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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">Think back to the last Board of Directors meeting. Where your treasurer admitted</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">that all KZYX revenue went into a 'general pot'. And that it was just too much</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">darned trouble to keep track of restricted donations. So he didn't bother. Think</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">about how you reacted. Along with the entire board. There was no reaction at all.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">You just let it slide. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">That should recorded in KZYX meeting minutes. On the KZYX website. But since you've</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">been president, none of them are there. Because your secretary let it slide. This is </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">your inner </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">circle, Ms. Courtney. Directors who let everything slide</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">.
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">People who care get the bum's rush. Or the silent treatment. With fancy new rules</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">opinion. </font><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">While turning up the heat. Pretending to be</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;"> shocked when
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Holding Directors accountable means setting and measuring goals, Ms. Courtney. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: medium;">That's only about fifty grand per Director. If your CPB grant goes away,</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: medium;">comes up short could get a public humiliation. In a Ukiah Daily Journal</span></p>
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