Audio of KBOO July 29th Bored, er, Board Meeting!

 WE HAZ AUDIO.  But no snark yet. Sorry.

There's so much material all of  us simply don't have the time to listen to ALL 4 FRACKING HOURS and come up with snarky material in one goddamn day.

Who do you people think we are?  Robin Williams on speed?  We have jobs!  And lives!  Geez.   Also, we could all watch Iron Man 3 TWICE and, believe it or not, our brains would melt LESS for the experience!

But we know our zombies fans are hungry so we're here to feed you until we can review the material at our leisure.  Skimming the audio you can expect:

- a clueless Conser who couldn't manage a meeting to save his life
-an annoyed Jew(an possible Mossad agent don't forget!)
-Lisa "Hacker" Loving snarking on "super sekrit documents"
-Fitch being generally Awesome...did we say Awesome?  Sorry, EVIL, we meant EVIL
-more annoyance from the Jew
-Confusion
-Boredom
-Slips of paper(no, really!)

So, until we've got our notes together, enjoy!

-MT

part 1

KBOO BOD July 29 2013 by Ministryoftruth on Mixcloud

Part 2

KBOO BOD July 29, 2013 pt 2 by Ministryoftruth on Mixcloud

Board Meeting moved to Union Hall while KBOO interviews Union Busters

 UPDATE:  According to this Audio around 01:45:50 this is a SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.  Hope they sent a notice out to membership.
UPDATED UPDATE: Actually this is no big dead according to comments:

AnonymousAugust 1, 2013 at 8:15 AM

you're getting your meeting types mixed up.
This is a special board meeting, which has a few, easy to meet notice requirements. All it really is is a meeting outside the standard time, which the board has every right to do.

A special membership meeting requires mailed notice to all the members, 5% of the membership to show up, etc, etc.
That is where you can do things like bylaw changes.

So NEVERMIND.

............

This no way has anything to do with board member Timothy Welp appointed as new employee negotiator.  Nothing at all.  Stop thinking that.  In fact, forget you just read it.

The new location for the August 6th board meeting is:

Public Notice
KBOO Board of Directors Meeting for August 2013
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013, 6pm
SEIU Local 503 Union Hall 6401 SE Foster Rd
Portland, OR

 Always helpful, we'll add the phone number and website for readers.  Never know when they might come in handy:

(503) 235-5071

 seiu503.org

 One bonus of the harder to access meeting is that it's harder for random KBOO members to just walk off the street and access.  Because we've learned transparency and access have only given us trouble.   If they don't have a car or don't want to bike home in late dangerous traffic, let them take the bus.  With Trimet's cuts, they'll have to leave early. 

We thank our benefactor Comrade Welp for gifting us this tactic.  Welp was first mentioned in comments here:

AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 7:54 AM

Another thing that occurred at the board meeting which is interesting.
KBOO appointed a lead negotiator for the foundation/membership in the union negotiations with staff.

Board Member Timothy Welp was selected as the member of choice, likely due to his background in union negotiations. In his day job, Timothy serves as a union organizer at SEIU.

So a union organizer is representing the 5,500 person foundation in negotiations with the newly organized union staffers.

There were no questions about a conflict of interest.

Oh yeah, at the meeting last night Timothy said "in his professional opinion" he does not see the need for KBOO to have lawyers present during negotiations, but only have them for advice if needed.
Don't worry, this should work out fine.

That's right.  It will work out fine.  And if it doesn't, we can all say, "Oh welp."

In related news, KBOO has yet to explain  Lisa Loving's disastrous choice interviewing a UNION BUSTING non profit OSPIRG as blogged here:

http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/scandal-lisa-loving-interviews-union.html

The comments on KBOO's Facebook timeline are still there:

But no response from KBOO:

https://www.facebook.com/kbooradio/posts/10151786890010767

Neil LoehleinKBOO Community Radio

25 July at 07:12 ·

Dear KBOO,
I was disappointed to find out that you hosted a representative from the union-busting, non-profit OSPIRG yesterday. Community radio should support the community, not organizations that ruin workers' lives.

Neil Loehlein ps. I've had two friends fired from OSPIRG while trying to organize a union there, so this is a very important issue to me.

