The next Local Station Board meeting
is Saturday February 13th,
11am-4pm
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901
Hearst Ave (at MLK)
Look
for the draft agenda before the meeting, at
http://lsb.kpfa.org/record
At this 3d meeting of the new
board committee assignments will be made,
including the Program Committee,, which hopefully will begin to reactivate
the Program Council.
Also,
the Concerned Listeners will continue to attempt to have a new election
of LSB officers,
since they avoided the first meeting where this was done,
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Public
comment begins early in the meeting.
Public
commenters are usually given either 2 or 3 minutes.
Please
come and express your opinion!
Or come any time during the meeting
.
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Audio
from the meeting of January 11 at Humanist Hall:
The
public part of the meeting was an hour and a half or so and can be
heard at
http://kpftx.org/archives/lsb/alsb/100110/kpfalsb100111a.mp3
or http://pacificana.org/public/files/KPFA/Media/2010/20100111-1903-KpfaLSB.mp3
the next
KPFA Community
Advisory Board
Saturday,
February 6, 2010 - 11:00am -1:00pm
It meets at KPFA, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr.Way
The meeting is also open to the public
& is wheel chair accessible.
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The CAB is a a body mandated for public radio stations to provide
input
to help them provide programming which fills community needs.
This is a new feature at KPFA & well
worth checking out
.
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the Local Station Board's Report
to the Listener takes place
usually the last Monday of each month on air
at 1:00 or 2:00 pm.
The last was Monday January
25th at 1 pm
Sasha
Futran hosted new Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt
and took call-in
Hear the archived audio at http://kpfa.org/archive/id/58085
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.
The previous LSB Report to the
Listener was
Monday (Labor Day) September 7 at 2:00-3:00
pm.
Chandra Hauptman & Sureya Sayadi of the LSB
hosted Pacifica interim Executive Director Grace Aaron
& National Election Supervisor Les Radke.
They *
gave a report back from the LSB meeting
* Had a discussion on the recently approved
KPFA budget and
Pacifica financial issues
* And discussed the KPFA elections, including
timeline, candidate
events and what to do if you don't receive a ballot.
* There were listener call ins
Hear it archived at http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54356
(until 9/21)
These programs are
not usually publicized in advance
There is an archive of past programs at:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=112
The Management Report to
the Listener
was also on air once a month,
however, they have
been removed from the Archives, and day is not given
- just the time of 2:00.
The
latest program was Tuesday December 15, 11:00
am
archived at http://kpfa.org/programs/specialbroadcasts
It was barely announced in advance, and not noted on
the archive page for that date
If
you think listeners should have better access to information
about their station's
governance than once a month programs often
skipped and not at prime times,
send your comments & suggestions to:
KPFA feedback form
at: http://kpfa.org/contactus/
LSB feedback form at: http://lsb.kpfa.org/feedback
is no longer there, email instead:kpfalsb-public@yahoogroups.com
<--PR's feedback form at the Become
a Supporter page or
contact@peoplesradio.net
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Les Radke
and Renee Asteria
are the National & Local Election Supervisors
who ran the last LSB election so well
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This exhibit is continuing until February
5th
and is well worth seeing;
there are many affordable historic items for purchase.
The
special event was a great rededication to true community progressive
radio!
'TAKING
BACK KPFA - IMAGES FROM 1999'
EXPRESSIONS GALLERY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24th, from 2-5 pm
-- a special event for KPFA only --
(This
was a great chance to network with us/we who were there
in 1999-2000 ! )
The exhibit ‘Taking Back KPFA Images from 1999', currently on view
at the Expressions Gallery until February 5, 2010, is a significant
exhibit of art, prints, photos, original posters,
t-shirts, mugs and other memorabilia from 1999, commemorating
the successful and historical resistance, by the staff and listener
community, to the lockout at KPFA and the struggle to save the Pacifica
Network. This battle saved KPFA and Pacifica and expanded the meaning
of free speech community radio.
On Sunday, January 24, 2010, from 2:00- 5:00 pm, there will be a special
event for the KPFA community. You will have the opportunity
to view, purchase, and bid on items on display from 1999, commemorating
the 10th anniversary of the struggle, which took place in the station, on
the streets, at the board meetings, in the legislature,
and in the courts.
There will be silent auctions, with part
of the proceeds donated to KPFA; refreshments,
and short presentations from Barbara Lubin,
Carol Spooner and Dennis Bernstein.
The
KPFA exhibit is part of a larger show titled ‘Past, Present,
and Future’. The gallery is contributing
10% to KPFA of all sold art work, by the 30 other artists included
in the show.
Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Ave. @ Adeline, Berkeley
(1/4 block from the Ashby BART)
Gallery hours:
Wed-Sat noon – 5:00 pm, Sun noon - 3:00 pm
Site is wheelchair accessible * http://expressionsgallery.org
* 510.644.4930
-- Chandra Hauptman
I
will post a link to the video of this event when available.
Meantime, check this site for more information on this:
http://www.laborvideo.org
http://www.indybay.org
, Media page
Solidarity
Meeting
Defend
Labor Rights At KPFA
Stop
Union Busting
Defend
Flashpoints Staff
Activist Programming Threatened!
February
3, 2010 Wed 7:00 PM
522 Valencia St./16th St. San Francisco,
CA
KPFA management has flagrantly violated the CWA 9415
union contract at radio station
KPFA by cutting the hours
of Flashpoints staff without regard to the union contract. Nora
Barrows-Friedman had her
hours cut 50% despite the fact that she has more seniority than
many other employees. In
fact Assistant Manager Amelia Gonzalez admitted that they had
ignored the contract in layoffs
and were consulting the union after the fact. Is this how
management operates at KPFA?
Panelists will also discuss how KPFA and Pacifica can again become
an activist news and
information portal for the
community in these critical times.
Initial
Speakers:
Jack Heyman, ILWU
Local 10
Riva Enteen, Past
Chair KPFA Local Station Board
JR Valrey, JR Block Report On Flashpoints,
Journalist SF Bay View
Ann Garrison, Independent
Journalist/Peace and Social Justice Activist
Dennis Bernstein, Producer
KPFA Flashpoints
Solidarity Music By
“The Funky Nixons”
and others
Endorsed
by
Labor Video Project www.laborvideo.org laborvideo.blip.tv
Peace and Freedom Party San Francisco
For Information call (415)282-1908
KPFA Flashpoints Producers Speak-Out
to Protest Attacks On Show 12/17/2009
http://blip.tv/file/2989813
Petition To Stop Union Busting
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635850.php?show_comments=1#18635907
The Pacifica National
Board meeting of 1/29-31
is over. You can listen to it on http://kpftx.org
as archives on that site; as archives you can browse
through the sessions.
