--- In NewPacifica@y..., jim Dingeman <jimdingeman@y...> wrote: > Why don't you let the listeners decide...in all their > thousands and tens of thousands...involve them in the > debate over poistions and policies... That is exactly what needs to be done. WBAI has some very sensible listeners out there. As a listener, I wouldn't want it any other way. Yeah, you are > right...if the Stalinist element comes up with their > Politburo idea revamped...well this is a national > fight and I will be totally immersed and in it. Chainsaw firmly in hand, no doubt. > Love and kisses Hah! You imagine you could live to be so lucky? Vajra > > > > -- nuralanwar <nuralanwar@y...> wrote: > > Hmm, well, after a couple of readings I don't see > > any "process > > for screening" at all in the KPFA process on > > wbai.net. Maybe I'm > > missing something, I hope. True enough that PC > > standards of any > > kind are no guarantee that a person will be any damn > > good on a > > board -- I know some so-called progressives who talk > > the talk to > > perfection & go through community organizations like > > one-person > > chain-saw massacres. Having all your dogma down > > doesn't mean > > diddly. So I think that there should be some way of > > screening > > people based on bad previous performance, inasmuch > > as I do not > > believe that polite overlooking of one-person > > chain-saw massacres > > will serve us well. The trick is to come up with > > some objective > > criteria for determining who is at high risk for > > this ... or so > > they say. With any luck, we will arrive at something > > that you > > will really hate, Jim. Because then we might be able > > to get a > > really good board. > > Vajra > > > > > > --- In NewPacifica@y..., jim Dingeman > > <jimdingeman@y...> wrote: > > > The criterion set in thge KPFA process for > > screening > > > are pretty adequate. > > > Setting absurdly high PC standards for the > > candidate > > > pool is the same process that others might want > > to > > > substitute with some etraordinary method to > > appoint > > > self-selected by 20 people LAB appointed reps. > > > The key issue is that the listeners are excluded > > from > > > the give and take and repartee of debate and > > colliquoy > > > on air...they are presented with a carefully > > filtered > > > pool of Lab candiadtes that are not produced by > > some > > > democratically accessible debate process where > > ideasd > > > and positions are discussed and freely thouught > > about. > > > Jim > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > > > > > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > New Pacifica Working Group > > http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica > > 'Save Our Stations!' > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > NewPacifica-unsubscribe@e... > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/xYTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/