[alliance] Re: [Wpfw-lsb] RE: [OurWPFW] Fwd: Re: Strong Pacifica presence in DC?

[Luzette King]

Larry,

I am not sure that the same issues are surfacing at
WPFW, atleast not yet.  That is why I am trying to
expose anything that could remotely lead to such a
debate.  The problem we have is a need for better
managed meetings.  We are getting there, we are
beginning to express comraderie and it was sad that
this incident occured at the very last minute.

Also, these arguments won't come about if we were true
to ourselves.  As I said before, Billy Ray's commitment
to Pacifica and WPFW to my mind is unquestionable.  So,
whenever he raises an issue I listen for what he is
saying and not to how is saying it.  I have voted
against Billy Ray on issues before more often than not,
he turns out to be on the right side.

Just for some lighthearted relief. Recently, I had
cause to vote against him on an issue and he couldn't
understand why I would do that.  Anyhow, I spent about
an hour after the meeting talking to him to find out
what his issue was.  When I eventually got it I told
him he was crazy to think such a thing.  Such was my
belief that he was wrong and I was right that I bet him
his car (we British bet on anything that moves!!).  In
less than a month I lost that bet against Billy Ray. 
Billy Ray kept his car and Thank God, it was not the
other way round.  So much for fairness, I had nothing
at stake for him to win...he does have a good side, you
know.  

I hope you make sense of this e-mail.  

Luzette

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:24:28 -0400, Larry Romsted wrote:

> 
> Luzette:
> 
> Quick thoughts.
> 
> First, thanks.
> 
> Second, great idea a Pacific Conference on Racism.  We
> also need some
> anti-racism training to help us hear each other
better.
>  Perhaps they can be
> combined.
> 
> Third, I do not think that evaluation of the PD is a
> foregone conclusion.
> What you hear is some peoples' opinions based on
> anecdotes not information.
> Sounds like similar types of fears are surfacing at
> WPFW.  Part of the task
> of developing democratic decision making structures is
> to empower boards
> (elected representatives), have them discuss issues,
> and then they vote.
> Majority vote wins and the decisions are implemented. 
> If listener-members
> do not like what they are doing, they vote them out. 
> The WBAI LSB has
> representatives from multiple sides and even those
> nominally on the same
> side, might not vote together on everything.
> 
> Personally, I think the opposition to racism around
> WBAI is stronger than
> individuals' opinions about performance of the PD.  I
> think it is fine to
> express ones fears about potential decisions.  But the
> distrust and language
> that is often being used at WBAI meetings prevents
> rational discussion.
> 
> We need to find ways to unity if we are to slow the
> corporate forces in this
> country and the world.  We need each other.
> 
> In struggle,
> 
> Larry Romsted
> 
> On 8/12/04 5:50 PM, "Luzette King"
> <luzette_king at justice.com> wrote:
> 
> > Larry,
> > 
> > Some of my best allies in the struggle have been
white
> > people and some of my worst enemies have been whites
> as
> > well.  So, until you prove otherwise I have no
reason
> > to believe your intentions are not good.
> > 
> > I also appreciate your plea that I shouldn't take
as a
> > written in stone the expressions of a few e-mails on
> > this site.  However, in the case of the WBAI
struggle,
> > the results of the PD is almost certain depending on
> > who has the most votes on the Review Panel.  Is this
> > not so?  And if so, is this fair?
> > 
> > Maybe the fear about a white take over is unfounded
> but
> > the fact is the fear exists.  So, I think the matter
> > should be dealt with and not be swept under the
> carpet.
> > 
> > 
> > I believe the time has come for a Pacifica
Conference
> > on Racism in Pacifica.  I believe this might give us
> > each a chance to first of all understand the fear on
> > both sides and then develop systems that would help
> > allay those fears.  Pacifica cannot and should not
try
> > to put everybody else's house in order while it the
> > stench from within is unbearable.
> > 
> > Larry, once again, I do appreciate your thoughtful
> > e-mail and am sure this can only serve to bring
about
> > solotions to this cancerous growth.
> > 
> > Luzette
> > 
> > 
> > "Cannot predict the results of an evaluation for
which
> > the evaluation process has yet to be established."
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:29:38 -0400, Larry Romsted
> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> Luzette:
> >> 
> >> Some of my thoughts on your email of yesterday,
> August
> >> 11.  I took some time
> >> with my response because I wanted to be clear. 
