As I explained to Lyn Gerry...if it were the "final four" candidates, I can see it being made public. By all rights, if they are in the "finals" for selection, they are obligated to let their employers know that they are in the running for a new job, and confidentiality is not an issue. _Prior_ to that point, and prior to the _choosing_ of those "final" candidates, the application and resume for each should be held as confidential...the simplest reason is that any announcement prior to that "final" point can jeopardize their present employment, whether or not they make it to the "final" point. The net result is that otherwise qualified people will now be hesitant to put their jobs on the line for only a _chance_ to be considered...and we won't get the best possible people to apply for the positions. There's more, such as this opening the door for familial or associative nepotism or "old boy" networking to fill in the vacuum from the lack of qualified candidates, but that's another issue entirely. And, there is also the likelihood that if this disclosure affects his _present_ employment in an adverse manner, then Pacifica becomes liable, since his resume was sent to Pacifica or their agents...and not to Lyn, Denis Moynihan, or an internet mailing list. This was a very, very bad move on our part. -- ====================================================================== Mark Hernandez markh@repairnet.com KFCF Volunteer | FFCF Member/Director | KPFA Volunteer/LAB Member ====================================================================== On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Evan Davis wrote: > I listened to that whole exchange and I gotta say Edwin was really off the >wall. > Not only did he refuse to listen to people's very calm and reasonable > explanations but he also spent his moment vilifying a number of key activists > rather than focusing on the facts that the Houston LAB was considering a > managerial candidate who thinks NPR programming is appropriate for Pacifica >and > who refers to the listeners as a "market". He also missed that there is a >member > of the LAB who thinks Aaron Glantz and Free Speech Radio News are conspiring >to > take over KPFT's non-existent news department. > On transparency versus privacy; > I suggested that there should be a web-site set up where all candidates >for > the GM position should post a statement similar to what is on their >applications > and that the listeners should be invited to review the statements and offer > feedback to the LAB. This would not be thoroughly "public" but would make the > process open to the listeners as it should be. > On NPR at Pacifica; > Most of us despise what NPR has become yet by some small margin we prefer >it > to the other networks and Faux News. The truth is that many affiliates also >carry > both Democracy Now and some NPR programming and would be hard pressed to drop > "Fresh Air" ( by the way; I loved the send-up of Terry Gross on the cartoon >strip > Dykes to Watch Out For). WMNF even carries D-Now, FSRN and PNN and NPR news >plus > Fresh Air. The question is crucial at KPFT largely because the discussion was > about adding NPR where it had never been before. Why fall in to that trap? I > don't fault the affiliates who already carry NPR. They're stuck for the >moment and > as NPR deteriorates and moves further to the ideological right / pentagon > spokesplatform, etc. those stations will find themselves having to dump out >posts > of well-boiled frogs and it will be costly At KPFT the suggestion of adding >NPR is > like presenting the station and its listeners with pot of water that's already > warm and saying " bring your frogs now, we're waiting. > Evan Davis > > Mark Hernandez wrote: > > > And so the virtual bloodbath begins... > > > > In the name of "democratization" and "transparency", many wrongs will > > be committed, all for the sake of making certain things happen to the > > benefit of a few, rather than to the whole. > > > > -- > > ====================================================================== > > Mark Hernandez markh@repairnet.com > > KFCF Volunteer | FFCF Member/Director | KPFA Volunteer/LAB Member > > ====================================================================== > > > > Edwin Johnston wrote: > > > > > > Tuesday, January 29, 2002 was a fateful day for KPFT. On that day the >Reign > > > of Terror began. > > > The whole thing started off when former KPFT general manager (GM) >candidate, > > > Hep Ingham, returned to his KPFT LAB duties to look over the applications > > > for the remaining GM candidates. But Hep wasn't interested in actually > > > looking them over. He immediately forwarded one of these highly >confidential > > > documents to his pal at the Pacifica Cramp-pain, Denis Moynihan, who > > > promptly put it up on the net, from what I hear. Then Lyn Gerry got a hold > > > of it and spread it around