KBOO BORED MEETING AT SEIU AUG 6th!

Where observing members were literally out numbered by cleaning staff!

In our completely non influential blog which none of the 15,000 plus visitors are paying attention to, we will continue to "smear" Inner Party Members, that is, say perfectly true things about their antics they find really, really embarrassing, at least when we get around to transcribing this shit.  (Iron Man 3 is still playing, you know!  We have to watch it at least 5 times! Each!)

Board members in attendance who could use a map and compass were reported to be:

Mark Sherman, Sue Bartlett, Rabia Yeaman, Matthew Bristow , Jeff Kipilman, Timmy Welp and Adin Rogovin 

We'd like to point out, Jeffery, much like Conser's honey, has failed to update his email contact on the website.   But he's a step ahead of Adin Rogovin who isn't even listed yet.  We expect Comrade Sherman will have some sharp words for these scofflaws!


Audio was crap  better than nothing once the tech whisperers beat it into shape.  Interesting to note a rumor that Tom Hood has a better copy and apparently refuses to share it with anyone or even have it uploaded to KBOO. 

[Of course KBOO should be recording and uploading their own damn audios, since that's what they're telling membership they're doing.  But there we go expecting "corporate" values of competence again!]

Comrade Hood is an "interesting" character, with his own philosophy about audio engineering:
http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/recent-kboo-engineering-disasters

A few days ago I heard Tom Hood (the new KBOO engineer) talking about how he was burning incense in engineering and mounted a lava lamp in engineering to drive away evil gremlins, and now it is a changed place. Yet he can't handle the serious engineering problems such as their failed STL, repeatedly failing web streaming, and virus/malware on the web page!

Doh!  We didn't use incense during audio processing!  What were we thinking!

The KBOO sound quality has become worse daily since John Mackey left. Current engineer Tom "Hollywood" Hood is completely incompetent as an engineer. The recent problems with the KBOO air signal, streaming signal, and virus propagating web page are the simple proof; all started long after Mackey left and have not been fixed.
("Hollywood" was the hand picked replacement by board chair Kurt Lauer and Ani Haines)[Comments indicate "feedbackpdx" is incorrect on last point:  "Replace the name Lauer with Chris Merrick (designated acting 'what-ya-call-it' after the Board declared the position of station manger as unsustainable in 2010.)Lauer didn't hire Hood." -edit ]

Maybe we won't hold our breath for Hollywood Hood's copy.

KBOO Board Meeting at SEIU Aug 6, 2013 by Ministryoftruth on Mixcloud

 Corrections/transcriptions welcome in comments.

-MT

POSTSCRIPT:

 The subject of "Party Blog Bot" was raised.  "Party Blog Bot" is shared alias for comments about blog management and traffic.

KKK trolls may hijack at their own risk.... if they want their traffic documentation published. 

Traitor Kraus Objects in Pre-Election Rant at KBOO, Election Fraud?

Well, Theresa Mitchell  aka "Glorious Leader" did warn us he was a Zionist Mossad Sleeper Agent up to no good.

As the Bored Meeting begins in earnest, Kraus scurries from Willamette Week to Kboo.fm to post more EVIL LIES now the website appears to have a half-life longer than a rare heavy metal isotope.   Kraus expounds:

http://kboo.fm/content/thesadstateofkboo

The Sad State of KBOO

August 6th, 2013
 (I had planned to release this earlier but the collapse of the kboo.fm website delayed my ability to post.)

 When application packets for the Board Of Directors were made available, it was a different KBOO.  KBOO last May had a divided board and an embattled but still working Executive Director.  At that time, I saw that with election of four new board members there was a chance of saving the Strategic Plan.  Careful negotiations with the unionized staff could create a better Employee Procedures Manual and a solid, reasonable union contract.  Allowing Lynn Fitch to continue her management, fundraising and outreach to more communities might have worked to stabilize the finances and bring new life and energy to the radio station.  

 In the short time since last May, many directors have left and through skillful manipulation been replaced by members loyal to the views of staff and the Keep KBOO as KBOO movement (KKK).  This activist board has removed the Executive Director from any management role and put the new board policies aside, essentially stopping implementation of the Strategic Plan it it’s tracks.  Now it’s a different ballgame and the combined effect of actions taken at the most recent board meetings make the upcoming elections moot.