Hope
> I
> >> succeeded without
> >> going on too, too long.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I am not denying that there is conflict about the
> >> programming at WBAI.  What
> >> I am denying is that there is some plan being
> >> implemented by white people in
> >> the New York City area to take over programming and
> > the
> >> station be
> >> evaluation the Program Director, Bernard White.  I
> >> think that is a false
> >> charge.
> >> 
> >> There is, and seems to always have been, struggle
> > about
> >> programming in
> >> Pacifica and WBAI.  In some sense it should
continue,
> >> perhaps at a lower
> >> volume and perhaps in a somewhat more organized
> >> fashion, e.g., shows on the
> >> air and meetings at the station giving people a
> chance
> >> to give input for
> >> improvements in programming.  Both listener-members
> > and
> >> WBAI staff should
> >> care about the quality and type of programming on
the
> >> air and struggle
> >> together to make programming better.  But the
current
> >> struggle at WBAI is
> >> not about programming, but about putting into
motion
> >> the new
> >> responsibilities of the WBAI LSB and resistance to
> > that
> >> happening.  About
> >> decision making that used to be done only within
the
> >> station being done more
> >> transparently.
> >> 
> >> Yes, programs promulgate a culture.  The culture of
> > the
> >> station is
> >> determined by the programming decisions of the
staff,
> >> producers, Program
> >> Director (Bernard White at WBAI) and the Station
> >> Manager (Don Rojas at
> >> WBAI).  A large fraction of the programming at WBAI
> is
> >> done by people of
> >> color.  I know of no campaign to change that fact
> > (only
> >> accusations that
> >> there is a campaign).  Many applaud the diversity
at
> >> WBAI.  I certainly do.
> >> It is one of the reasons I send money to the
station
> >> and contribute my time.
> >> 
> >> I think the exchanges and the anger are about how
to
> >> begin the evaluation of
> >> the Program Director and to continue the work of
the
> >> committees working on
> >> finance, and committees of inclusion and
evaluation,
> >> etc., has nothing to do
> >> with the LSB taking over programming, unless one
> >> assumes that the
> >> Programming Director will somehow shape his
> > programming
> >> decisions to meet
> >> the unspoken needs of the LSB board members.  (Hard
> to
> >> envision Bernard
> >> doing that.  He is much too independent.)  Cannot
> >> predict the results of an
> >> evaluation for which the evaluation process has yet
> to
> >> be established.
> >> 
> >> One thing I would ask you to do is withhold drawing
> > too
> >> many conclusions
> >> from emails posted on lists.   Posted emails by a
few
> >> people, for example
> >> those by Steve Brown, by Fred Nguyen, or by me,
> >> certainly do not represent
> >> the views of the LSB members or the station manager
> or
> >> the program director.
> >> 
> >> I am on a side about these issues.  I am for
> > democracy,
> >> for transparency,
> >> for diversity in programming, for giving voice to
the
> >> voiceless, for more
> >> staff participation in decision making, for a
> > "majority
> >> minority" station
> >> and network.  I am apposed to decision by fiat or
by
> >> election rules that
> >> give one or more groups inherent advantage.  I
trust
> >> the Listener-members of
> >> Pacifica to support diversity because of their
> >> diversity.  In a contentious
> >> WBAI meeting I could be (and have been by a small
> >> number of people, one
> >> person actually) accused of wanting a white take
> > over. 
> >> I do not.  And I
> >> hope you do not read my prior emails as a call for
a
> >> white take over of
> >> WBAI.
> >> 
> >> So, what I am asking you to consider is that the
> > claims
> >> of an attempted take
> >> over WBAI by some unknown group of whites are
simply
> >> not true.  What is
> >> changing at WBAI compared to the past is a shift in
> >> power.  The new LSBs
> >> have more power than the old advisory boards. If
you
> >> feel the new LSBs are
> >> not strong enough, you should have seen the absence
> of
> >> power of the old
> >> Local Advisory Boards.  Perhaps as you wrote
> > elsewhere,
> >> the LSBs should have
> >> even more power, but at the moment I am interested
in
> >> simply seeing the WBAI
> >> LSB and the station function better and, if
possible,
> >> together, even if they
> >> are not always happy with each other.
> >> 
> >> A different subject.  I just read your email about
> the
> >> struggle at the
> >> recent WPFW LSB meeting.  Difficult for me to
really
> >> understand because I do
> >> not know the players or the context.  But I did
> >> understand your thanks to
> >> Billy Ray for keeping his eye on the prize, for
> >> elections at WPFW instead of
> >> grandfathering.  Thank you for congratulating him.
