[Wpfw-lsb] RE: (no subject)

Luzette King luzette_king at justice.com
Wed Nov 10 10:26:17 PST 2004 

And what on earth does this say about our competence as
a board?  Let us keep up with the stupid power
struggle!!  I commend us!  May we continue to find  
every trick in the book as opposed to the laid down
rules, some of which are our very own!!  I only wish we
could contain some of the embarassment.  

While we are at it, how many of us know of Von Martin's
appearance at our meeting this evening?  Why is this a
secret?  I just found this out despite notice of the
agenda.

Luzette

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:13:08 -0500,
"elections at wpfw.org" wrote:

> 
> I stand by my quote below but do wish to clarify there
> is no way for people
> to get waivers for this election since the by-laws
> require people qualify
> to vote by 8/31/04.
> 
> Good luck!
> A
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From:  AltExp at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:55:51 EST
> To: wpfw-lsb at lists.mutualaid.org, MrJBrown at aol.com,
> elections at wpfw.org
> Subject: (no subject)
> 
> 
>  
> Jim, Folks
> I repeat the message below. And the motion below, if I
> remember correctly,  
> is to be voted on at this meeting. This is old
business
> and I believe
> should be 
>  addressed at the top of the agenda. The local
election
> supervisor has made 
> it  plain that we (the LSB) must set the policy and
> procedure, which will
> be  
> enforced during elections: Quote from Angela Lauria
> 10/30/04,  
> "About the waiver policy - it is the  Election
> Supervisors job to ENFORCE
> and 
> ADMINISTER the policy according to the  rules within
> that policy. In other 
> words, if you decide you want the policy  advertised
> that would need to be
> in 
> the policy (which I still haven't seen so I  can't
> administer it FYI) but
> if it 
> said in that policy we want this policy  announced on
> carts. I would get
> the 
> PSA made and played. Then let's say it said  if you
are
> unable to donate 3 
> hours or $25 you have to write to us, tell us why, 
and
> sign an affidavit
> to that 
> effect, right? Then the letters would come to me,  I
> would decide who 
> qualified under the policy you wrote, and put their
> name on  the voter
> lists."
> In closing I agree with Thomas Ruffin  regarding how
> the Chair, and the GM 
> reports are handled.
> LSB members please read, and make a copy of  this
> motion for the meeting 
> tonight.
> Ray Whitfield
> 
>
____________________________________________________________________________
> _
> 10/18/04
> Jim,
> I respectfully ask that my WAIVER IMPLEMENTATION
MOTION
> be added under new  
> business on the official agenda. I have followed the
> suggestion of many LSB
> 
> members and submitted the motion for all to review and
> respond to. I don't
> think 
>  it would be correct to have to struggle for a place
on
> the agenda once the
> 
> meeting has started.
> AGAIN I PLEAD WITH EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MY GOOD
FRIEND,
> AND CHAIRPERSON 
> JIM, 
> TO PUT SOME REALISTIC TIME FRAMES AROUND THE AGENDA
> ITEMS. TIME AND  
> EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN US THAT 1:30 MINUTES HAS NEVER
> BEEN ENOUGH TIME FOR
> THE LSB  TO 
> CONDUCT A MEETING. THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THAT:
THE
> TIME WE ALLOT FOR  
> ITEMS BEING ONLY ONE, BUT ALSO ONE THAT IS THE EASIEST
> TO FIX. 
>  I WILL COME TO THE MEETING WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
> IT WILL LAST  3hrs., 
> AND HOPE WE CAN FINISH EARLY AT 9:30
> Thanks for your consideration
> Ray Whitfield   
>  
>  
>  
> Resolution Authorizing  Waivers 
> 
> “WHEREAS a portion of the listenership of WPFW is
> unable to meet the 
> Bylaws 
> requirement to contribute $25 or to volunteer for
three
> hours,  and 
> In the spirit of the inclusiveness of all people,  
> THEREFORE the Local Station Board of WPFW moves that
> those listeners who  
> cannot meet the three-hour volunteer requirement and
> the $25 fee
> requirement but  
> who have shown a *sincere interest in  becoming a
> member shall be eligible 
> for a membership waiver”.  
> 10/13/04 
> Motion to Adopt Procedures for Considering and 
> Implementing Waivers 
> WHEREAS the above motion authorizing waivers has been
> adopted by the  Local 
> Station Board, and: 
> WHEREAS the waiver motion is in need of guidelines for
> implementation,  the 
> following Procedures for Considering and Implementing
> Waivers is submitted 
> for 
> adoption by the Local Station Board 
> 1.  The availability of  waivers must be publicized to
> all audiences, via 
> carts in circulation on the  station, mailings to
> members, or other means, 
> periodically throughout the  year. 
> 2.  *Sincere interest by an applicant shall  be
> demonstrated by the request 
> for an Application for Waiver of Membership 
> Requirements.   
> 3.  The Committee of  Inclusion shall develop a Waiver
> of Membership 
> Requirements application for  approval by the LSB at
> our next meeting in
> November 2004 
>  
> 4.  Said application shall  require applicant to
> provide current 
> communication information i.e., address,  telephone
> number, or other valid
> means of 
> contact, and a brief statement  describing why they
> wish to be a member of
> WPFW 
> 5.  Said application shall  require applicant to state
> briefly why s/he is 
> unable to pay the $25.00  membership fee. 
>     1.  Said application shall require applicant to 
> state briefly why s/he 
> is unable to volunteer three hours of time to WPFW in 
> lieu of the
> membership 
> fee.
> 7.  Said application shall be  signed and dated by the
> individual
> requesting 
> the waiver, underneath the  statement “I attest that
> all statements in
> this 
> application for waiver are  true.” 
> 8.  The  Committee of Inclusion of the Local Station
> Board shall be
> assigned 
> to review  the signatures, addresses, contact, and
> other pertinent
> information 
> for accuracy  and validity on all requests for
waiver. 
>  
> 9.  Waiver applications that  are reviewed and
accepted
> by the Committee of 
> Inclusion shall be presented to  the LSB for a
> Resolution of Approval. It
> is 
> expected that the LSB will accept  the recommendations
> of the COI providing 
> there are no irregularities 
> 10.  After a  Resolution of Approval from the LSB, a
> member of the
> Committee 
> of Inclusion  shall write, or otherwise communicate
> with the applicant, 
> informing them that  they have been given a waiver,
and
> the applicant shall
> be added 
> to the  membership database as a new member. Only
> applicants added to the 
> database by  the September 25th deadline will be able
> to vote in that year 
> election.   
> 
> Motion to Prevent Fraud in the Use of  Waivers 
> WHEREAS WPFW has instituted a waiver policy, and 
> WHEREAS there are currently charges of fraud and vote
> packing at several  
> radio stations, and  
> WHEREAS the existence of the waiver clause in the
> Bylaws opens a large 
> space 
> for conscious fraud, if a person or group of persons
> wanted to use it.  
> THEREFORE the LSB shall determine a waiver membership
> percentage that if  
> ever exceeded, or the number of waivers issued could
> affect the outcome of
> an  
> election, or a reasonable person might suspect fraud,
> the LSB shall
> temporarily  
> suspend the waiver policy and implement an audit
> procedure to ensure that  
> individuals requesting waivers really are entitled to
> them, and that the  
> availability of waivers is not being  abused.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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