 While KBOO needs a lot of help to change and grow, elections that can only seat four new directors have no chance of making any difference.  No dissident directors have terms of office that extend beyond the election.  The eight directors who will remain have shown total indifference to the input of directors in opposition.  Board members who disagree have quit the board to protect themselves from liability, or have been kicked off the board for speaking honestly to membership and the press.  In this moment not only do I feel that I would have no effective voice, but if I were to win and accept a seat on the board I would be complicit in actions that at the very least are improper, and potentially I’d be exposed to civil and criminal liability.  

 So today I object to the following:

 I object to the harassment of, defamation of, and removal of management authority from Lynn Fitch.  It’s rumored the board was asked in closed session for arbitration, not mediation.  Arbitration is a last ditch effort to come to an agreement before filing a lawsuit.  So far as I know not even the agreed on mediation has occurred.  

 I object to the board taking upon itself all management duties after taking them away from the Executive Director.  In very short order emergent situations of administration of bank accounts, crashing website, looming FCC license renewal, election management, and union negotiations have been handled poorly, if at all.  In fact board members at the end of the July 29th meeting spoke briefly about hiring a temporary ED to help them in the current workload.  It’s fiscally and organizationally incompetent to hire someone new to manage the station during all these emergent situations, while telling the existing, experienced manager who is still drawing a salary not to do her work.  I’ve watched this board schedule emergency meeting after emergency meeting to attempt to deal with the aftermath of their ill considered actions.  I was willing to serve on the board of directors, not to be a substitute manager for the corporation.  Clearly the burden of time now expected for serving on this board is unreasonable, and the emergencies present today did not need to occur.

 I object to the board relying on FMLA rules that don’t appear to apply to KBOO to silence ED Lynn Fitch from giving the board critical information relevant to an agenda item, then allowing staff member Ani Haines to interject her opinions at will during board deliberations at the same meeting.  Clearly the board welcomes some staff acting as if they have a seat on the board, but will go to any lengths to block input and advice from other staff.  

 I object to the board of directors refusing to look at relevant documents to an agenda item, then voting to affirm that the actions related to these documents was correct in every way.

 I object to the continuing cover up of what the real issue is regarding the firing of former engineer John Mackey.  It’s not hard from what’s in public record to reconstruct the sequence of events.  Conflict with other staff.  Eventual firing of Mackey during the time of the staff collective.  Threat of lawsuit over the firing.  Mackey being banned from the building, then running for the board and eventually winning a seat on the board.  Board President S.W. Conser (very close friend of staff especially Ani Haines) making an unauthorized request for confidential employee files from Sussman Shanks L.L.C. while the ED Lynn Fitch is out of the country.  Newly seated board member Mackey attempting to get agenda items on the agenda and failing, then mentioning in open session a potential issue with the FCC re the EAS system.  Next day the FCC visits KBOO and writes up a violation.  Next board meeting Mackey is removed as a director for actions "harmful to the corporation".

 I’ve looked and see no record that the FCC visit produced any more serious consequences than a warning form letter to do better record keeping.  So Mackey’s actions don’t seem to have generated any fines or serious liability, hardly an action harmful to the corporation that merits his removal.  I’d like to know the real reason why Mackey was silenced.  It clearly has to do with how the staff collective handled confidential employee matters and related documents during the time of the staff collective management.  Screw the $1500.  Who is being protected by this cover-up, and why?

 I object to the negotiations with the new staff union being handled by a board member who is a staff organizer for another powerful union.  Even if there is no intent to give the staff an unfair negotiating advantage, it’s critical for the negotiations after this much open conflict to be absolutely above board and have no appearance of corruption.  Would the staff agree to have management represent them in negotiations?  Of course not.  So why should the 5500 members of KBOO who are the employers agree to have their interests protected by a union man?  This is a no brainier, Timothy Welp needs to remove himself from the negotiating team.