> >> Also, thank you for
> >> being upfront about behaviors you would like him to
> >> change.  Not many people
> >> have your skill for writing forthrightly without it
> >> reading like an attack.
> >> 
> >> Larry Romsted  
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 8/11/04 2:35 PM, "Luzette King"
> >> <luzette_king at justice.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Larry,
> >>> 
> >>> To suggest that one side of the conflict at WBAI
> > does
> >>> not perceive the conflict to be as I characterize
> > is,
> >>> in my opinion, no basis for denying it.  I do not
> > know
> >>> WBAI.  So, all I can go by is what I read in the
> >>> e-mails posted here.   Isn't the conflict
basically
> >>> about whose programs are on air at WBAI and isn't
> > it a
> >>> fact that programs promulgates a culture? In other
> >>> words isn't politics culture and culture politics?
> >>> 
> >>> Luzette
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:08:52 -0400, Larry Romsted
> >> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Luzette:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Read your note to Billy below on Willard Jenkin's
> >>>> thoughts.  I do not have a
> >>>> clear understanding of what the Radford/Wendy
> >> exchange
> >>>> is about, but I am
> >>>> concerned about your second paragraph
> > characterizing
> >>>> the WBAI conflict.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Please see my note after your paragraph.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Larry Romsted, WBAI Listener-member
> >>>> 
> >>>> (P.S.   Sorry for the repeat email to you. 
Forgot
> > to
> >>>> send it to the other
> >>>> lists before)
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 8/10/04 3:14 PM, "Luzette King"
> >>>> <luzette_king at justice.com> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Billy,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Thank you for spreading Willard Jenkin's thought
> > and
> >>>> as
> >>>>> am sure are aware the battle is even here at
WPFW.
> >>> I
> >>>>> thought the opening question to this debate
rather
> >>>>> interesting thought and time.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Imagine opening this debate at a time when at
the
> >>>> heart
> >>>>> of the conflict at WBAI is basically that of
whose
> >>>>> program and whose culture will be promugated
most.
> >>> Is
> >>>>> it, therefore, unreasonable to think there is a
> >>> "clean
> >>>>> house" project in gear?  Why else would the
issue
> > of
> >>>>> whether Pacifica is strong enough on the agenda
in
> >>> DC?
> >>>>> This is especially so since there was talk to
> >>>>> grandfather us because we were not following the
> >>>>> mission of Pacifica?
> >>>> 
> >>>> I think some people around WBAI believe the
> > conflict
> >>> is
> >>>> about "whose program
> >>>> and whose culture will be promulgated the most."
 I
> >> do
> >>>> not think that is the
> >>>> underlying struggle taking place.  I think there
is
> >>>> also an attempt by some
> >>>> people within the station to prevent the elected
> > WBAI
> >>>> LSB from doing its
> >>>> work on the grounds that the LSB is trying to
> > change
> >>>> the station.
> >>>> 
> >>>>  WBAI could be characterized currently as a
> > "majority
> >>>> minority" station in
> >>>> terms of programming and in terms of staffing,
> >>>> especially compared to the
> >>>> demographics of this country.  From my personal
> >>>> perspective this is good and
> >>>> it should stay that way, except women are not
half
> > of
> >>>> the staff and
> >>>> producers as they should be (based on a survey I
> > read
> >>>> by Susan Lee who works
> >>>> at the station).  Needs work.
> >>>> 
> >>>> What needs to be understood by all, listeners and
> >>>> station staff and
> >>>> producers, is that the new bylaws do not permit
the
> >>> LSB
> >>>> to fire the station
> >>>> manager or the program director directly,
although
> >>> they
> >>>> could initiate a
> >>>> process to first the station manager, but not the
> >>>> program director (see
> >>>> below).  An LSB is suppose to evaluate a Program
> >>>> Director, but they cannot
> >>>> fire him/her.  Nor can they dictate programming,
> >> which
> >>>> is a station
> >>>> responsibility, hopefully with strong input from
> > the
> >>>> Program Council.  The
> >>>> powers of the LSB are to recommend.
> >>>> 
> >>>> The LSB is responsible for evaluating the work of
> >>>> Station Manager and
> >>>> Program Director and they can make
recommendations
> >>>> based on the quality of
> >>>> the work.  I have reproduced some relevant
sections
> >> of
> >>>> the Pacifica Bylaws
> >>>> on the responsibilities of the LSBs below.
> >>>> 
> >>>> In brief, the WBAI LSB is suppose to govern not
> >>>> micromanage.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Have a look at Section 3. SPECIFIC POWERS &
DUTIES
> >> (of
> >>>> the LSB) and in
> >>>> particular Sections:  A-G.