Here is an agenda (partly amended) to guide your listening:
January 2010 PNB Meeting Washington
DC
Pacifica National Board – In Person Regular
Meeting
Friday, Saturday and Sunday January 29, 30 & 31, 2010
Listen Live at:
http://kpftx.org/pls/kpftx6280.pls
The direct link is http://kpftx.org:6280
Also at http://audioport.org:8000/pnb
The Open Session Friday January 29, 2010 starts at 5 pm Eastern Time
(4 pn Central Time, 2pm Pacific Time).
The Open meeting on Saturday will start at approximately 9 AM and
on Sunday it will start at approximately 11 AM Eastern Time.
There will be 1 hour lunch and dinner breaks at 1 pm and 6 pm on Saturday,
and 1 pm on Sunday, (unless otherwise decided.)
AGENDA
Friday, January 29 5pm ET
I. Call to Order and Opening Business.
a. Roll Call / Establish Quorum. Establish
time keeper. (2 Min.)
Box Legend Attendance: X Present; Ab Absent; Exc Excused
Absence; AL Present-Arrived Late.
KPFA - Berk., Ca.:
Shahram Aghamir, Tracy Rosenberg, Andrea Turner, Joseph Wanzala
KPFK - L.A., Ca.:
Summer Reese, Shawn O'Brian, Leslie Radford, Ricco Ross
KPFT - Houston, Tx.:
George Reiter, Richard Uzzell, Alberto Luera, Bill Crosier
WBAI - N.Y., N.Y.:
Nia Bediako, Alex Steinberg, Kathy Davis, Jennifer Jaeger
WPFW - Wash. D.C.:
Alonzo Brown, Kimory Orendoff, Marcel Reid, Campbell Johnson
AFFILIATES:
Jim Bennett, Efia Nwangaza
STAFF & COUNSEL: (non-voting)
Arlene Engelhardt, ED
LaVarn Williams, CFO
Ricardo De Anda, Gen. Counsel
Ahmad Anderson, iHR Director
b. Election of Chair
Pro Tem - George Reiter
c. Election of Officers - to
Saturday Chair - Geo.Reiter, Vice Chair - Joe Wanzala,
Secretary - Efia Nwangaza,
Recording Sect'y - Richard Uzell
d. Agenda Approval (3
Min)
additions: Motion
- alphabetical seating
Motion - meeting procedure,
disruptions
Motion - conflict of interest
e. Minutes (5 Min)
II. Acknowledgements (5 Min.)
III. Executive Director Report (20 Min.)
IV. CFO Report (15 Min.)
V. 8.30 PM ET Time Certain - Public Comments (30
Min.)
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Open Session begins at 9:00 AM ET
VI. PNB Committee Elections
VII. Written Reports from: the Interim HR Director Ahmad Anderson,
Affiliates Director Ursula Rudenberg, and Technical Director Jon Almeleh
(25 Min.)
VIII. Report from Pacifica Archives Director Brian
Deshazor
(30 Minutes)
IX. Report from Grigsby Hubbard, WPFW interim GM
(1 hour)
X. Written Reports from our other General Managers
(30 Min.)
Time certain - Officer elections right after Lunch
Election of Officers -
Chair - Geo.Reiter, Vice Chair - Joe Wanzala,
Secretary - Efia Nwangaza, Recording Sect'y - Richard Uzell
XI. 3:00 PM ET Time Certain - Public Comment
(30 Min.)
XII. Committees and Working Groups Reports and Motions:
ACTIONS/REPORTS:
Governance Committee (40 Min.)
Coordinating Committee (5 Min.)
Finance Committee (30 Min.)
(a) Review of First Quarter Financials
Personnel Committee (2 Min.)
Affiliates Task Force (2 Min.)
Archives Task Force (5 Min.)
Audit Committee (10 Min.)
Programming Committee (5 Min.)
Election Committee (40 Min.)
Committee on Racism, Sexism and Other Forms of
Discrimination (5 Min.)
Strategic Planning Task Force (5 Min.)
A. Governance Committee Motions:-
Motion on Recalcitrant LSBs from the Governance Committee
(followed
by substitute motions put forward by Leslie Radford and Susan Young)
Motion: (George Reiter) "At the request of the Chair of the PNB,
and upon presentation of
specific policies or directives that the chair declares an LSB is
refusing to follow, the PNB,
after hearing from thedirectors of a station that is said to be refusing
to implement PNB
policy or directives, shall be entitled, by a majority vote of the
remaining directors, to deny
voting rights to the directors from that station until such time as
the policy or directives are
followed.
These voting rights shall be reinstated upon certification by the
chair that the policies or
directives are being followed, or by a vote of the PNB when presented
with a request from
the affected LSB to do so, stating that they are now in compliance.
Such vote shall be taken
as a first order of business in any meeting to which the request is
made."
(Passed without objection)
I believe I will add: "and declaration by the Chair that reasonable
attempts to obtain compliance
have failed", after "follow," in the third line, before
I introduce it.
--George
"In the instance that an LSB does not undertake an action mandated
by the PNB, the PNB may
undertake the following progressive steps to resolution:
1) The PNB should form a committee to investigate the
situation, and if the situation is found to be
that the LSB is operating
outside of the Mission and Bylaws of Pacifica, the PNB may issue
a
letter to the LSB requesting
compliance, with a reasonable deadline, which may be
the same as the deadline
attached to the action, if desired.
2) If the LSB does not meet that deadline, the PNB may
authorize tha LSB's director delegation to
mediate any impediments to reaching
compliance, and the PNB may impose a deadline to
complete the mediation if desired.
3) If the mediation is unsuccessful, the directors from
the noncompliant LSB may be authorized to
complete the PNB directive on
behalf of their LSB to bring about compliance."
--Leslie Radford
MOTION: Non-recognition of a Local Station Board.
The Pacifica National Board may pass a resolution of non-recognition
declaring a Local Station Board to not be a part of Pacifica Foundation's
governance and its acts to be void, including the
election of Directors that may occur at the time of this finding,
and
denying to that Local Station Board the use of Pacifica resources
and
access to Pacifica private information.
A determination of non-recognition can only be made by:
(A) 55% vote of all Directors;
(B) a written finding that the seating of Delegates to that station
board is not proper;
and (C) following written notice of this finding to Local Station
Board members
whose seating is deemed valid by the Pacifica National Board and a
fifteen-day
opportunity to cure the improper seating.