 I object to the entire way the election process has been handled by the board.  No list of candidates was made public despite repeated requests by dissident candidates like myself.  At the same time, a meeting of the group KKK invited those candidates it wanted to vet to a private meeting and clearly had a list of all the candidates although this information was not made available to those KKK did not want to support.  So preferential treatment has already occurred in the election process even before ballots have been mailed.  This is called election fraud, who knows what else has occurred behind closed doors?

 I object to the lack of information given to board candidates.  As a board candidate I was never formally informed of the election date, and only asked to participate in a on air forum at a specific time only with two weeks notice, during a time I have other obligations.  I immediately responded with an objection to the timing and asked for an opportunity for a pre-recorded interview for air at the proposed time.  There was never any answer to my request.  I only found out the election date itself by attending a four hour board meeting in July, and hearing it mentioned in passing although I had asked repeatedly for this date for many weeks.  Then I was told this date was set way back in March.  The election packet was created in May, and distributed in June.  Is it too much trouble to inform candidates of the details of the election process when they apply to be candidates?

 I object to the continual distorted governance at KBOO that makes the Board Of Directors responsive to the directives of the staff, rather than the other way around.

 It’s sad to say, but at this time I don’t see any possibility of KBOO Community Radio avoiding lawsuits, investigation for possible election fraud, and due to the continuing deficit spending eventual bankruptcy.  

 The only way the elections in September could have any meaningful results other than to affirm the current policy of cover-up, cronyism, and incompetence would be if the entire board were to put themselves up for re-election at this same meeting.  I have no delusions that the current board would agree to this.  If a way can be found to force the regular annual meeting to become also a special membership meeting and have board member removal on the agenda, then there might be a chance for change at KBOO.  

 There might be a surprise development from outside forces intervening due to lawsuit or action by the Oregon Attorney General.  But I don’t see much chance of this affecting the election next month.

 Barring such developments, I don’t see much point in continuing to campaign for a seat on the Board of Directors of the KBOO Foundation.

 Ed Kraus

Well!  We don't know what to say to this except "well".  Or perhaps "welp".

But the issue of Election Fraud has the potential of many "interesting" blogs.  KBOO has a history of programmers covering "election fraud":

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/14533

KBOO Election Fraud Conference Barbara Dudley
Series:      Community Events, in full, never aired
Subtitle:      WorkingFamilies party and fusion/IRV voting
Program Type:      Actuality (Uncut Material)
Featured Speakers/Commentators:      Barbara Dudley
Contributor:      CascadiaPublicRadio.org  [Contact Contributor]
Broadcast Restrictions:      For non-profit use only.

[Note: "CascadiaPublicRadio.org" is Theresa Mitchell and Yaney McIver's foil hat associate Glen Owen, himself having a stormy history with KBOO, first being kicked out, then running for the board, then trying to sabotage the station in it's slightly more functional days.  ]

Glorious Leader herself shows an interest in Election Fraud:

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/381941.shtml

Mult Co election being hacked to Smith?

author: theresa mitchell

Right now under our noses, the Multnomah County Elections is ...implying... that 150,000 ballots, which would deliver the election to (D) Merkly, are spoiled by "basement water"

Here is a cut-and-paste of my letter to blackboxvoting.org:

Dear Beverly & Crew:

I am Theresa Mtichell, public affairs volunteer broadcaster at KBOO Community Radio in Portland, OR. I noticed earlier today that Oregon is one of the few States that has yet to report more than 90% of its precincts. It would appear that 150,000 ballots, which would easily decide the Smith/Merkly Senate race in favor of (D) Merkly, have yet to be counted at the crucial Multnoma (liberal Portland) County elections division.

I called Multnomah County Elections at 2:05 PM to ask what had caused the delay in counting approximately 150,000 ballots.

I first talked to someone named Kathy, who could not give me her last name. When I asked more specifically what was delaying the counting of the ballots, she said "we're counting them."

"Counting them by hand?" I asked

She then transferred me to Eric Sample's (County supervisor's) voice mail.

I then called again immediately, and got a male voice. I identified myself as "Theresa Mitchell, KBOO Public Affairs" (forgive me). I asked why there was a delay in counting 150,000 ballots.

"Water got in the basement," he said.

"Water got on 150,000 ballots?"

He then transferred me without comment to Eric Sample's voice mail.