> >>>> 
> >>>> These sections clearly define the governing
> >>>> responsibilities and limits of
> >>>> the LSBs at WBAI and the other stations.  Note in
> >>>> Section G that the LSB is
> >>>> suppose to work with the Station Manager to
promote
> >>> the
> >>>> activities of the
> >>>> station. Note that sections J and L state that
the
> >>> LSBs
> >>>> are to reach out to
> >>>> unrepresented communities and to work toward the
> > goal
> >>>> of diversity at the
> >>>> station.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I have not met or heard one LSB member say that
> > they
> >>> do
> >>>> not support these
> >>>> goals or that they do not want to carry them out.
> >>>> However, unlike past
> >>>> station boards before the new bylaws made the LSB
> >>>> members elected
> >>>> representatives of the listener-members, the
> > current
> >>>> LSB have real
> >>>> responsibilities.  I personally believe that some
> >>>> members of the station
> >>>> staff oppose the LSB carrying out its
> >>> responsibilities,
> >>>> which they were
> >>>> elected to do.  If the LSB does evaluations and
> >>> reviews
> >>>> the station budgets,
> >>>> this will change past and current practices at
the
> >>>> station.  The decision
> >>>> making processes will be more transparent.
> >>>> 
> >>>> There in lies the real rub, what I think the
> >> struggle
> >>>> is really about.  We
> >>>> have been overwhelmed in WBAI land with stupid
> >>> caustic,
> >>>> harsh, prejudice
> >>>> statements by people about others from all sides,
> > for
> >>> a
> >>>> number of years.  It
> >>>> is tiresome.  But I think it is important to go
> >>> beneath
> >>>> the excess verbiage
> >>>> and look at what the real disagreements are
about.
> >>>> 
> >>>>  
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I echo Willard Jenkins views and it would be
good
> > if
> >>>> we
> >>>>> could have sight of the original license
> > application
> >>>>> and the conditions for which Pacifica license
for
> >>> 89.3
> >>>>> FM was granted.  I hope that these findings
would
> >>>>> provide for better more informaed discussions
> > about
> >>>>> WPFW.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Luzette
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> PACIFICA BYLAWS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> ARTICLE SEVEN
> >>>>> LOCAL STATION BOARDS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 1. LOCAL STATION BOARDS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> There shall be a standing committee of the Board
> > of
> >>>>> Directors for each Foundation radio station
which
> >>>> shall be
> >>>>> known as the Local Station Board ("LSB"). The
> >>> powers,
> >>>>> duties and responsibilities of the LSBs shall be
> >>>> those set
> >>>>> forth in these Bylaws and such other powers,
> > duties
> >>>> and
> >>>>> responsibilities as the Board of Directors may
> > from
> >>>> time to
> >>>>> time delegate to them.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 2. COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL STATION
BOARDS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Each LSB shall consist of the 24 Delegates
elected
> >>> by
> >>>> the
> >>>>> Members for that radio station - 18
> > Listener-Sponsor
> >>>>> Delegates and 6 Staff Delegates. (Four of the
> >>>> Delegates for
> >>>>> each radio station shall also concurrently serve
> > as
> >>>>> Directors of the Foundation, as set provided in
> >>>> Section 3
> >>>>> of Article 5 of the Bylaws.)