The non-recognition will be terminated upon the vote of 55% of Directors
that the proper seating has been accomplished.
Comments: This is my effort to
wrap a resolution around Ricardo's
musings. I have also suggested
written grounds, procedure and vote
(55% to declare or release the
declaration of non-recognition) . Note
that Directors are not seated
when they are the subject of the
resolution of non-recognition
but are not removed pursuant to this
non-recognition resolution subsequent
to their valid seating (except
as provided in the bylaws).
Community Advisory Boards
The Pacifica Foundation is a current Corporation for Public Broadcasting
grantee.
The Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 396, et seq., dictates requirements
for
Community Advisory Boards ("CABs") for Public Broadcasting
grantees
(see http://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/cert3.html
and http://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/cpb_certification_req.pdf
for a more
detailed discussion). "Each station is encouraged to fashion
its own maximum
involvement of the community beyond the minimum requirements. It is
the CPB's
position that only through enthusiastic and vigorous efforts can the
intent of the
Congress, as reflected in the law, be fully realized."
Resolution re Pacifica Community Advisory Boards: -
Be it resolved that the LSB's as committees of the Pacifica
National Board
shall form Community Advisory Boards ("CABs") pursuant to
this resolution.
LSBs should consult the CPB guidelines for further guidance on related
matters not directly
addressed in this resolution:
The station management shall produce a document stating programming
goals for the station and submit it to the CAB for review no later
than May of each year. The CAB shall also conduct a community needs
assessment ("CNA").
The CAB will prepare a report, based on the CNA, advising the
governing body of the station on whether the programming and other
policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and
cultural needs of the communities served by the station and whether
the station is meeting its programming goals. This report and the
CNA shall be presented to the LSB no later than October of each year.
The LSB and CAB should coordinate their schedules to ensure that the
CAB members, or designated representatives from that body, may
present this report to the LSB, and discuss its findings, during a
regularly scheduled or special meeting of the LSB.
Each LSB may delegate other responsibilities to the advisory board
to
assist the governing board or station personnel. However, the law
states: "In no case shall the [community advisory board] have
any
authority to exercise any control over the daily management or
operation of the station."
General Managers, as non-voting members of the LSBs, may work with
the LSBs on the implementation of this resolution. In addition, the
General Manager will act as the liason between the CAB and the
station and will make available such resources to the CAB as are
reasonably necessary in order for the CAB to carry out its duties.
All compliance documentation submitted to the CPB shall be made
available for inspection at each station and at the Pacifica national
office. The CAB's schedule of meetings, meeting minutes, and the
names and short biographies of the CAB members shall be posted on
the
station website.
The CAB of each station shall comprise minimum of 4 members and a
maximum of 24 members. Nominations to the CAB are invited from
community groups, educational and cultural institutions, past and
present CAB
members, LSBs and individual candidates.
Individuals may also self-nominate.
The LSB makes its appointments to the CAB from the group of nominees
using the single transferable vote ("STV") preferential
voting system, for a term of three years.
CAB members may serve no more than two (2) consecutive three-year
terms.
CAB members need not be members of the Pacifica Foundation.
LSB members may not serve on the CAB.
This policy will go into effect in February 2010 and the LSB's shall
ensure that new CABs are in place by May of 2010 All current CAB
members may remain on the board while new members are added under
this new Pacifica policy. Current CAB members shall be subject to
the
same term limit restrictions as new members. Stations are encouraged
to develop materials on their websites to educate community members
about the purpose and role of the CABs. See for example:
http://kpft.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/kpft-wants-members-of-cab-pc-huh/
(see http://www.wgbh.org/about/cab_factsheet.cfm for CAB nomination
form exemplar)
Motion: National Events and Outreach
I propose that we put in place the means of moving quickly to
broadcast network wide progressive events of national interest, such
as the rally for single payer health care in DC last July, and the
national protests of the war in Afghanistan that is coming up in
March. I am thinking of live broadcasts, simultaneously on all five
stations and as many affiliates as are willing to carry them. Perhaps
two hours in duration, live speeches, commentary and background.
These events typically involve at least several progressive
organizations, who can be asked and expected to promote the
broadcasts to their membership, many of whom will not have heard of
Pacifica. The signals on the affiliates will also bring an awareness
of Pacifica to audiences we can't reach otherwise who can access our
regular programming on the internet if they choose. The location
could be anywhere we have the facilities to broadcast from, but I
would expect DC to be a primary source, and we should put the
resources in there to make this routinely possible . George Reiter
Motion on Funding Disclosure Passed
5-4 no abstentions.
All programmers, program providers, collectives, and/or independent
production companies who have a program at any station of the Pacifica
Network and which receive outside (i.e. non-Pacifica) funding from
any
source in excess of $5000 per year for the production of their program
will be asked to disclose to the GM of their respective station the
source of that funding, the amounts of money received or promised,
and any contractual or grant agreements related to that funding for
that current year.
The GM shall forthwith report that information to the Pacifica Executive
Director who shall hold such information in trust as a public record.
Any programmer, program provider, program collective and/or independent
production company whose program is syndicated or shared by more than
one Pacifica station and who receives outside funding from any source
in
excess of $5000 per year for the production of their program will
be asked to
disclose to the Pacifica ED the source of that funding, the amounts
of
money received or promised and any contractual or grant agreements
related to that funding for that current year. The ED shall hold that
information in trust as a public record.
In the case of a programmer whose outside funding is in excess of
$25,000 for the current year, such disclosure should be for a period
of
not less than three years prior to the date of the passage of this
motion by the Pacifica National Board, provided they have been a
programmer or program provider for that period.
Any waiver to this requirement must have the written consent of the
GM
of the respective station, and the ratification of that consent by
the
respective LSB, such as in the case of a purchased or syndicated program
where compliance is not practical, or the written consent of the ED
and
the ratification of that consent by the PNB when appropriate in the
case
of a program aired on more than one Pacifica station.
Closed Session begins at 7 pm ET (tentative)
Closed Session to discuss confidential legal and personnel matters.