Like · Reply · 25 July at 07:15

Even the previous comment, where KBOO replied,  has no followup:

https://www.facebook.com/kbooradio/posts/10151785078395767

Chani Geigle-TellerKBOO Community Radio

24 July at 09:20 near Portland ·

Hey KBOO!! OSPIRG is a union buster. They ruin lives. They have no respect for their workers. As unionized shop, why let these traitors speak on your programs? There are so many other worthy folks in Portland who could speak about medical care accessibility.

• KBOO Community Radio Hey Chani - I'm passing your comments on to our News and Public Affairs Directors. Thanks so much for sharing your concerns. Worker solidarity is key!

  Like · Reply · 5 · 24 July at 15:23
• Jon V Green So I must say, "(k) BOO! At least on this one... I will cheer when y'all retain integrity "

  Like · Reply · 24 July at 09:22

Aaaand, even Lisa "Gee I hope people have forgotten that hacker thing" Loving, who can't afford more bad press, is ignoring the issue:

https://www.facebook.com/lisa.loving/posts/10151653923493673

Lisa Loving24 July at 06:49 near Portland ·

• Today on Wednesday Talk Radio: Pay for delay. My guest is Jesse O'Brien from OSPIRG, talking about Big Pharma's gambit to keep less-costly generic drugs off the market to protect their profits. Are you currently taking Lipitor for diabetes, Tamoxifen for breast cancer, Sinemet CR, Provigil? We want to hear from you. Call in 503-231-8187.

Benny EL Starseed But, did Ospirg talk about the awful benefits and working conditions they provide their canvassers, effectively manipulating and exploiting young activists and busting their attempts to organize themselves?

24 July at 09:24 via mobile

It's as if the "Inner Party" is hoping this values discrepancy will go away. 

But these are the values of transparency in action, Comrades!  There are two sets of values: one for us in the Inner Party, and one for everyone less!   We CAN cozy up to UNION BUSTING non-profits, while at the same time using a UNION organizer and UNION resources, all after slandering Fitch as pro UNION BUSTING.   Yeah!

And if anyone doesn't like it, "Oh Welp!"

Expect ballots for the upcoming elections to be in, you guessed it, Swedish!  (stop groaning)

Hypocrisy!  Moral relativism!  Solidarity!

-Meresa Titchell

 PS: Don't forget to vote on your favorite Condescending Conch.

Also more board meeting reports can be either emailed or posted as comments.

Board Meeting Today! Plus Conch Searches, Submissions

It's at the usual place, so get there, and get recording because we never know when they'll move the audio archives!

 Public Notice
KBOO Board of Directors Meetings for July 2013
Monday, July 29th, 2013, 6pm
20 SE 8th Avenue, Portland, OR

On the agenda:

1. Fire Traitor Fitch
2. Failing to fire her, move her office to Storage Room B or C.  The one with the rats in it.
3. Confirm KBOO is a private radio club
4. Confirm official language of KBOO's private radio club is Swedish(we jumped the gun comrades, but it's a shoo in, we're certain!)
5. Throw out Thom Hartman petition from BlueOregon.  Possibly laugh maniacally while we do it (Take THAT, Kari!)
6: Get to bottom of Mark Sherman board candidate list leak (Leakgate?)
7. Let Board President waste as much KBOO money as he wants
8. Adjourn at 7:30(if there' no traitors to witchhunt, things go much faster)

But before we get to our Conch submissions, we thought we'd share some intriguing blog searches over the last couple weeks, ever since the search function was explained to readers:

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=conch purchased john mackey%27s personnel file with unauthorized funds%3F

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=Conch malfeseance Susman and Shank foundation attorneys

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=conch lies to foundation attorneys makes himelf 3rd party

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=conch is ani haines%27 bitch

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=hand puppet SW Conser %22hey I felt that%22

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=conch requests documents from KBOO attorneys under false pretenses.

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=Conch tortured mercilessly as child by big brother turns into bully estraordinaire as overgrown juvenile adult.

savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=Grace marion newly %22certified%22 counselor therapist %28I know%21%21%29 sends boyfriend with dementia packing when he can%27t pay the bills. But she liked him a lot%21

28 Jul  savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/search?q=watch conch hoodwink the board into condoning his expenditure for a board candidates personnel file monday night

That last bears watching!

What this means we don't know.  Depressing poetry?  A new way to leak information?  But we're sure it's a sign tongues are wagging somewhere!