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> In addition, an "associate station," if any, as
> > that
> >>>> term
> >>>>> is defined in Section 8 of this Article, may
> > appoint
> >>>> one
> >>>>> representative to the LSB of the radio station
> > with
> >>>> which
> >>>>> it is associated. Associate station
> > representatives
> >>>> shall
> >>>>> be voting members of the LSB; provided, however,
> >>> that
> >>>> no
> >>>>> associate station representative shall have the
> >>> right
> >>>> to
> >>>>> vote for the election or removal of any
Foundation
> >>>> Director
> >>>>> or Delegate nor may s/he be eligible for
election
> > by
> >>>> the
> >>>>> Delegates to the office of Director. No LSB
shall
> >>>> have more
> >>>>> than a total of three (3) associate station
> >>>> representatives
> >>>>> (and no more than one (1) from any one associate
> >>>> station)
> >>>>> at any given time. The term of office of an
> >>> associate
> >>>>> station representative shall be three years,
with
> > a
> >>>> maximum
> >>>>> of two consecutive three-year terms of service
on
> > an
> >>>> LSB.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The station's General Manager shall serve as a
> >>>> non-voting
> >>>>> member of the station's LSB.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 3. SPECIFIC POWERS & DUTIES
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Each LSB, acting as a standing committee of the
> >>>>> Foundation's Board of Directors, shall have the
> >>>> following
> >>>>> powers, duties and responsibilities related to
its
> >>>> specific
> >>>>> radio station, under the direction and
supervision
> >>> of
> >>>> the
> >>>>> Foundation's Board of Directors:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A. To review and approve that station's budget
and
> >>>> make
> >>>>> quarterly reports to the Foundation's Board of
> >>>> Directors
> >>>>> regarding the station's budget, actual income
and
> >>>>> expenditures.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> B. To screen and select a pool of candidates for
> > the
> >>>>> position of General Manager of its respective
> > radio
> >>>>> station, from which pool of approved candidates
> > the
> >>>>> Executive Director shall hire the station's
> > General
> >>>>> Manager.. The LSB may appoint a special
> >>> sub-committee
> >>>> for
> >>>>> this purpose.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> C. To prepare an annual written evaluation of
the
> >>>> station's
> >>>>> General Manager.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> D. Both the Executive Director and/or an LSB may
> >>>> initiate
> >>>>> the process to fire a station General Manager.
> >>>> However, to
> >>>>> effectuate it, both the Executive Director and
the
> >>>> LSB must
> >>>>> agree to fire said General Manager. If the
> > Executive
> >>>>> Director and the LSB cannot agree, the decision
to
> >>>>> terminate or retain said General Manager shall
be
> >>>> made by
> >>>>> the Board of Directors.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> E. To screen and select a pool of candidates for
> > the
> >>>>> position of station Program Director, from which
> >>> pool
> >>>> of
> >>>>> approved candidates the station's General
Manager
> >>>> shall
> >>>>> hire the station's Program Director. The LSB may
> >>>> appoint a
> >>>>> special sub-committee for this purpose.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> F. To prepare an annual written evaluation of
the
> >>>> station's
> >>>>> Program Director.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> G. To work with station management to ensure
that
> >>>> station
> >>>>> programming fulfills the purposes of the
> > Foundation
> >>>> and is
> >>>>> responsive to the diverse needs of the listeners
> >>>>> (demographic) and communities (geographic)
served
> > by
> >>>> the
> >>>>> station, and that station policies and
procedures
> >>> for
> >>>>> making programming decisions and for program
> >>>> evaluation are
> >>>>> working in a fair, collaborative and respectful
> >>>> manner to
> >>>>> provide quality programming.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> H. To conduct "Town Hall" style meetings at
least
> >>>> twice a
> >>>>> year, devoted to hearing listeners views, needs
> > and
> >>>>> concerns.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I. To assist in station fundraising activities.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> J. To actively reach out to underrepresented
> >>>> communities to
> >>>>> help the station serve a diversity of all races,
> >>>> creeds,
> >>>>> colors and nations, classes, genders and sexual
> >>>>> orientations, and ages and to help build
> >>> collaborative
> >>>>> relations with organizations working for similar
> >>>> purposes.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> K. To perform community needs assessments, or
see
> > to
> >>>> it
> >>>>> that separate "Community Advisory Committees"
are
> >>>> formed to
> >>>>> do so.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> L. To ensure that the station works diligently
> >>>> towards the
> >>>>> goal of diversity in staffing at all levels and
> >>>> maintenance
> >>>>> of a discrimination-free atmosphere in the
> >>> workplace.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> M. To exercise all of its powers and duties with
> >>> care,
> >>>>> loyalty, diligence and sound business judgment
> >>>> consistent
> >>>>> with the manner in which those terms are
generally
> >>>> defined
> >>>>> under applicable California law.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 4. OTHER LOCAL STATION BOARD POWERS AND
> >>>> AUTHORITY
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> By resolution, the Foundation's Board of
Directors
> >>> may
> >>>>> delegate any other corporate powers it deems
> >>>> appropriate to
> >>>>> an LSB with regard to that specific radio
station.
