From can@scn.org Sun Jun 15 09:42:28 1997 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu (mx4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA62818 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:42:28 -0700 Received: from scn4.scn.org (scn4.scn.org [198.137.188.27]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.04) with ESMTP id JAA07353 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:42:26 -0700 Received: from scn.org (can@scn [198.137.188.24]) by scn4.scn.org (8.7.5/8.7.5.sun4) with ESMTP id JAA01568 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:37:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from can@localhost) by scn.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA14156; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:44:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:44:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706151644.JAA14156@scn.org> From: can@scn.org (Community Action Network) To: mediawatch@u.washington.edu Subject: fwd: Report on the Pacifica National Board Meeting-- Sat June 14 Reply-To: can@scn.org ================= Begin forwarded message ================= From: Lyn.Gerry@loop.com (unknown) Subject: Report on the Pacifica National Board Meeting-- Sat June 14 Date: Sun, 15 Jun CLOSED MEETINGS OPENED IN THE FACE OF PROTEST, KPFA NEWS BREAKS GAG RULE TO REPORT..AND MORE Its late but we wanted to give you a bit of news of the Pacifica National Board meeting today -- and encourage all who can get to Oakland tomorrow at 9 am to attend -- this is when the governance changes will be voted on. The Pacifica National Board announced at the last minute that the first two hours of the mornings finance committee meeting would be open to the public. All the spectator seats inside were filled with observers and audio and video recordings were made. June Makela, the chair of the finance committee stated recordings were prohibited but did not attempt to have tapers ejected. Meanwhile, others from the community were picketing outside. At 10:45 the Board announced it would conclude the remainder of the meeting of the finance committee in closed session. Several Take Back KPFA and PAC delegates were committed to not leaving their seats. Seeing this, the National BOard implemented an alternate plan and moved to the Marriott Hotels executive offices on the third floor, concluding the closed portion of the finance meeting with a security guard blocking the door. Therefore, the embarrassing situation of having peaceful members of the public arrested for trying to attend a meeting did not occur --- with one notable exception. Pat Scott personally ordered hotel security to throw Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs out of the hotel. Following the adjournment of the open portion of the morning meeting, Keith was questioning Burt Glass, author of the "cheat sheet" regarding his Justice department connection. Keith said, Pat Scott saw him in debate with Burt Glass and turned to the hotel security guard and told him to "remove this man from the building" .....guards attempted to eject Keith, more on this in a future message. Also, a group questioned Pacifica Board Chair Jack O'Dell regarding various issues such as ckosed meetings, the availability of minutes of the previous board meeting, governance changes and other topics. These interviews were taped -- we'll be bringing you highlights later. The demo was well attended and reporters from the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Berkeley Voice and the KPFA News were present ....thsat's right, the KPFA news. KPFA's 6 o'clock news aired a fabulous story on the protest. What made it so wonderful was they covered it like they would any other demo, presentingboth sides of the issue. The report explained our reasons for protesting and specifically mentioned the gag rule, the mainstreaming of programming, the lack of democracy, centralization of control by The Pacifica National management, union-busting, and the betrayal of Pacifica's mission and tradition as free-speech community radio. Protestors were interviewed, as was Pat Scott. The News crew may face retalitory action for their reportage and it is vital that we support them -- we must not permit these courageous and principled folks to swing in the wind. Copies of the proposed democratic by-laws drafted by the Pacifica Accountability Committee in Los Angeles were distributed to the Board during the governance sub-committee meeting. Last week, both the Berkeley and Los Angeles local boards voted to reject the governance changes the Scott regime is trying to implement which would make local representatives to the Board a permanent voting minority. Tomorrow, a statement regarding their rejection of the governance changes by KPFA's local board will be presented, as will a statement from our comrades in New York, Save Our Station. The governance vote is at 9am , Sunday June 15, and the public comment period will follow later in the morning. We urge all who can to attend. It is expected that National Board members will defy the wishes of the local boards and the public and pass the changes anyway. This power grab by the Scott regime is unacceptable and those who participate in this heist of Pacifica Radio must be held accountable for their actions. At a time when Pacifica should be moving toward democratization, in order that Pacifica remain in the forefront of the movement for free speech and free access for people to the airwaves , these self-appointed "leaders" are attempting to completely disempower the communities that built Pacifica Radio. Lyn Broadway and 11th street in downtown Oakland. http://www.radio4all.org/ http://www.radio4all.org/freepacifica -Food Not Bombs List fnb-l@tao.ca -distributing food in opposition to violence -archive: http://www.tao.ca/wind/fnb/ -active cities: http://webcom.com/peace -send '(un)subscribe fnb-l' to majordomo@tao.ca .