This station uses ES&S and has a few Diebold screens for handicap usage.

Frankly, I do not feel the procedure is going legitimately.

Thanks for your time

Theresa Mitchell
KBOO 503-231-8032

going down to the site

05.Nov.2008 16:33

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theresa mitchell

link

I'm about to leave KBOO and go down to the Multnomah County Elections Division Office at SE 12th and Morrison. Stephen Conser will join me, with audio equipment.

Their witch-hunt, er, Election Fraud adventure is archived here:  http://kboo.fm/node/10320

Let's hope Glorious Leader shows the same due diligence with the upcoming KBOO elections!

SOLIDARITY!

-Merersa Titchell

Update on Willamette Week Coverage of Glorious Radio Worker's Struggle!

Readers may remember  we covered WW coverage of the Glorious Struggle July10th:

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20884-kboo_coup.html
http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/willamette-week-covers-glorious-radio.html

On Eve of SEIU Hosted Board Meeting, Traitor Kraus scurries to vandalize Willamette Week comments with more EVIL LIES:

 

Ed in Portland

• a day ago

• 
  

And now, some of the rest of the story as of Aug 5th.

Hadrian Micciche was removed from the board for bringing this information to WWeek. Apparently open media is a value at KBOO except when the story is about KBOO.

The elections for this fall have been rife with conflict and accusations of preferential treatment of candidates favorable to the interests of the staff. An election date of September 14th was set back in March, but no one on staff or the nominating committee thought the election date was worth telling to the candidates. Repeated requests by filed candidates for information about the upcoming election process have been ignored until just last week. A board member had already sent an email with a list of prefered candidates to friends, before KBOO as an institution disclosed publicly who any of the candidates were.

The KBOO website has been down for over 36 hours.

The KBOO board has been searching for a replacement employment law firm, but each firm contacted by a board member as of the July 29th meeting has recommended KBOO try someone else.

The board of directors removed all management authority from Lynn Fitch during a meeting in July, and decided they would manage the station themselves along with the staff. After a few weeks of trying this plan the board briefly discussed they might need to hire an interim manager. Lynn Fitch is now on leave.

The board of directors voted to affirm that the Board President's actions obtaining confidential employee records from KBOO's attorney without prior authorization from the board or the executive director was Ok. They voted to affirm his actions after refusing to look at the actual documents in question which were available in either full version or with names redacted. They refused to discuss the details of the issue in closed session and voted to affirm that the actions taken were proper.

A union organizer who is on the board will represent the employer in the delayed negotiations with the union. This person publicly stated that he doesn't think the negotiations will take a long time, as the parties are essentially in agreement. He also opined that there isn't an urgent need for KBOO to have a law firm represent KBOO in these negotiations.

EXCUSE us, but the website is NOT down.  Anymore.   Probably.

Then, only a few hours ago, Kraus returns to post more EVIL LIES:

Ed in Portland

• 6 hours ago

• 
  

From the August 5th Oregonian front page article: "A Salem judge has ruled that Local 503 of the Service Employees International Union has violated the state's nonprofit laws by failing to hold annual membership meetings, withholding certain records from members and improperly trying to change its corporate structure."

The KBOO board member who says he will represent KBOO management during the union negotiations is a staff member at SEIU Local 503. He even managed to move the next board meeting of KBOO to the union hall. Can you say conflict of interest?

I sure hope WWeek intends to dig deeper into the story at KBOO. Portland needs a healthy, well run community radio station. The current reality of the staff running the board of directors instead of the other way round will end in lawsuits and bankruptcy.

 "The current reality of the staff running the board of directors instead of the other way round will end in lawsuits and bankruptcy."

We've been doing this for YEARS!  We never had a problem until EVIL FITCH arrived!  And Traitor Hadrian!  And Happy Valley Ben!   And Arthur "Innuendoed out the Door" Davis! And Becky "Nazi Apologist" Chiao!  And Debbie "super accountant" Rabidue!  

Except for all those people pointing out how wrong we were, we've never had a problem! And where are they now, huh?   Are they at KBOO?  NO. No, they couldn't hold their Kool-Aid.

What does that make them?

Losers who can only make it in a left progressive culture outside of KBOO that values competence, fiscal stability and relevance to the community.