> >>>> Any such
> >>>>> power delegated to an LSB is subject to
revocation
> >>> at
> >>>> any
> >>>>> time by the Board of Directors. Any and all
> > actions,
> >>>>> resolutions and policies taken or adopted by an
> > LSB
> >>>> may be
> >>>>> overridden by a majority vote of the Directors
if
> >>> said
> >>>>> action, resolution or policy is found by the
Board
> >>> of
> >>>>> Directors to be adverse to the mission and/or
> >>>> charitable or
> >>>>> business purposes of the Foundation, to exceed
the
> >>>> power or
> >>>>> authority granted to said LSB or to be
> > inconsistent
> >>>> with
> >>>>> these Bylaws, the Articles or applicable laws
and
> >>>>> regulations.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 5. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Each Local Station Board shall elect a Chair, a
> >>>> Vice-Chair,
> >>>>> a Recording Secretary, and a Treasurer, who
shall
> > be
> >>>>> elected annually at the December meeting of the
> > LSB
> >>>> for a
> >>>>> term of one year using the Instant Runoff Voting
> >>>> method.
> >>>>> Each of these officers shall serve at the
pleasure
> >>> of
> >>>> the
> >>>>> LSB and shall have those powers and shall
perform
> >>>> those
> >>>>> duties as may be prescribed by its LSB. With the
> >>>> exception
> >>>>> of the Chair and the Vice Chair, an officer of
an
> >>> LSB
> >>>> is
> >>>>> not required to be a Delegate. Local Station
Board
> >>>> officers
> >>>>> may not serve concurrently as Foundation
> > Directors,
> >>>> and
> >>>>> must resign their position as an LSB officer if
> >>>> elected to
> >>>>> the Board of Directors.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 6. MEETINGS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A. FREQUENCY
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Each LSB shall meet as often as required to
> >>>> accomplish it
> >>>>> duties, but not less than every other month.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> B. TIME AND PLACE
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The LSB shall establish, by majority vote, the
> > time
> >>>> and
> >>>>> place of each meeting, provided, however that no
> >>>> meeting
> >>>>> shall occur sooner than ten (10) days from the
> > date
> >>>> of the
> >>>>> vote scheduling said meeting without the
unanimous
> >>>>> agreement of all the LSB officers that a shorter
> >>>> period is
> >>>>> required to address urgent matters and, in the
> > event
> >>>> of
> >>>>> less than 10-days notice, notice shall be given
by
> >>>>> telephone message to all LSB members at least 24
> >>> hours
> >>>>> before the meeting. There shall be a meeting of
> > the
> >>>> LSB in
> >>>>> December each year to seat newly elected
Delegates
> >>>> and to
> >>>>> elect LSB officers, and in early January to
elect
> >>>>> Director(s). Meetings shall be held within the
> > local
> >>>> radio
> >>>>> station area in facilities of sufficient size to
> >>>>> accommodate Members affiliated with that radio
> >>>> station and
> >>>>> the public, preferably in the station.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> C. MEMBERS & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> LSB meetings shall be open to the public and to
> > all
> >>>>> Members, with the exception of those meetings
> >>>> dedicated to,
> >>>>> or predominantly regarding, personnel,
proprietary
> >>>>> information, litigation and other matters
> > requiring
> >>>>> confidential advice of counsel, involving
> > commercial
> >>>> or
> >>>>> financial information obtained on a privileged
or
> >>>>> confidential basis or relating to a purchase of
> >>>> property or
> >>>>> the use or engagement of services whenever the
> >>>> premature
> >>>>> exposure of said purchase or sale, in the LSB's
> > sole
> >>>>> opinion, may compromise the legitimate business
> >>>> interest of
> >>>>> said radio station or the Foundation. In the
event
> >>>> that all
> >>>>> or a portion of a meeting is closed, the LSB
shall
> >>>> indicate
> >>>>> in its notice of said meeting that the meeting
or
> > a
> >>>> part of
> >>>>> it shall be closed. In addition, within a
> > reasonable
> >>>> period
> >>>>> after the closed meeting, the LSB's Secretary
> > shall
> >>>> post on
> >>>>> the station's website a general statement of the
> >>>> basis on
> >>>>> which all or part of said meeting was closed.
Each
> >>>> meeting
> >>>>> shall include a public comment period of not
less
> >>> than
> >>>>> thirty (30) minutes. No person shall be
required,
> >>> as a
> >>>>> condition for attendance at any public meeting
or
> > to
> >>>>> publicly comment, to register his/her name or to
> >>>> provide
> >>>>> any other information.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> D. NOTICE
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The public and all Members shall be notified of
> > each
> >>>> LSB
> >>>>> meeting. Four on-air announcements, made during
> >>> prime
> >>>> time
> >>>>> on the radio station on four different days,
> >>>> beginning,
> >>>>> whenever feasible, at least 7 days prior to the
> > date
> >>>> of
> >>>>> each meeting, shall be considered adequate
notice.
