[grc] Pacifica and WBAI

[riva enteen]

I beg to differ.  Assange.

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:13 PM Lisa Dettmer <cositas1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Not in my experience.  And I think that is another one of the rumors put
> out by one side. It is true that in my experience at KPFA there is a
> faction that is more pro-management (except when union negotiations
> happen). And not really concerned with a democratic process within the
> station and especially not with the 200  KPFA unpaid staff that Pacifica
> disenfranchised in 1999 by getting the NLRB to kick us out of the union and
> making horrible law across the country that prevents all unpaid staff from
> having collective  bargaining rights.  But the fights on the PNB are beyond
> any real politics.  They are power politics.  Who wants what piece of pie.
> And who has grievances against this person or group.  And yes there is some
> attempt to make Pacifica more functional and unfortunately that often leads
> to being more like NPR. But to me that is a failure of imagination and
> comes out of a long term impasse with the other side so there is no real
> collaboration.  They all need a lesson in communication and meditation
> because they are not being democratic in their manipulation of the
> By-Laws.  And that goes to both sides.  Cause I have been on both sides and
> know them both well.  The rational people generally leave or don’t want to
> be a part of Pacifica to begin with.  So keep your eye on the PNB and not
> just on the recent IED .
>
> Lisa
>
> On Oct 9, 2019, at 5:22 PM, riva enteen <rivaenteen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  "I think  the real focus needs to be on the horrible sectarian divisions
> and pretty fighting the  Pacifica board that keeps it from making rational
> decisions. "
>
> Lisa, there are some serious political difference that are a factor as
> well.  Has the network become a democratic party shill?
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 4:19 PM Lisa Dettmer via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I have to say what is missing from this analysis is the fact that the PNB
>> has been largely dysfunctional and hasn’t upheld their fiduciary duty to
>> make WBAI solvent and that was the impetus for the IED firing the staff and
>> managers of WBAI which has been a financial mess  for a decade and very
>> mismanaged and was unable to pay its rent or staff for a long time..  I am
>> always amazed that such a dysfunctional board as the Pacifica PNB is, is
>> able to keep their position and are not regulated more by the courts, if
>> indeed the courts have such broad regulatory powers.  Because they are
>> driving Pacifica into the ground.  And I am a former NY’er so seeing WBAI
>> do so badly in raising money and reaching a broader audience  is extremely
>> sad for me.  I think  the real focus needs to be on the horrible sectarian
>> divisions  and pretty fighting the  Pacifica board that keeps it from
>> making rational decisions.
>>
>> Lisa Dettmer
>> KPFA Radio
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