Cadre Craft Corner Results

Almost two weeks ago cadre were invited to submit their own Conch/Conser memes, based on our new tag line, "You must be new here".  http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/kraus-raus-calls-for-responsibility.html

The results are in! Amusing, offbeat, off topic, or simply off, words fail the Inner party!  All are worth the inevitable gossip sure to explode tonight!

[Any late submissions will be added as they come in because we're such softies.]

Now, with no further ado....CONDESCENDING CONCH BY CADRE!

1 loyaltytest by trav

2 newsuckers by anon

3 conchcows by anon

4 conchcop by crp

5 conserhivemind by anon

6 conchlunch by anon

7 stealfunds by anon

8 conventani by anon

9 uncaring by anon

10 new people suck by anon

Share your favorite in comments below!  The most popular one will replace the "EVIL FITCH" widget.  We think real cadre already know that by now. *wink*

-Meresa Titchell

LEAK: July 28 Comrade Mark Sherman Releases Random List of Board Candidates

[Now in KBOO KLUB's OFFICIAL SWEDISH.  Can't understand a word?  You must be a pro-Fitchite Traitor!  Good luck breaking the code! HAHAHAHA ]

Vem i helsike lät katterna ur påsar? Vi hade hoppats att hålla det hemligt så länge som möjligt, förhoppningsvis fram till dagen för valet!

Nåja, ingen idé att gråta över spilld fondue. Namn:

Rabia Yeaman
Rebecca Nay
Michael Wells
Robert Rogers
Dennis Nyback
Joe Uris
Kristin Yount
Robin Ryan
Jennifer Davis
Ed Kraus
Adin Rogovin
Benjamin Hoyne

Låt spelen börja!

 Solidaritet!

-MT

 GLÖM INTE: Tidsfrist för din nedlåtande Conch [Publicerat HÄR] att bokföras innan styrelsemötet är i morgon! Well, när som helst egentligen! Vi har några zingers så får ditt i snart!

DON'T FORGET:  Deadline for your Condescending Conch [Announced HERE] to be posted before the board meeting is Tomorrow!  Well, anytime really!  We've got some zingers so get yours in soon!

KBOO Zombie Comrade Grace: Fitch soon EX Station Manager, Cronies Exposed

KBOO Zombie Comrade Grace leaks these glorious tidings at BlueOregon, implying cadre has much to look forward to on the board meeting Monday!


http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/07/5272-kboo-thom-hartmann/

https://www.facebook.com/grace.marian/posts/10201150021168127

Grace Marian commented on blueoregon.com.

10 hours ago ·

I don't understand why you are so hellbent to get KBOO to carry a program that doesn't serve it's mission, which is to give a voice to the underserved. Can you please explain how you got the notion that mainstream liberal Democrats are being excluded from Portland radio?

5272 people tell KBOO: We'd love to hear Thom Hartmann on the air! - BlueOregon

www.blueoregon.com

After a ten-day campaign, we've delivered 5272 petition signatures to our friends at KBOO, asking them to add Thom Hartmann to their broadcast lineup. The list of signers includes a number of well known community ...

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• 4 people like this.

• Christine Homitsu White Oh the injustice! I really need to hear another white dude on the airwaves-there aren't enough of them! Wahhhhhh!

  
  

• Ericka Tucker totally...

• Grace Marian It's a rhetorical question. Since Kari & Carla's arguments are in line with those of the interim station manager (soon to be EX-interim station manager, we hope) I am guessing that she and/or her cronies have put Blue Oregon up to this with hopes that the way will be paved for more watered down liberal content. Sorry, but that demographic is well represented here. Go shop your show somewhere else please.

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"It's a rhetorical question. Since Kari & Carla's arguments are in line with those of the interim station manager (soon to be EX-interim station manager, we hope) I am guessing that she and/or her cronies have put Blue Oregon up to this with hopes that the way will be paved for more watered down liberal content."

Cadre ESP strikes again!  Only with clairvoyant vigilance will we defeat FITCH'S FORCES OF DOOM.    Who knew Fitch's Forces numbered over 5,000!

Grace might be peeved Blue Oregon didn't stop the survey:

https://www.facebook.com/grace.marian/posts/10201080467589331

Grace Marian commented on blueoregon.com.

15 July at 17:37 ·

Thank you for this article, Chris. It gives important information that was left out by Blue Oregon Action. Nothing against Thom Hartmann, but he isn't a good fit for KBOO--too commercial and too mainstream, which go against KBOO's programming charter.