> >>> In
> >>>> the
> >>>>> event of LSB meetings convened on short notice
for
> >>>> urgent
> >>>>> business, all reasonable efforts shall be made
to
> >>>> broadcast
> >>>>> notice of the meeting at least three times
during
> >>>> prime
> >>>>> time for two days prior to the meeting. Whenever
> >>>> feasible,
> >>>>> notice shall also be posted on the station's
> > website
> >>>> at
> >>>>> least 7 days prior to the date of each meeting.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> E. RECORDKEEPING AND RULEMAKING
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Meetings and actions of the LSB shall be
governed
> > by
> >>>> the
> >>>>> provisions of these Bylaws. A book of Minutes of
> > all
> >>>>> meetings and actions of the LSB shall be kept
and
> >>>> shall be
> >>>>> filed with the records of the LSB, which book
> > shall
> >>>> include
> >>>>> the time and place of each meeting, the notice
> >>> given,
> >>>> how
> >>>>> authorized, any waivers or consents, the names
of
> >>>> those
> >>>>> present, and a summary of the proceedings.
Minutes
> >>> of
> >>>>> closed meetings shall be maintained, but sealed
as
> >>>>> confidential. A copy of all Minutes and actions
of
> >>>> the LSB
> >>>>> shall also be forwarded to the Foundation's
> >>> Secretary
> >>>> for
> >>>>> maintenance pursuant to Section 1(A) of Article
12
> >>> of
> >>>> these
> >>>>> Bylaws. Each LSB may adopt additional rules for
> > the
> >>>>> governance of its LSB so long as the rules are
not
> >>>>> inconsistent with these Bylaws.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 7. QUORUM AND APPROVALSECTION 7. QUORUM
> > AND
> >>>>> APPROVAL
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A quorum at any meeting of an LSB shall be a
> >>> majority
> >>>> of
> >>>>> the then currently serving LSB members, not
> >>> including
> >>>> the
> >>>>> Station Manager. Associate station
representatives
> >>>> shall
> >>>>> not be counted for purposes of establishing a
> > quorum
> >>>> for
> >>>>> matters on which they are not entitled to vote.
If
> >>>> after a
> >>>>> quorum has been established at a meeting of the
> > LSB
> >>>> some of
> >>>>> the LSB members leave the meeting and there is
no
> >>>> longer a
> >>>>> quorum present, those LSB members remaining may
> >>>> continue to
> >>>>> take action so long as a resolution receives at
> >>> least
> >>>> that
> >>>>> number of affirmative votes as would constitute
a
> >>>> majority
> >>>>> of a quorum. (E.g., if the quorum is 13 LSB
> > members,
> >>>> and a
> >>>>> majority of a quorum is 7, then so long as 7 LSB
> >>>> members
> >>>>> remain present and vote in the affirmative the
> >>>> resolution
> >>>>> shall be adopted.) Except as otherwise expressly
> >>>> provided
> >>>>> in these Bylaws, the approval of a majority of
the
> >>> LSB
> >>>>> members present and voting shall be required for
> > any
> >>>> action
> >>>>> of said LSB. In the event that the vote on any
> >>> motion
> >>>>> results in a tie, the motion shall not pass.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 8. ASSOCIATE STATIONS
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A. A Foundation radio station may choose to
> >>> associate
> >>>> with
> >>>>> any geographically contiguous community radio
> >>> station
> >>>> for
> >>>>> the purpose of re-broadcasting no less than
> >>>> seventy-five
> >>>>> percent (75%) of that Foundation radio station's
> >>>>> programming. The terms of said association shall
> > be
> >>>>> memorialized in a written agreement between the
> >>>> Foundation
> >>>>> radio station and the community radio station,
> > which
> >>>>> agreement must first be approved by the Board of
> >>>> Directors
> >>>>> to be effective. Such a community radio station
> > must
> >>>>> produce some local programming, operate under a
> >>>> mission
> >>>>> statement compatible with that of the Foundation
> > and
> >>>> have a
> >>>>> democratically elected station board. Such a
> >>> community
> >>>>> radio station will be referred to as an
"associate
> >>>>> station", which station is different from an
> >>>> "affiliate
> >>>>> station" as referenced in Section 4(A) of
Article
> > 6
> >>> of
> >>>>> these Bylaws. An associate station may be
> > permitted
> >>> to
> >>>>> appoint one (1) representative to the LSB of the
> >>>> Foundation
> >>>>> radio station with which it is affiliated for a
> > term
> >>>> of
> >>>>> three years commencing in December of the year
of
> >>>>> appointment, provided, however, that no LSB
shall
> >>> have
> >>>>> representatives from more than 3 associate
> > stations
> >>>> on its
> >>>>> LSB.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> B. Associate station representatives sitting on
> > LSBs
> >>>> are
> >>>>> subject to removal by either their own station
> >>> boards
> >>>>> according to their own respective terms of
> >>>> accountability
> >>>>> and appropriateness or by the majority vote of
all
> >>>> the LSB
> >>>>> (excluding the vote of the associate station
> >>>> representative
> >>>>> in question). The LSB must notify the associate
> >>>> station
> >>>>> board at least 30 days prior to any vote to
remove
> >>> its
> >>>>> representative about any difficulties or
concerns
> >>>> regarding
> >>>>> its associate station representative in order to
> >>>> provide
> >>>>> said associate radio station the opportunity to
> >>>> consult
> >>>>> with its representative about the LSB's concerns
> >>>> and/or to
> >>>>> designate a replacement representative.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 9. PROXIES NOT PERMITTED
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> All actions taken by LSB members shall be taken
> >>>> personally.