some more. Hep and Denis did their jobs well. >Now > > > it was up to Lyn to lend her reputation to the theft of these documents >from > > > the KPFT LAB, and claim some sort of sovereignty over all things Pacifica. > > > It was as if Lyn told everyone that she was now queen of KPFT and will > > > decide what is right for us. > > > But that was just the beginning. I went on the Radio4Houston.org webcast > > > Tuesday night and Jeff Blankfort brought up what Lyn had done. I said that > > > Lyn was preventing us here in Houston from exercising our right to > > > self-determination. Then the s*** began to fly at a hurricane rate. The >war > > > against those who saved KPFT was on. It came from various people on the >air > > > wanting to criticize the content of the documents, which they had no right > > > to see at all. And Lyn had heavily loaded her comments about the content >in > > > such a propagandistic fashion, that the other on air people were screaming > > > bloody murder about the content, or alleged content of the material. > > > When I began to lay out the reasons we in Houston had elected for a >certain > > > amount of confidentiality in the GM selection process, the very legitimacy > > > of the KPFT was called into question. I tried and tried to point out to > > > these people the errors they were making in what they were doing and what > > > they were standing for, but knew I'd never get anywhere with that crowd, >so > > > I hung up. > > > It just got worse from there. Scooter was ranting and raving on how he >will > > > continue to spy and undermine what the LAB is doing. GM candidates, Otis > > > Hardy Maclay and former KPFT engineer, Bob Chamm, abused the KPFT LAB >chair > > > and another LAB member in an attempt to alter the GM selection process in > > > their favor. Now, this Bob Chamm was the KPFT engineer when I was arrested > > > and he was the one responsible for the security camera videotapes, which > > > never showed up in my case. And Otis, as many of you know, had long called > > > Garland Ganter his friend. > > > As if that wasn't enough, Bob Buzzanco, who is the ringleader of this >bunch, > > > all told, got on the air to call for Dan Jones' removal from the LAB and >his > > > position as secretary there. And Buzzanco went to great lengths to create >an > > > impression that Dan Jones and myself had hijacked the local movement. This > > > relates to the coming purges by the Buzzanco cabal. > > > These people are trying to take power at KPFT, by hook or by crook. >They've > > > got their little followers like Sheila Harris and Shannon Smith and a few > > > supporters, but they ain't got much at all in the way of numbers, which > > > should bother them tremendously, but for some strange reason, doesn't. > > > They can't purge me because I already quit before the year ended. Dan >Jones > > > resigned very early on Wednesday from the KPFT LAB due to Buzzanco's >insane > > > quest for power and control. What the other Houston activists do will >likely > > > decide things. If they let themselves be snowballed by the Buzzanco Axis > > > Powers, then anyone who stands in their way will become a target for >abuse. > > > But if they see through it, if they recognize how little that tiny group >did > > > to help the movement to regain Pacifica and how they've been waiting in >the > > > wings all the while for the right time to strike to seize power, then >maybe > > > they can put a stop to it. > > > But if they don't stop Buzzanco, it spells doom for KPFT, to be sure. This > > > group will be equivalent to the French Committee for Public Safety, with > > > Buzzanco as their Robespierre. And just as in the French example, it won't > > > be long before Buzzanco's head is in the chopper as well and the > > > Thermidorian Reaction sets in, a period of intense instabilty and > > > corruption, followed by the rise of some sort of Napolean and the eventual > > > return to Ganterism. I give it less than five years before we are back to > > > where we started if Buzzanco succeeds. > > > I haven't been keeping this stuff from the Houston locals. All the while > > > I've been telling them about the threat that Buzzanco, Ingham and the rest > > > of the anti-democratic bunch posed to the reclamation of KPFT. Well, now >the > > > critical point is upon us. I hope that the hardworking KPFT activists are >up > > > to the challenge. And in regards to the national movement, just watch who > > > aligns where. We already know where Lyn Gerry stands -- knee deep in the > > > cesspool of Buzzancoism. > > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WBAIelections/members > > > Post to: WBAIelections@yahoogroups.com > > > Subscribe: WBAIelections-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > Unsubscribe: WBAIelections-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! 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