[Wpfw-lsb] Fwd: Re: [alliance] Re: Paid Staff?

[Thomas Gomez]

Carol Spooner and I had this exchange off the Alliance list. She did not indicate that she had any objection to my resending it. I have some questions about how we decide what is to be decided nationally. Do we want a single trainning model or should each station be free to determine its own needs? Does the ED alone decide? Where did this money go and to whom? Was there open bidding and a competitive process in the hiring of these unnamed consultants? For me Carol's email raises more questions than it answers .

Carol Spooner <wildrose at pon.net> wrote: Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:05:58 -0700
To: Thomas Gomez 
From: Carol Spooner 
Subject: Re: [alliance] Re: Paid Staff?

I think your question about where the $50k went should be directed to the WPFW LSB Treasurer for clarification and further breakdown  through the national finance committee.  We did ask this question at the board meeting, and I believe they paid national staff or consultants to develop materials and curriculum for a national apprenticeship program to begin next year.

There is a conflict of interest policy in the Pacifica bylaws posted at www.pacifica. org.

Marty Durlin is not on the Executive Review committee of the Pacifica national board.

I do not believe you have a conflict of interest in serving on that committee. 

--Carol

At 01:54 PM 6/7/2004 -0700, Thomas Gomez wrote:
Thank you for the clarification. My understanding was that Dan allocated $50,000 in the budget for the KPFA apprenticeship program. We did not recieve any of that money here, nor did any other station to my knowledge. I figured the money went to Berkley. Are you saying it did not? If not where did it in fact go? Is there somewhere that I can get a breakdown?
 
Wendy had written me off the list to say that she thought my views on conflict of interest prevented qualified people from applying for positions within the foundation and suggested that I myself had a conflict of interest similar the one that I felt would exist if Marty sought to be ED. That was what I was responding to. Because we have had similar issues in the past both here at WPFW, and nationally, I have supported the passage of a conflict of interest resolution here at WPFW. In Berkley I supported the passage of a similar resolution on the national level, I continue to do so. 
 
Carol Spooner <wildrose at pon.net> wrote:
KPFA's apprenticeship program is entirely locally funded from KPFA's budget -- and has been for more than two decades.  It does not receive any money from the national budget.

Tom, you are confused by Dan Coughlin's spending national money to develop the KPFA apprenticeship model for other stations.  None of that money was or is going to KPFA's apprenticeship program.

Marty Durlin is not chairing the national board and applying for the ED position at the same time.  Two years ago Marty Durlin applied for the ED position.  She did not sit on the board at that time, and she is not applying for the ED position at this time.

--Carol

At 12:20 PM 6/7/2004 -0700, you wrote:

          As I mentioned to Wendy off the list I am in fact paid the $35.00 for local news as are all the DC radio co-op members. The system we have in place is modeled on the FSRN system of freelancers who pitch stories. It is open to anyone trainned by the co-op. Our process is open with classes every thursday night. Most of my work however has appeared as part of a public affairs show called Voices With Vision, no one is paid to do that show but I have a lot of creative control. The show is similar to the First Circle program created by the trainning initiative in Berkley (they air once a week for an hour, we air twice a week for a half hour). Those of you interested can find the show online at DC Indymedia. Only the trainning co-ordinators are paid for both Voices and First circle (both are full-time staff, we pay our trainning officer out of local 
The difference between that and outside consultancies is money. One mediator for the FSRN contract negotiations wanted $125.00 hr. While it is concievable that I may recieve $1500 dollars this year from the station, that is somewhat different than sitting on the manager search committee while applying for news director. Yes I would oppose Evan chairing the national board and applying for Don Rojas job in NY at the same time, or my sitting on ED review and applying to Dan for employment as a member of the national staff at the same time. But I have filed half a dozen FSRN pieces in the past year, sit on the ED review committee, and don't feel that is a conflict.


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