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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>June 8, 2016</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Meg Courtney, President</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Mendocino County Public Broadcasting Board of Directors (MCPB)<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Re: Ongoing Closed Board Meeting</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Ms. Courtney,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It has come to my attention that MCPB has been holding an ongoing closed board meeting. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>According <span style="font-size: 12pt;">to former MCPB director King Collins (2003 - 2005), this has been going on since </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2005:</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/Issue7/KZYX_6-30-09_KC-BOD.html" target="_blank">http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/Issue7/KZYX_6-30-09_KC-BOD.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>As you and your fellow board members should know, closed board meetings are against </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's terms and conditions. Violating them -- day in </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>and day out -- puts MCPB's grant funding at risk. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I realize that this meeting has been represented as an informal discussion, but the CPB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>recognizes the following as a meeting:</div><div><br></div><br><font size="3">"The term ‘meeting’ means the deliberations of at least the number of members of
a </font><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">governing or advisory body, or any committee thereof, required to take action on
behalf of </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">such body or committee where such deliberations determine or result in
the joint conduct </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">or disposition of the governing or advisory body’s business, or
the committee’s business, </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">as the case may be, but only to the extent that such
deliberations relate to public </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">broadcasting. §397(5)"</font><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cpb.org/sites/default/files/stations/certification/cpb_certification_req.pdf?june16" target="_blank">http://www.cpb.org/sites/default/files/stations/certification/cpb_certification_req.pdf?june16</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to CPB's non-compliance policy, MCPB is required to document the reason for </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>closing any such meeting, and make that available to the public:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cpb.org/files/stations/non-compliance/CPB-CSG-Non-compliance-Policy-Effective-January-1-2016.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cpb.org/files/stations/non-compliance/CPB-CSG-Non-compliance-Policy-Effective-January-1-2016.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>So if you have any such <span style="font-size: 12pt;">reason, please do the following at your earliest possible convenience:</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1. Respond by email what that reason is, and,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Post that reason on the KZYX website.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, I demand for a hard copy of this communication to be generated and placed </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>in MCPB's public inspection file.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scott M. Peterson</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mendocino</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>cc: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of the Inspector General</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The vehicle </div></div> </div></body>
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