It would be more constructive for Blue Oregon Action to end their survey and direct Thom Hartmann fans to Thom's podcast, although I bet that if they are too cheap to pay for Thom's podcast, they probably won't support KBOO either!

Of course, failing to "end their survey", means the Inner Party must reject the petition at the Monday board meeting, confirming they're a radio club that doesn't give a flying fuck about "the community" outside the Inner Party.

As if this is a bad thing.  Hey, we got rid of Hadrian.  Now it's time for the Teflon Bitch Fitch to go.  Cadre everywhere can help by opening their minds to the Universal Forces that want us to ascend to a higher level of being. Which we can only achieve without EVIL FITCH.  

Open you minds cadre!  Use your Inner Eye!   We can manifest this reality of a successful  community radio front to keep the Iron Rice Bowls in perpetuity!
And kicking out EVIL FITCH!
  
We are only bound by the limits of our collective delusions, comrade!

Solidarity and love!

-MT

INNER PARTY PARTY: BE THERE OR BE DEPORTED

 Where it's all goin down:
https://www.facebook.com/aniraven/posts/10151742033439496

Ani Raven Haines · 34 followers

10 hours ago near Portland ·

Alcohol purchased, tres leches cake on order (con fresas naturales). My back has been really messed up, so the house isn't as clean as I want it to be... but that will be alright, no? Y'all will still come over and celebrate my birth, Marjorie Anne Frances Hoover being in town, and each other- even in a house that could use a good mopping? Reminder- potluck at our place, anytime after 7 tonight.

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• 10 people like this.
• Emily TheUntamed Yawper

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• Monica Elizabeth OMG! Tenemos tres leches con fresas?!?!? Holy fucking shit y'all. You're about to see me lose all my manners!

  4 hours ago · Like · 2
• Martha Malinalli Galeana Feliz cumple años Ani. I just met you but if I may. I will like to dedicate las mañanitas song in nahuatl (a very romantic, detailed, rich, indigenous language from Mexico)

  3 hours ago · Like · 1
• Martha Malinalli Galeana http://youtu.be/YmdPEwrG8Ok

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We were going to do vol-au-vents, but instead decided to bring the entertainment!

Enjoy!

-Meresa Titchell

[Takes first track about 10 mins to get audible]

june 24

KBOO Board of Directors Meeting 2013-06-24 by Ministryoftruth on Mixcloud

july 15

KBOO Board of Directors Meeting 07 15 2013 by Ministryoftruth on Mixcloud

Glorious Leader, Comrade Betsy discuss Kari, Carla

And on Glorious Leader's Timeline!

https://www.facebook.com/press.watch.1/posts/595489680473748

Betsy TollPress Watch

July 19 at 4:44pm near Portland ·

Hi Theresa, I'm pasting a thread here (don't know how else to do this -- thought you and other BOO folks might find it interesting...

Michael Hagmeier
Wednesday at 10:18 via Mobile ·
For the record, this 20-year member of KBOO thinks it would be a bad idea to displace local programming with the Thom Hartmann show.

Apart from my issues with his show (I think he's sloppy), his show is a national show that's available on the internet, and it likely would displace local programming that would have a tough time making it as internet shows.

On top of that, KBOO is a noncommercial station, and Thom Hartmann's show would have to have the commercials edited out. As a call-in show, this would diminish its value, as it couldn't air live.
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Betsy Toll I'm totally with you on this. 15 hours a week of ... Thom Hartmann? That is NOT the KBOO I've know for 25 years. Not liking this new direction at. all.
Wednesday at 23:45 · Like · 1

Michael Hagmeier I know that Thom Hartmann has quite a few fans in Portland, and I tried to like his show, but it just doesn't seem very good, in my opinion.