Sunday, January 31, 2009
Closed Session begins at 9:00 AM ET
XIII. Other confidential legal and personnel matters.
XIV. Confidential Report by Auditor Tony Pohl (10.00 AM time certain)
Open Session begins at 11:00 AM ET
Non-confidential portion of Report by Auditor Tony Pohl
(11.00 AM time certain)
Public Comment 12:00-12:30 time certain
XV. Unfinished Business:
Motion by Ross (on behalf of KPFK LSB) to ensure the collaborative
processes enshrined in National Programming Policy passed
by the KPFK
Local Station Board without objection: We urge the PNB to ensure
compliance with the letter and spirit of the collaborative process
between governance and management throughout the network 'in the
development of any new regular program or long-term series that is
produced nationally;" and further, which mandates that nay such
proposals "shall be brought to the PNB Programming Committee
for
review to assure that both network and local needs are met."
(5 Min.)
Motion by Radford (on behalf of KPFK LSB)
to initiate discussion on
re-structuring and the recruitment and training of volunteer
programmers passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without
objection
4/21/09: In light of the current financial crisis and the Pacifica
networks' identify as community radio, and to conform specifically
with Article 5.0 (New Voices) of the National Program Policy adopted
in 2006, the KPFK LSB submits the following motion to the PNB: In
accordance with Article 5.0 of the National Program Policy, which
calls on stations to train current a new volunteers in order to bring
new voices to the air, every station shall initiate discussions
regarding the role of paid producers and volunteer staff and initiate
programs to recruit and train community volunteer programmers.
(5 Min.)
The following
substitute wording was agreed on by the KPFK LSB:
Tha working
groups be created at every station to initiate discussions on
re-structuring,
especially the role of paid producers and volunteer staff and
to initiate
training for programming by communi volunteers.
Passed by KPFK
LSB 9-19-09 8-7-?
Motion by Wanzala: Resolved that LSBs, GMs
and PDs present the
reports requested in the motion passed by the PNB on April 27, 2009
regarding the bylaws provision of collaborative programming decision
making no later than August 30, 2009.
(5 Min.)
Motion by Radford: I would like to request 50 minutes
on the agenda
for this and subsequent in-person meetings and the 25 minutes on the
agenda of one meeting of the PNB per month for reports from
five
committees we never formally hear from: the Local Station Boards.
Until the financial crunch, the PNB brought all the LSB
Chairs and
station managers to the in-person meetings. Since we stopped that
practice, we only hear from the LSBs through their directors when
there is a crisis. At our LSB meetings, the directors routinely
report back, and maybe that is happening at other stations. But there
is no open and regular conduit for communication from the LSBs to
the
PNB. I think we should honor the work of the LSBs with time to
receive and acknowledge their labor and ideas for Pacifica.
XVI. New Business
Create a Committee for Conflict Resolution within the PNB
- RiccoRoss (10 Min.)
XVII. Adjournment 2.00 PM
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See the Election
2009 page
for results of the November election
Audios of all
candidate on
air forums archived
here
Complete list of candidate in person forums
is
down here
a
few available on audio, below the poster
CANDIDATES'
SLATE AFFILIATIONS DOWN
HERE
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2009
Candidates'
slate affiliations (alphabetical order by first name)
* =
elected alt
= alternate
Adam Hudson
Independents for Community Radio (ICR)
*Akio Tanaka
ICR
*Andrea Pritchett
ICR
*Andrea Turner
Concerned
Listeners (CL)
Ann Hallatt
ICR
*Banafsheh Akhlaghi ICR
*Conn Hallinan
CL
*Dan Siegel
CL
alt 4 Donald Goldmacher
CL
[Evelyn Sanchez
ICR] [disqualified]
Gerald Sanders
People's Radio (PR)
*Henry Norr
ICR
Jack Kurzweil
CL
Jaime Cader
Voices for Justice Radio (VFJ)
Jim Curtis
PR
Jim Weber
unaligned
alt
1John Van Eyck
CL
Judith Gips
unaligned
Lara Kiswani
ICR
Mark Hernandez
CL
[Mary Prophet ICR]
[withdrew]
Mike Smith
CL
*Pamela Drake
CL
alt 3
Rahman Jamaal McCreadie ICR
alt
2 Richard Phelps
PR
*Sasha Futran
ICR
Shara Esbenshade
ICR
Stan Woods
PR
Steve Zeltzer
VFJ
Virginia Rodriguez
CL
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2009 Latest
on air forums - 3d series !
For a complete schedule with archived audios
of all
see below
Third
series of on air forums: Week
of October 5th - 10th
M - F evenings from
7 - 8 pm + Saturday am 9-10
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On Air Forums are a good way to learn about the candidates.
They
answer important questions & dialog so you can compare them.
For their slate affiliations, see the alphabetical list above
3d ON-AIR
FORUM (over 1 week)
listen on the archives::
Monday October 5th 7-8pm
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/55074
Jim Weber, Ann Hallatt, Stan Woods, Pamela Drake, Jaime Cader
Tuesday October 6th 7-8pm
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/55102
Virginia Rodriguez, Henry Norr, Akio Tanaka
Wednesday October 7th 7-8pm http://kpfa.org/archive/id/55141
Lara Kiswani, Sasha Futran, Gerald Sanders
Thursday October 8th 7-8pm
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/55169
Steve Zeltzer, Mark Hernandez, Richard Phelps, Shara Esbenshade,
Adam Hudson
Candidate order for dates not
yet archived.is tentative
Friday October 9th 7-8pm
n/a - KPFA archives were down
Jack Kurzweil, John Van Eyck, Judith Gips, Dan Siegel, Andrea
Pritchett
Saturday October 10th in the morning, 9-10am
n/a - KPFA archives
were down
Andrea Turner, Rahman Jamaal McCreadie, Jim Curtis, Conn
Hallinan
[Don Goldmacher?, Mike Smith?, Banafsheh Akhlaghi?]
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2nd
series of ON AIR Candidate FORUMS
Sunday
September 20th, 6:30 - 9:3o pm
& Sunday September 27th, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
BROADCAST
LIVE ON KPFA (94.1 fm) - each hour 4 or 5 candidates
discussed important
questions and listener called in questions were addressed.