> >>>>> The powers of Delegates and associate station
> >>>>> representatives may not be exercised by
> > alternates,
> >>> by
> >>>>> proxy or the like.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> SECTION 10. LOCAL STATION BOARD ADVISORY
> > COMMITTEES
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A. An LSB may, by resolution, designate one or
> > more
> >>>>> advisory committees, to serve at the pleasure,
> >>>> direction,
> >>>>> and supervision of the LSB. Any such advisory
> >>>> committee
> >>>>> shall include, at least, two (2) LSB members.
> >>> Members
> >>>>> affiliated with that radio station shall be
> > eligible
> >>>> for
> >>>>> appointment to a committee. Station Advisory
> >>> Committee
> >>>>> members shall not be considered agents of the
> >>>> Foundation or
> >>>>> the radio station and shall not have the
authority
> >>> to
> >>>> bind
> >>>>> the Foundation or the radio station with which
it
> > is
> >>>>> affiliated.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> B. Meetings and actions of local station
advisory
> >>>>> committees shall be governed by the provisions
of
> >>>> Section 6
> >>>>> of this Article of these Bylaws with such
changes
> > as
> >>>> are
> >>>>> necessary in said provisions to substitute the
> >>>> committee(s)
> >>>>> and its members for the LSB and its members,
> > except
> >>>> that
> >>>>> the time of regular meetings of committees may
be
> >>>>> determined by resolution of the LSB as well as a
> >>> vote
> >>>> of
> >>>>> the committee and that the committees shall not
be
> >>>> required
> >>>>> to meet in December or January unless they
> > otherwise
> >>>> agree,
> >>>>> or the LSB resolves that it should do so, and
> >>>> provided that
> >>>>> notice of committee meetings shall be deemed
> >>> adequate
> >>>> if
> >>>>> announced at LSB meetings and, when feasible,
> > posted
> >>>> on the
> >>>>> station's web page. Special meetings of
committees
> >>>> may also
> >>>>> be called by resolution of the LSB or the
> > committee.
> >>>> The
> >>>>> LSB may adopt additional rules for government of
> > any
> >>>>> committee that are not inconsistent with the
> >>>> provisions of
> >>>>> these Bylaws.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> C. The general duty of advisory committees shall
> > be
> >>> to
> >>>>> advise the LSB on the issues for which the
> > committee
> >>>> was
> >>>>> created. Advisory committees shall have only
those
> >>>> duties
> >>>>> and powers set forth by resolution of the LSB,
> > which
> >>>> powers
> >>>>> shall not include the power to: (1) approve any
> >>> action
> >>>>> which, under the California Nonprofit Public
> > Benefit
> >>>>> Corporation Law or these Bylaws, requires the
> >>>> approval of
> >>>>> the Members, Directors, the LSB, or the
Delegates;
> >>>> (2) fill
> >>>>> vacancies on the Board, LSB or on any committee;
> > (3)
> >>>> amend
> >>>>> or repeal these Bylaws or adopt new bylaws; (4)
> >>> amend
> >>>> or
> >>>>> repeal any resolution of the Board or the LSB;
(5)
> >>>> create
> >>>>> any other committees of the Board or LSB; (6)
> >>> approve
> >>>> or
> >>>>> execute any contract or transaction; or (7)
incur
> >>> any
> >>>>> indebtedness, or borrow money, on behalf of the
> >>>> Foundation
> >>>>> or any LSB.
> >>>>  
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
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