Who needs them?  GOOD RIDDANCE.

See you at the Bored Meeting tonight:

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

Don't forget to bring bananas for the web developers.


-MT

Website Sort of Online Sometimes, SEIU Legal Troubles, Plus BORED MEETING TODAY

Readers might think we misspelled "board", but they'll see how right we were tonight...

First:  The KBOO website is sorta up and running.  This Screenie shows that while we can get to it, there's nothing there.

 No programs, no contact info, no blogs, no schedules.  This could be a problem!

  Let's check in with our new NEW web consultants and see what they have to say:

(Um, er, someone give the web developers some more bananas and ask the question again...)

MOVING ON, Comrade Welp's free union legal advice may not be worth much.

Timmy Welp is a staff member at the SEIU where today's board meeting will take place:

http://www.seiu503.org/staff-directory/

The SEIU has found itself in legal hot water after a judge said SEIU was engaged in "regular, sustained and ongoing" violations of state laws governing nonprofit corporations.  Not exactly an organization that's in any position to give KBOO, already a troubled Non-profit, more bad Non-profit advice.  Trust us, the Inner Party is a closed shop on bad Non-profit advice. 

More at Oregon Live:

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/08/oregons_largest_union_grapples.html

Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on August 04, 2013 at 10:00 AM, updated August 04, 2013 at 10:05 AM

Oregon's largest union grapples with messy lawsuit from former president

Oregon's largest union, which represents thousands of state workers and is one of the state's most powerful political forces, is embroiled in a messy legal dispute with one of its former leaders over how the organization should be governed.
A Salem judge has ruled that Local 503 of the Service Employees International Union has violated the state's nonprofit laws by failing to hold annual membership meetings, withholding certain records from members and improperly trying to change its corporate structure.

Boy does that sound familiar! We'll be watching this breaking story and hoping it will sorta go away and everyone will forget A SEIU STAFF MEMBER IS INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER NON PROFIT DOING THE SAME SLEAZY THINGS.  Let's just all forget that.

So back to WEBCHIMPGATE....

Digging through whois records, kboo.fm was once registered care of Arthur Davis under the manager@kboo.org email:

Domain Information
Query: kboo.fm
Status: Active
Created: 31 Dec 1999 05:00 PST
Modified: 07 Feb 2011 06:28 PST
Expires: 24 Jan 2016 05:00 PST
Name Servers:
ns2.zoneedit.com
ns15.zoneedit.com

Registrar Information
Registrar Name: dotFM

Registrant:
Name: Arthur Davis
Organisation: KBOO Community Radio
Address:
20 S.E. 8th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
US
Phone Number: +1.5032318032

Admin Contact:
Name: Arthur Davis
Organisation: KBOO Community Radio
Address:
        20 S.E. 8th Ave.
        Portland, OR 97214
        US
Email Address: manager@kboo.org

While Davis is gone, some idiot failed to remove the email address from KBOO's whois.  The last known person with that email address was EVIL FITCH:

"please contact Lynn Fitch, 503.231.8032 x222 or manager@kboo.org"

Questions arise about the exact nature of the KBOO's website problems and the delay in fixing them.  It's too bad no one at KBOO can talk to Fitch about this because, as Timmy Welp said last meeting, any contact with Fitch without a doctor's release, before September, would not be appropriate (click or rt-click on image to enlarge):

Wonder if/when/howlong the website will remain active?

Want to ask  Timmy Welp what his Union Legal advice is worth?(Didn't he say a lawyer wasn't needed?)

Want to give a web developer a banana?


Then come on down to the board meeting to night as blogged here:

 http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/board-meeting-moved-to-union-hall-while.html

 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

Several things NOT to do at tonight's meeting:

Do NOT make a collection jar to help fund the website development and then fill it with bananas.

Do NOT at every uncertain pause, casually sigh, loudly saying, "Oh Welp."

Do NOT do either one of these things.

This is a SERIOUS meeting, with SERIOUS BUSINESS.  We're trying to impress the Union folks that we're a perfectly sane non profit with no bi-polar chemtrail induced foil hat craziness. Damn it, we know it's extreme!  But it's the only way we'll con competent people into helping us fix this mess at KBOO!  