Listen:
archived at the links below-
2
sets: One set at KPFA archives, by the hour (one exception)
- see with listings below
Or go to KPFA.org , click Election bar,
to go to http://kpfaelection2009.net
This
site has audios by the 1/2 hour, & lists the procedures &
some of the questions asked
2nd
ON-AIR FORUM (over 2 Sundays)
Sunday September 20th
Hear
on the KPFA archives:
6:30-7:30pm
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54731
Akio Tanaka, Jim Weber, Stan Woods, Steve Zeltzer
7:30-8:30pm http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54732
Judith Gips, Dan Siegel, Rahman Jamaal
McCreadie, Jaime Cader
8:30-9:30pm 1st
half
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54732
2nd
half http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54733
Jim Curtis, John Van Eyck, Ann Hallatt, Henry Norr
Sunday September 27th
6:30-7:30pm
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54915
Shara Esbenshade, Conn Hallinan, Sasha Futran, Virginia Rodriguez
7:30-8:30pm http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54916
Donald Goldmacher, Adam Hudson, Gerald Sanders
8:30-9:30pm http://kpfa.org/archive/id/54917
Pamela Drake, Richard
Phelps, Andrea Prichett, Jack Kurzweil
Did not participate either day: Banafsheh
Akhlaghi, Lara Kiswani, Mark Hernandez, Mike Smith, Andrea Turner
[dropped out: Evelyn Sanchez]
LISTENER
CANDIDATES' ON AIR FORUM of 8/22
If
you couldn't listen live or want to review it, you can hear these
sessions now at
August 22nd KPFA
Local Station Board Election First Candidate Forum 2009 - or
at links below
12-1
pm
Dan
Siegel CL (Concerned Listeners)
Mark Hernandez CL
Richard Phelps PR (People's Radio)
Akio Tanaka ICR (Independents for Community
Radio Radio)
[Banafshed Akhlaghi ICR] not
present
moderator:
Renee Asteria Listen
to hour 1
1-2
pm
Shara Esbenshade ICR
Rahman Jamal McCreadie ICR
Stan Woods PR
Donald Goldmacher CL
[Jack Kurzweil CL] 4-5 pm
moderator: Kris Welsh Listen
to hour 2
2-3
pm
Jim
Curtis PR
Sasha Futran ICR
Con Hallinan CL
John Van Eyck CL
[Mary Prophet ICR] withdrew
moderator:
Joy Moore
Listen
to hour 3
3-4
pm
Annie
Hallatt unaligned?
Mike Smith CL
Jim Weber unaligned
Gerald Sanders PR
Judith Gips unaligned
moderator:
Joy Moore
Listen
to hour 4
4-5
pm
Jack Kurzweil CL
Andrea Turner CL
Jaime Cader VFJ (Voices for Justice)
Henry Norr ICR
[Lara Kiswani ICR]
did not appear
[Evelyn Sanchez
ICR] did not appear
moderator:
Gregg McVicar Listen
to hour 5
5-6
pm
Andrea Prichet
ICR
Adam Hudson ICR
Pamela Drake CL
Virginia Rodriguez CL
Steve Zeltzer VFJ
moderator: Gregg McVicar
Listen
to hour 6
*****************
See
this list of in person candidate events at
http://www.myspace.com/kpfaelection2009
New
forum added! Monday
September 21, 7 - 9 pm
Palo
Alto Unitarian Church 505
East Charleston Road
Events cancelled: Thursday
September 24 at LaPena
Wednesday
September 30
at the Richmond Library 
Audio
archives available for some in-person forums:
THESE
SECTIONS NOT YET EDITED
Links to audios at http://kpfaelection2009.blogspot.com
These
will be soon indexed by topic covered and participant. If you would
like to help with this process write to election@kpfa.org.
September
14th, LSB Candidate Forum in San Rafael
hosted by the Marin Peace & Justice Coalition
THIS
SECTION NOT YET EDITED See http://kpfaelection2009.blogspot.com
for audio links
The
Marin Peace and Justice Coalition (http://www.mpjc.org/) graciously
hosted a forum in combination with their regular meeting
and a delicious potluck.
After
coming to a consensus, questions were taken from the public and the
election supervisor selected at random 5 names
12 candidates present.
The audio archive:
Click here for the Candidate Opening Statements
Click here for Question 1 Click here for Question 2
Click here for Intermission with MPJC Announcements
Click here for Question 3 Click here for
Question 4 Click here for Question 5 Click
here for Question 6
September 13th, LSB Summit
at the Women's Building in San Francisco
THIS SECTION NOT YET EDITED
See http://kpfaelection2009.blogspot.com/
for audio links
The intention of this meeting was to stimulate an interactive discussion
between LSB candidates, LSB delegates and the general public with
respect to the roles & responsibilities of the LSB as defined
by the Pacifica Bylaws.
The audio archive:.
Introductions. Both LSB candidates and LSB delegates
present themselves and describe the legacy they intend to leave behind
while serving on the LSB
Click here for the Introduction Section
Q&A
The election supervisor allowed a flexible format, only
serving to keep time and stop the discussion if it got out of hand.
Each question (from the public or between LSB members, either candidates
or delegates) was given a maximum of 10 minutes.
The order of answers, comments or follow-up was controlled by LSB
candidates and LSB delegates.
Click here for Q1 Click here for Q2 Click
here for Q3 Click here for Q4 Click here for
Q5
Click here for Q6 Click here for Q7 Click
here for Q8,9
Click here for Closing Section
*******************************
2009
Candidate Forums
at
Berkeley Community Media
cable TV Channel
28
2
sessions: Tuesday
September 8th
&
Tuesday
September 15th
5:00
-7:00 pm
Cable show video forum hosted by
KPFA
2239
Martin Luther King Way
south
of University Avenue, Berkeley
These events will not be broadcast but
taped for future use
The
candidates will answer prearranged question
An
audience of up to 20 may have time to ask their own question
***********************
Each group of candidates will be asked to address one
of these 3 tasks:
1
- Consider and Approve a Programming Policy: to achieve a fair and
collaborative
method of assessing and developing Programming in
response to
Community Needs, and consider procedures for introducing
rescheduling,
and terminating programs.
2
- Create an Outreach Strategy:
to
actively reach out to underrepresented communities to help the
station
serve a diversity of all races, creeds, colors and nations,
classes,
genders and sexual orientations, and ages and to help build
collaborative
relations with organizations working for similar purposes.
3
- Develop standards of performance and criteria for guidance and
evaluation of
Management
BCM
Forum 1 – Sept. 8
Working Group 1 – Problem 1
Virginia Rodriguez CL
Adam Hudson ICR
Jim Curtis PR
Andrea Pritchett ICR
Mike Smith CL
Working Group 2 – Problem 2
Judith Gips unaligned
Donald Goldmacher CL
Richard Phelps PR
Akio Tanaka ICR
Mark Hernandez CL
Working Group 3 – Problem 3
Evelyn Sanchez ICR
Stan Woods PR
Henry Norr ICR
Pamela Drake CL
John Van Eyck CL
|
BCM
Forum 2 – Sept. 15
Working Group 1 – Problem 1
Jack Kurzweil CL
Dan Seigel CL
Jaime Cader VfJ
Rahman Jamal McCreadie ICR
Sasha Futran ICR
Working Group 2 – Problem 2
Jim Weber unaligned
Conn Hallinan CL
Lara Kiswani ICR
Annie Hallat ICR
Steve Zeltzer VfJ
Working Group 3 – Problem 3
Andrea Turner CL
Banafsheh Akhlaghi ICR
Shara Ebenshade ICR
Gerald Sanders PR |
Visit
People's Radio at this event !