He fumbles around quite a bit, he frequently says "I don't know" about things that an assistant could look up in a few seconds, and he seems to have guests with different views just so he can make them look foolish, rather than actually engaging with them.
Yesterday at 09:10 via mobile · Unlike · 1

Betsy Toll My problem isn't with Thom Hartmann, but with cutting out all the very local programming that gives a voice and provides a view that no big public or commercial stations ever will. It marginalizes the small and local, the poor and less-privileged, and ...See More
Yesterday at 09:55 · Like · 1

Michael Hagmeier Betsy, my main concern is a national show displacing local programming, and the heavy-handed way this push is happening--it appears to be coming from people who have had little-to-no involvement with the station, and now they're pushing for a drastic c...See More
Yesterday at 10:09 via mobile · Like

Betsy Toll Yep, it's all yucky. And I'd bet all 97 cents in my wallet that this push isn't coming from the long-time rank and filers at the station but rather the opposite. I just cut and pasted this thread and posted it over to Andrew Geller, who works at the BOO., as I'm sure some of the folks there would be interested, even though this is mostly a 2-way conversation.
Yesterday at 10:14 · Like · 1

Michael Hagmeier Betsy, from what I've seen so far, it looks like Carla Axtman and Kari Chisholm at Blue Oregon are the main forces behind this.

I've asked, on a couple of different related threads over there, what they're involvement with KBOO has been. So far, there is no response.

I'd encourage you to ask the same question--maybe hearing the question from more than one person will encourage them to respond.
Yesterday at 10:22 via mobile · Like

Betsy Toll I haven't been on Blue Oregon in ages. Just logged on, didn't see where to post comments, so used the "contact us" form to make my points. Thanks, Michael.
23 hours ago · Like · 1

Michael Hagmeier Betsy, I sent a message using the "contact us" form as well. So far, no response.
4 hours ago via mobile · Like

Michael Hagmeier Betsy, I received a boilerplate response from Kari that didn't answer my questions, except to say that he and Carla are behind the petition. I replied, and asked him to answer my questions. I'll keep you posted.
27 minutes ago via mobile · Like

• Press Watch Thanks, Betsy. I have responded on Blue Oregon that I think the afternoon repeat of Democracy Now might be good for a one-hour Hartmann broadcast. As for three hours per day, though, I agree that it would be inappropriate. And the suggestion comes from a camp that is frankly hostile to community radio standards. As far as I can tell, the offer is three hours per day or nothing. So, no deal.

  July 19 at 10:59pm
• Betsy Toll My friend Michael and I also each posted to Blue Oregon (via their contact form), pushing back against their clueless push on this. I received no response, Michael said he got a I would agree that giving up the repeat of Democracy Now should be the only give-away to get Hartmann (and even that might not set well with listeners, but who knows). "Hostile to community radio standards" is a very polite way to put it. As for the Hartmann camp, pretty freaking appalling hubris to demand 15 hours of airtime or nothing. Grrrrrr.

  July 20 at 12:46am via

The only thing that doesn't make sense is if Kari gave Mike "a boilerplate response from Kari that didn't answer my questions, except to say that he and Carla are behind the petition.", then why does Mikey keep asking   Kari questions?  There seem to be an unlimited supply of  boilerplates:

https://www.facebook.com/michael.hagmeier/posts/10151701878678972

Michael Hagmeier commented on blueoregon.com.

July 19 at 5:47pm ·

Since neither Carla nor Kari responded to any of my questions here, I sent a message to Kari, asking him to confirm that he and Carla are behind the petition (he did) and to answer some of my other questions, such as his and Carla's involvement with KBOO, whether they'd considered the potential disruption to Kboo's schedule, and whether he directs any of the .com?dozens" of emails he receives each week about progressive talk radio to KBOO's progressive talk radio.

He didn't answer those questions, instead giving me a boilerplate response.

I'm hoping that Carla and Kari will address these concerns about what appears to be a couple of outsiders trying to push their agenda on KBOO.

Kari weighs in:

Kari Chisholm · Follow · Top Commenter · President at Mandate Media · 176 subscribers

Larisa, we lost KPOJ eight months ago. We didn't make this request to KBOO before now because we didn't have any reason to think KBOO was interested. This petition came up when we learned that Thom Hartmann offered his show for free to KBOO, and we learned that KBOO was considering the offer.

This didn't come out of the blue. We're chiming in on a conversation that is already happening.

As a community radio station, I'm confident that KBOO wants to hear from the entire community they serve, notwithstanding the handful of commenters who think no one has the right to speak up respectfully.

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Hey!  We've been perfectly respectful!  No one's published Kari's mugshots or traffic violations, have they?  Well?   WELL?

How much more respectful can we get than NOT doing weird creepy shit no normal people would do in the first place?

Credit where credit is due!

You're welcome.