ENTIRE MEETINGS WBAI - 2011-03-09 LSB Meeting, Tape 1 of 2

TAPE 1

Capture Note:

There is a slight duplication around 1337 due to a break in capture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The easiest way to understand everything Justice and Unity does is to assume their goal is to destabilize the Foundation (The Pacifica Foundation, Inc., which includes five radio stations: KPFA in Berkeley, KPFK in Los Angeles, KPFT in Houston, Texas, WPFW in Washington, D.C., and WBAI in New York) to the point where one or more frequencies are sold off. This will give them the working capital to buy lower-cost stations where they can continue their repetitive, audience-free, Afrocentric programming as well as total control of everything that goes on in Pacifica for their own ends and ONLY for their own ends.

They claim that it is the Independents who want to destabilize the Foundation, who are neoliberals who want to make Pacifica into "NPR lite," and that we are not progressive people. All of which is impossible. Alex Steinberg considers himself a Communist (as do J&U's Vajra Kilgour, Sara Flounders, and many others), Mitchel Cohen calls himself a "Zen Marxist," and the rest are the most progressive people imaginable.

ABBREVIATIONS

Cast of Characters:

ASt Alex Steinberg
BL Bob Lederer
CB Carolyn Birden
JR James (Jamie) Ross
KD Kathy Davis
MC Mitchel Cohen
NB Nia Bediako
RM R. Paul Martin
SB Steve Brown

POI - Point of Information
POO - Point of Order
w/o - Without Objection

NFC - National Finance Committee

Time Signature:

4331 - 43 min 31 sec
10013 - 1 hr 0 min 13 sec

AGENDA (Before Amendments)

1) Approval of Agenda (20 min.)
2) Excused Absences (2 min.)
3) Approval of Minutes (10 min.)
4) Treasurer's Report (20 min.)
5) Management Search Committee and election to fill vacant Listener seat (15 min.)
6) Volunteer for the Membership, Outreach & Fundraising Committee (5 min.)
7) Public Comments (30 minutes)
8) Public meeting to adjourn no later than 9 pm

Meeting starts 0238 -

Present 4212 - 10 Independent, 6 JUC (Justice and Unity Coalition), 1 Nonaligned -

4) Treasurer's Report 4402 - Motions presented by Treasurer (R. Paul Martin, RM) 5105 -

1) No family member of management may have paid position as either paid staff or consultant - Note: The Local Station Board (LSB) has no direct power over the Station. This and all motion it makes are advisory only.

2) Each office and tower rental payment

3) Ask whether funds are involved in Conflict Resolution Committee

4) Action to recover unpaid pledges

5) Backlog of premiums and pledges

5830 - POI James Ross (JR) -

5830 - BL - Codicils by NFC (National Finance Committee) to BAI (WBAI) budget -

Alex Steinberg (ASt) - 10013 -

Category:

Comedy

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