The Petaluma Progressives
12th
Annual
2009 Progressive
Festival
Sunday,
September 20th, 12-5pm
Walnut Park,
Petaluma Blvd South and D Street,
downtown Petaluma
(directions below)
Free
to the public
Featuring The San Francisco Mime
Troupe's 50th Anniversary performance
This
year's song & dance production, Too
Big To Fail,
is
about the greed exploits of Wall Street - at
3:00
Speakers on vital issues
of our time include:
Antonia Juhasz, author of The Tyranny of Oil, and other books;
Michael Parenti, author, one of the nation?s leading progressive
political analysts; Peter Phillips, SSU Professor and Director of
Project Censored;
Cris Osequera, Director of Youth Green Jobs, Sonoma Co.;
George Bisharat, Hastings College of Law Professor;
Carl Patrick, of local social justice group IMPACT;
David Keller, Sonoma Co. environmental expert;
Raquel Gomez and Oscar Orozco, update on immigrant rights campaign;
Argelio Giron, MEChA National Coordinating Council member;
Chari Davidson on Prop. 8 and marriage equality.
Folk
singer/songwriter Steve Seskin, will entertain with songs and wit;
4:15 Sahaj
band will provide the heartbeat rhythms of reggae.
Tamales, rice, beans, other
goodies and drinks will be available for purchase.
Many social justice, environmental, labor, and community organizations
with informational booths are
the core of the Festival. They will continue the Festival's tradition
of a lively exchange of ideas and the chance to network with progressives
who are taking action in many arena
The event is produced by the Petaluma Progressives
and is sponsored by KPFA 94.1 FM (kpfa.org), the Peace & Justice
Center of Sonoma County, The Bohemian (bohemian.com) and the Committee
for Immigrant Rights (immigrantrightssonoma.org), Sonoma County (peaceandjusticesonomaco.org)..
2007
The
next Fair Elections Forum will be Sunday May 18,
2:00 to 6:00 pm, again at the N. Berkeley Senior Center
This is a followup to the April 6th
Forum - see just below - where we will continue
seeking solutions
to the Pacifica crisis and deciding how to implement them.
Please
come if you attended the first forum; we will take off from the work
done in
the small groups.
Please also come if you missed the April 6th event! You can get information
and help
further the work.
We
will again have speakers, small groups, food, and this time, an informal
get together at the end.
FOLLOW
UP TO APRIL 6th FORUM
Crisis at KPFA
& Pacifica
Sunday May 18th, 2007, 2:00–6:00
pm
Again at North Berkeley Senior Center
1901
Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Way, across from KPFA.
close
to Berkeley BART. AC Transit buses 15, 43, 51
* Recent elections corrupted
& sabotaged
*Interim Management consolidates power &
extends regime; downgrades elected
station board, Program Council & volunteer
staff organization; gags staff forum and
stalls General Manager selection
* Pacifica finances falter, fundraising replaces
free speech & peace mission
*Other community radio programming & staff
issues (more on other side?
What happened to democracy, transparency & accountability?
IS
IT TIME TO TAKE BACK KPFA (AGAIN)?
Come to this FORUM to hear and discuss
NEWS & VIEWS OF THE KPFA/PACIFICA CRISIS.
We had a great Forum on Sunday April
6 – almost 100 people attended
Let’s continue working toward solutions!
If
you attended the first forum, help continue the work started in your
group.
If you didn’t make it, come this time!
Three Speakers:
Joy Moore: The downgrading of the Program Council to
“advisory” only
Adrienne Lauby: The derecognition of the Unpaid Staff Organization
(UPSO)
Richard Phelps: Transparency vs. the use of “confidentiality”
within the network
Small group strategizing/proposals
for actions/Your questions and input
Small
groups were/are: Programming, Governance (including Program Council),
Finances, Elections
Stay for food , drink, & socializing!
FREE/donations
accepted * FOOD available * Wheelchair accessible
More information
available at fair_elections@yahoo.com
Event Sponsored and Endorsed by: KPFA Fair
Elections Committee, Coalition for a democratic Pacifica (CdP),
Peoples
Radio, Voices for Justice, the Media Alliance, Peace & Freedom
Party of Alameda County, SF Green Party,
TUC Radio, May 1st Coalition of SF, Current and former KPFA Station
Board members: Tracy Rosenberg,
Sureya Sayadi, Akio Tanaka, Henry Norr, Richard Phelps, Stan Woods,
LaVarn Williams, Maria Gilardin,
Anthony Fest, Attila Nagy, Gerald Sanders
*See
below
for a partial report including
AUDIOS of this event:
a
Fair Elections Committee Forum
2007Crisis
at KPFA & Pacifica
<<<<<<<<<<<<*>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sunday April 6 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901
Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Way, across from KPFA.
close to Berkeley BART. AC Transit buses 15, 43, 51
* Recent elections corrupted & sabotaged
* Interim Management consolidates power & extends regime;
downgrades elected station board, Program Council
& volunteer staff
organization; gags staff forum and stalls General
Manager selection
* Pacifica finances falter, fundraising replaces free speech &
peace
mission
* Other community radio programming & staff issues (more issues
below)
What
happened to democracy, transparency & accountability?
IS IT TIME TO TAKE BACK KPFA (AGAIN)?
