Yes, we believe it has been properly noticed: Cerene Roberts says a
lot of things (sigh). Believe me, we have had good legal counsel on
this.
I hope you, and other members, can come to the meeting tonight.The
voters voted LAST YEAR for new board members, and those refusing to
accept the results of the election are trying every trick they can:
I'm looking forward to a new board and a new direction for the
station, and evidently the listeners who voted want that, too: why
should people who refuse to give up power be allowed to hijack (to
coin a concept) the station again, and again? Enough, already.
Carolyn
At 1:02 PM -0500 4/9/08, Steffie Brooks wrote:
Dear Carolyn,
Has the meeting been properly noticed? Cerene Roberts claims that the
meeting is NOT properly noticed in an email to NewPacifica earlier
today.
If not, are there any accepted exceptions to (two-week?) notice being
given because of unforeseen circumstances, other exigencies, like the
ballots being held up and the count delayed.
It would be too bad for the delegates to lose their ability to elect
their PNB directors (or have it delayed) over a technicality. And I
expect a thorough knowledge of technicalities will be required from
here on out.
Steffie
NYC-WBAI listener
On 4/9/08, Carolyn Birden
<<mailto:cmcb007%40earthlink.net>cmcb007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear All,
As you know, there is an attempt to ignore the wishes of the WBAI
voters and keep the elected members of the WBAI LSB from electing
their representatives to the Pacifica National Board.
(When members meet to do this, they are meeting as your
representatives, as Delegates, not as members of the a local station
board: tricky but significant distinction.)
The JUC contingent, which will lose two seats to the national board,
is trying to keep the new elected representatives from being seated:
they delayed the lawsuit and now are trying to keep the Independent
candidates from going to the second quarterly meeting of the national
board. "Power concedes nothing without a struggle" was never more
true - the three JUC members of the PNB are not going to pay
attention to the will of the WBAI membership, but are going to try
every trick they can to keep the newly elected board members from
electing new directors to the PNB. Their fight, of course, will cost
the Foundation, and perhaps the station, more money in lawsuits.
And more time will be lost in fighting over power when the station
should be addressing its other major problems. It's sad to see
people unwilling to accept the results of an election, but now that
the results have been certified, the Delegates meeting will take
place and new members will go to the PNB meeting in Houston to be
seated, as required by the Bylaws.
If you cannot come to Houston to support your elected
representatives, please come to the meeting tonight to make sure the
election proceeds without rancor and in the spirit of the election,
that WBAI deserves a change in direction.
Carolyn
At 12:18 PM -0400 4/9/08, Carolyn Birden wrote to the Pacifica National
Board:
>Dear PNB Members,
>
>The WBAI Delegates will meet this evening to elect directors. Those
>elected will come to the Houston PNB meeting and request to be
>seated.
>
>I urge all PNB members to vote to seat them. Dan's ill-considered
>opinion should have no weight here -- as the Delegates are the duly
>elected representatives of the Membership and their rights to call
>meetings and elect directors cannot be blocked by the LSB, the PNB,
>or the corporate counsel.
>
>We have had enough of partisan gamesmanship. The business of
>Pacifica requires that we put that behind us. The WBAI Directors who
>will be elected this evening need to take their office immediately
>and begin their work to assist WBAI and Pacifica in solving its many
>problems.
> >
>Respectfully,
>
>Carolyn Birden