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Financial results: KPFA beating budget, Pacifica lagging
KPFA’s most recent fund drive turnaround seems to have had a big impact on the station’s bottom line. On February 23, Pacifica distributed first-quarter income statements for the network. Brian Edwards-Tiekert (now serving as KPFA’s staff rep on the Pacifica National Board) reported the statements “show KPFA outperforming its budget to the tune of $115,000 in just three months. The main driver is KPFA’s fund drives — the statements show that KPFA brought in $154,348 more listener support than budgeted” before the most recent drive even started. “The bad news,” said Edwards-Tiekert, “is that KPFA appears to be the only … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Edwards-Tiekert, budget, elections and governance, fund drives, Pacifica National Board
Tagged Arlene Engelhardt, budget, Free Speech Radio News, KPFA, Pacifica National Board, Pacifica National Office
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New board members seated at Pacifica (finally)
After much delay, the Pacifica National Board (PNB) seated newly-elected reps from its stations at a February 22-25 meeting in New York. SaveKPFA-affiliated rep Margy Wilkinson was one of them. In her report-back, Wilkinson said highlights included a short video about the Pacifica Radio Archives and a full-length documentary about WBAI’s Bob Fass. She added that most of the meeting was spent behind closed doors in “executive” sessions, at least one of which was “probably held in violation of the law governing public vs. executive sessions.” “We received no written reports from Summer [Reese] in her role as either as … Continue reading
Posted in elections and governance, fund drives, Pacifica ban on dissent, Pacifica National Board
Tagged KPFA, Pacifica National Board
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Local board elects SaveKPFA reps to nearly all leadership positions
While Pacifica’s old guard is desperately clinging to its power at the national level, KPFA’s local board is moving forward. The first new Local Station Board (LSB) in more than two years took office at its January 12 meeting. In December, SaveKPFA‘s candidates won a landslide in elections – a majority that was reflected in the local election of board officers and delegates to the Pacifica National Board (PNB). Burton White was elected chair of the local board, and Carole Travis, vice-chair. Craig Alderson was elected secretary. Barbara Whipperman continued as the appointed treasurer. Margy Wilkinson, Dan Siegel, and Brian … Continue reading
Anti-dissent measure on Pacifica’s Jan 10 agenda
On less than four days’ notice, the lame-duck Pacifica National Board has scheduled a vote on a resolution designed to prevent people who dissent from the current majority from serving on local or national boards. After we alerted SaveKPFA supporters to this, hundreds wrote, calling the measure what it is: a political witchhunt. “I’m stunned that a measure about ‘loyalty’ should even be considered by a Pacifica board,” wrote listener Alan Snitow. “Please stop this measure and repudiate its intent. The loyalty measure is the kind of pseudo-leftwing idea that merges Stalinism and McCarthyism.” “How can you dare to try to turn … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Steinberg WBAI, Bill Crosier, elections and governance, free speech, Kathy Davis WBAI, KPFA, legal, Morning Show 4, Pacifica, Tracy Rosenberg
Tagged KPFA, Morning Show 4, Pacifica, Pacifica loyalty resolution, Pacifica National Board
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Banning dissent at Pacifica?
Before votes in KPFA’s local board election are even counted, Tracy Rosenberg and her allies at the national level continue to do damage to Pacifica’s structure and mission. Earlier this week, the Pacifica National Board, which is dominated by Rosenberg and her allies, passed a measure that prohibits those who dissent from Rosenberg’s agenda from serving on local or national boards. “The resolution banning those deemed ‘disloyal’ which was presented to the board by Tracy is pure McCarthy era,” noted Sasha Futran, KPFA’s former Local Station Board vice chair. “The appeal process is a sham, as any appeals would go … Continue reading
Posted in elections and governance, free speech, KPFA, Morning Show 4
Tagged censorship, fundraising, KPFA listeners, Lew Hill, Morning Show 4, Pacifica National Board
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LSB supports bylaws changes to make boards smaller; rejects censorship
Good news from KPFA’s local board meeting on December 1: members voted to support Pacifica bylaws reforms which would reduce the size of the Local Station Boards from 24 to 16, and Pacifica National Board from 22 to 17. These changes, if accepted by a majority of the other local boards, will save the network money and begin to streamline governance. Board members also discussed the initiating role of KPFA staff in the highly successful fundraiser for Pacifica’s WBAI, hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. In a tremendous show of solidarity, all five Pacifica stations pitched in for a national day of … Continue reading
Why I’m Supporting SaveKPFA in KPFA’s Board Election
By Brian Edwards-Tiekert This month, KPFA is going through what will probably prove to be one of the most important elections of its 10-year experiment with democracy. I’m supporting the candidates listed at www.savekpfa.org, along with many other endorsers, because what’s at stake is the survival of KPFA as we know it. Right now, KPFA is slowly recovering from a near-mortal blow. When Pacifica purged The Morning Show two years ago, it removed KPFA’s biggest fundraiser from the air. To compensate, the station had to increase the amount of days it spends in fund drives by 30%–a sure recipe for dropping listenership … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Edwards-Tiekert, budget, elections and governance, endorsers, KPFA, KPFA election 2012, labor, Pacifica
Tagged anti-union, budget, endorsers, fundraising, KPFA, labor, Pacifica, Pacifica Radio
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