Come
to a FORUM to hear and discuss
News & Views of the KPFA/Pacifica Crisis
---------------------------------------------------------
Listener & staff speakers
and panel discussions, including:
LaVarn Williams, former
LSB/PNB member & Finance Committee Chair
Richard Phelps, LSB
chair 10-05 to 12-06; former AM & FM announcer
Steve Zeltzer,
KPFA Labor Collective member; producer, Labor Video Project
Les Radke, Coalition for a democratic
Pacifica; former Nat’l Election Supervisor
Joe Wanzala, Local Station Board
& Pacifica National Board member
Maria Gilardin, TUC radio; former
KPFA staff & board
member; Take Back KPFA
And other speakers from KPFA staff
Small
group strategizing/proposals for actions/
Your questions and
input
FREE/donations
accepted *FOOD available *Wheelchair accessible
More information available at
fair_elections@yahoo.com
&
here at peoplesradio.net
Event Sponsored and Endorsed by:
KPFA Fair Elections Committee, Coalition for
a democratic Pacifica (CdP), Peoples Radio,
Voices for Justice, Media Alliance, Oakland Tenents'
Union, Peace & Freedom Party of
Alameda County, SF Green Party, TUC Radio,
May 1st Coalition of SF
Current and former KPFA Station Board members:
Tracy Rosenberg, Sureya Sayadi, Akio Tanaka, Henry Norr,
LaVarn Williams, Richard
Phelps, Stan Woods, Maria Gilardin, Attila Nagy,
Gerald
Sanders
Highlights of Pacifica/KPFA Crisis
• Former election supervisor Les Radke called
the recent board election the worst he’s
seen in bylaws and fair elections violations.
• Pacifica interim Executive Director (iED) Dan Siegel illegally
advised listeners not to vote
for one KPFA candidate slate; a popular programmer
used station facilities to lobby for the
pro-management slate; he and management ignored the
election supervisors’ remedies for
this violation; management blocked and censored timely
candidate information on the air
and website.
• The interim General Manager Lemlem Rijio decertified the Unpaid
Staff Organization, right
before the Board election, compromising the volunteer
staff voting list.
• Shared program decision making declared irrelevant: The Interim
Program Director (iPD)
Sasha Lilley reduced the Program Council (PC) to
advisory status, selected new programs
without PC evaluation and input; hired then summarily
fired a program host, ignoring the
PC and alternative suggestions.
• Pacifica’s New York station is unable to fulfill its
fund drives, is heavily and increasingly
in debt, and is drawing funds from KPFA and the other stations to
meet its expenses, potentially threatening the entire foundation.
• Yet the iED blocked Directors from examining the books, violating
the Bylawsand state
law, although a previous protracted struggle had re-affirmed Directors’
inspection right.
• The KPFA General Manager Search Committee & Local Station
Board, after two years
of work found and recommended only a single available but eminently
qualified candidate,
but is now required by the interim Executive Director to begin a second
search – thereby
extending KPFA’s unpopular interim management
• The Gag Rule is back – the March 21 forum by staff,
community organizers and media
activists was prevented from being broadcast, at the last minute,
by management, which
also forbad them to speak about it.
• KPFA membership has declined as volunteer, community based
public affairs and art
programming and the Folio have been replaced by ”Healthy Station”
NPR model program
grid of “professional” sound and 65%music.
(for
more details go to Current Issues pages)
This is just a sampling of recent problems –
which taken together
point to an ongoing attempt to circumvent the democratic governance
hard-won after the attempted 1990’s takeover by forces hostile
to the
mission of progressive community radio.
The bylaws and democratic institutions of the network are all under
attack by the current administration, and power cliques at the stations
are not being controlled in the interests of democracy, transparency,
and accountability.
We need to stop this trend and reclaim our station and
network again, as we did before. You can help!
*See
below next announcement
for a partial report including
AUDIOS of this event
**********************
report:
program & AUDIOS
Crisis
At KPFA & Pacifica Forum
The mission of this forum is to educate/inform KPFA/Pacifica
listeners about actions by KPFA
management, some staff and some board members that are undermining
the mission and possibly
the future existence of KPFA and Pacifica eight years after the "Movement
to Save KPFA." This
forum is not a debate. Selected speakers will present the situation
and people will meet in small
action groups to propose remedies.
INTRODUCTION
2:00 FORUM overview
PANELS
2:07-2:55 First Panel of Speakers:
Richard Phelps, Anthony Fest (KPFA newscaster),
LaVarn Williams, Les Radke
2:55-3:00 Short Break
3:00-3:50 Second Panel of Speakers:
Lisa Dettmer (KPFA co-host of Women's Magazine),
Steve Zeltzer, Maria Gilardin
SMALL GROUPS*
3:50-4:05 Small Groups assemble
4:05-5:00 Small Group discussions
5:00-5:10 Small Group summations and preparation for report-back
5:10-5:20 Short Break
BACK TOGETHER
5:20 Reconvene as one body
5:22-5:40 Report-backs from each small group
5:40-6:25 Open mike for comments, announcements
WRAP UP
6:25-6:30 Closing statement
6:30-6:59 Clean Up and Exit
**Hear AUDIOS
of this Forum**
PANELS
http://pacificana.org/public/files/KPFA/Media/2008/20080406-1326-Forum.mp3
http://pacificana.org/public/files/KPFA/Media/2008/20080406-1420-Forum.mp3
BREAKOUT REPORTS
http://pacificana.org/public/files/KPFA/Media/2008/20080406-1616-Forum.mp3
*SMALL
GROUP Breakout
Aim: For participants who agree there’s
a crisis at KPFA and Pacifica to strategize and come
up with proposals for action
• Choose and participate in one of five groups as follows (tables
will have signs designating the
groups):
1. Programming
2. Station Governance (incl. Program Council)
3. Network Governance
4. Finances
5. Elections
• Groups should be no larger than 20 so everyone gets a chance
to contribute. If your group is
more than 20, split up into two.
• Talk and strategize about your subject matter area and what
to do about them; questions about
what the speakers talked about and ideas they put forward may be discussed,
strategic ideas and
proposals to move forward; look at the following ways to focus on
the area:
1. Strategy
2. Outreach
3. Literature
4. Demands (petitioning, meeting with people, etc.)
5. Watchdogs (documenting, tracking, etc.)
6. Actions (next forum/debate, other actions)
• Each group will have an assigned facilitator whose role is
to draw people out and engage them in
dialogue. Each group will choose 1) a scribe who will write down proposals
on large paper to be
taped in front of room at re-group, 2) a time-keeper (each group will
determine how much time
each participant can speak at any one time; recommendation is no more
than 2-minutes per speaker
at a time), and 3) a presenter at the re-group to present the proposals
in a 3-minute sum-up
• The panelists will divide themselves among the small groups
• Time breakdown: 55-minutes open discussion, 10-minutes wrap
up and preparation for report
back to whole group
Berkeley
Media Alliance Panel Discussion
On Thursday April 24th,
Indybay will participate in a panel discussion, sponsored by Media
Alliance, about building community in the practice of independent
media.
The program will be held at the Unitarian
Universalist Church at the corner of Cedar and
Bonita in in Berkeley, at 7:00 p.m.
