restore civil dialogue to Mendocino County Public Radio.</font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493">Sincere thanks in advance,</font></div><div style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#005493">~C.</font></div></div></div><div><div><font color="#005493"><br></font></div><div><font color="#005493">P.S. Please, John, buy yourself a bus ticket to elsewhere…</font></div><div><font color="#005493">Because it’s true,</font></div><div><font color="#005493">some actions ARE unforgivable.</font></div><div><font color="#005493"><b>Your actions do not open doors, they slam them shut.</b></font></div></div><div><font color="#005493"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>