On the panel with Indybay will be Silicon Valley Debug, Berkeley Community
Media and First
Voice, the apprenticeship program at KPFA. The program is an effort
on the part of Indybay
and Media Alliance to promote independent media in the Bay Area.
more
at: http://www.indybay.org/indymedia/
*****************************************************
The People's
Voice Town Hall:
A Forum for Self-Determination
This event took place as scheduled but KPFA
Management
prevented the
broadcast shortly before it occurred.
The event was recorded for later rebroadcast & the rebroadcasts
are now set for
4/11
at 7-8 pm for Part 1 (no advance announcement) & 4/18 at 7-8 pm
Part 2.
It was specified that the rebroadcast
would be edited. We fear that criticism of
KPFA's management & their supporters on the Local Station Board
(LSB) will be
edited
out ("the Gag Rule").
We'll see!
You'll be able to hear these programs
on the KPFA Archives, if you can't
hear the
broadcast. Look for them by date and time
or under Full Circle at:
http://kpfa.org
Community media event by KPFA staff, Media Alliance, & others,
in
Fruitvale, will be broadcast live on KPFA next Friday pm.
There will be some information on the unpaid staff situation at
KPFA, as well.
Friday March 21 ****
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
EastSide Arts Alliance
2277 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA
& on KPFA 94.1 FM :
Collaborative LIVE Broadcast
from 5-6pm and 7pm-10pm.
Interactive discussion
of community expression, new technology and
economics, and
the future of the Pacifica network.
Hear from KPFA staff & others on their situation.
*****************************************************
* with
First Voice, KPFA's training and production collective, the
Block Report, Flashpoints, La Onda Bajita,
Apex Express, the KPFA
Unpaid Staff Organization (still de-recognized),
the San Francisco
BayView newspaper, Media Alliance and YOU!
Past Candidate Events
on audio, 2007 LSB election
On
air Candidate forums
-- Listen on the archives
lsb.kpfa.org/audio-2007-air-candidate-forums
Schedule of candidates:
Monday October 8, 2007
8pm - 10pm
lsb.kpfa.org/audio-2007-air-candidate-forums
[not in order]
Steven Conley
Sherry
Gendelman
Chandra Hauptman
Tracy Rosenberg
Paul Robins
Joe Wanzala
Jim Weber
Stan Woods
Steve Zeltzer
Monday October 15
lsb.kpfa.org/audio-2007-air-candidate-forums
8pm
- 9pm
Attila Nagy
Sureya Sayadi
CC Campbell-Rock
John Van Eyck
Dianne Enriquez
Warren Mar
9pm-10pm
Dave Heller
Susan McDonough
Antonio Medrano
Mara Rivera
Richard Phelps
Gerald Sanders
10pm- 10:30 pm
Matthew Hallinan
Carl Bryant
Bob English
Saturday November 3
10am - 11am
lsb.kpfa.org/audio-2007-air-candidate-forums
1. Attila Nagy
2. Sureya Sayadi
4. John Van Eyck
5. Warren Mar
6. Carl Bryant
10. Antonio Medrano
11am - 12pm
3. C.C Campbell Rock
7. Mara Rivera
8. David Heller
9. Gerald Sanders
11. Richard Phelps
[ 12. Susan Mc Donough]
Saturday November 10, 2007
10am - 11am
kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=23104
13. Joe Wanzala
14. Stan Woods
15. Steve Zeltzer (to call in)
16. Dianne Enriquez
17. Sherry Gendelman
18. Matthew Hallinan
11am - 12pm
19.Tracy Rosenburg
20. Paul Robins
21. Chandra Hauptman
22. Bob English
23. Jim Weber
24. Steven Conley
November 4, 2007, 7 pm
- Live
Meet the Candidates Forum (see
below)
pacificana.org/audio-2007-candidate-reception
******************************
Meet the Candidates' Forum Sunday
Nov.4
The Live "Meet the Candidates" forum for KPFA listener board
candates
will be Sunday November 4th, 7 - 10 pm
at Lutheran Church of the Cross,
1744 University Avenue, Berkeley, between Grant & McGee Streets
about 3 blocks west and 2 blocks north of the Downtown Berkeley BART
station.(on Shattuck)
on the south side of University.
The location has a parking lot and is wheelchair accessible .
> Format summary:
> --Short candidate statements in front of whole group
> --small groups of listeners asking candidates questions
Each candidate will make a 3 minute statement,
followed by small groups in which about 10 listeners per group can
ask questions of 3 candidates
for about 20 minutes. Then the candidates will rotate
to the next table.
> JaNay Jenkins will moderate, with technical help from Les Radke.
*********************************************
We will be leafletting & possibly have a table
at this event
Naomi
Wolf - 'The End Of America: A Letter Of Warning To A
Young Patriot'
Tuesday November 13th 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Durant
Berkeley
Also featuring Daniel Ellsberg and Lakshmi Chaudhry
Hosted by Peter Laufer
"You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans
reject outright any comparison
of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism
of Nazi Germany or Pinochet's Chile
. Sadly, the parallels and similarities... are all
too compelling." - Michael Ratner, Center for
Constitutional Rights
"The Framers of the Constitution fully understood that it can
happen here. Patriots like Madison,
Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi
Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their
struggle." - Mark Crispin Miller
"...a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous
issues of tyranny, democracy,
and survival." - Blanche Weissen Cook, author
of The 3-volume Eleanor Roosevelt
For more information visit: www.globalexchange.org/naomiwolf
Tickets: $10 - $13 door
Tickets available at supportive local bookstores:
EAST BAY: Analog Books, Black Oak, Cody's, DIESEL a Bookstore, Global
Exchange store, Moe's Books, Pegasus (both stores), Pendragon, Walden
Pond Books San Francisco
Modern Times
Call 510-848.6767 x609
Wheelchair access
***********************************
We
plan to table in front of and pass out flyers at the
SF Green
Festival
Saturday November 10th & Sunday the 11th
Just a few highlights;
Friday 9th 4 pm --Antonia Juhasz - - Ending Wars for Oil
Saturday noon --Biggs, Danaher, Mark -- Building the /Green
Economy
Sunday 1 pm -- Amy Goodman--Bush & the Media
3 pm --Chris Daly & Ross Mirkarimi-- Sustainable San Francisco:
Past & Future
5
pm --Medea Benjamin-- the Peace Movement: New Strategy
***********
***************************************************************************
Join the
October 27 National Mobilization to End the Iraq War
initiated by United for Peace and Justice, co-sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R.,
endosed by almost 200 organizations including People's Radio