Crap, guess this means Lisa and Ani have to be left behind.

OH WELP!

-MT

UPDATE:   Timmy Welp has thrown his support behind Keep KBOO as KBOO aka KKK!  See it in his likes at Facebook :

Now that says credibility!

Comrade Kate Welch Opens KKK Facebook Profile! Yay!

In the midst of a website situation that is Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, Comrade Kate Welch rushes to the rescue to Keep KBOO KBOO propaganda available for the masses!  Zombie Grace gives her the thumbs up:


https://www.facebook.com/kboolinda/posts/10201109296227227

Kate WelchLinda Olson-Osterlund

Saturday at 8:18am near Portland ·

• Hey Linda, Please check this page before I invite friends.
  https://www.facebook.com/KeepKBOO

  Committee to Keep KBOO as KBOO

  
  

  We are members of the KBOO community who organized to challenge corporatization of KBOO. With your help and those of hundreds of others in the KBOO community, we have successfully persuaded our KBOO board to reaffirm its commitment to the membership and its core values. Positive changes include ·...
  

  Page: 48 like this

  Share

  • Grace Marian Looks great, Kate!

    Saturday at 8:23am
  • Kate Welch Thanks Grace, you can be the first to like it!

    Saturday at 8:26am
  • Grace Marian Liked!

    Saturday at 8:26am · 1

And behold!  It was so:

https://www.facebook.com/KeepKBOO

EDIT: 
added info:

https://www.facebook.com/KeepKBOO/info

Basic Info

Joined Facebook	08/03/2013

About

We are members of the KBOO community who organized to challenge corporatization of KBOO.

Description

We are members of the KBOO community who organized to challenge corporatization of KBOO. With your help and those of hundreds of others in the KBOO community, we have successfully persuaded our KBOO board to reaffirm its commitment to the membership and its core values. Positive changes include
· good faith labor negotiations with the union
· appointment of 4 board members who value membership input and feedback
· returning KBOO to its non-corporate governance structure
· improved communications between the board and the membership
We believe that KBOO is a membership organization and that members are entitled to voice, through its board and committees, in the decisions that affect its operation and programming. We applaud the efforts of the Programming Committee in considering whether or not to bring the Thom Hartmann show to KBOO.
** (from KBOO’s Programming Charter) “KBOO shall be a model of programming, filling needs that other media do not, providing programming to diverse communities and unserved or underserved groups. KBOO shall provide access and training to those communities.
“KBOO’s news and public affairs programming shall place an emphasis on providing a forum for unpopular, controversial, or neglected perspectives on important local, national, and international issues, reflecting KBOO’s values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression, and social change.
“KBOO’s arts, cultural, and music programming shall cover a wide spectrum of expression from traditional to experimental, and reflect the diverse cultures KBOO serves.
“KBOO shall strive for spontaneity and programming excellence, both in content and technique.”

Joined Facebook

Saturday

Comrade Kate lost no time sockpuppeting to promote Glorious Leader's website:

 https://www.facebook.com/KeepKBOO/posts/10201121919782808

Kate WelchCommittee to Keep KBOO as KBOO

11 hours ago near Portland ·

A new post from the save KBOO blog:
http://savekboo.org/

SAVE KBOO!

savekboo.org

Community radio must be for all of us

Like · · Share

• Jim Dancingtrout likes this.

 And promoting "values" as KKK:

With 48 "likes" so far, the KKK jugernaut looks to be unstoppable!

Readers may not remember, but Comrade Kate was at the Inner Party campout with Glorious Leader and Ani Haines:

Nothing's as cozy as an Inner Party PARTY!



Solidarity!

-MT


PS:  Interesting note:  the KKK annoncment was on Linda's timeline.  Friends generally sub to timelines, unless they disable.  Guess which friend completely failed to leak this timely Inner Party information to anyone (as far as we know) while pretending to be wise to the Inner Party?

https://www.facebook.com/kboolinda/friends


No need to go into details...just file it away, Comrades....

KBOO.FM off-line, Glorious Leader Blogs Bravely On During Webchimpgate!

For no good reason anyone can figure, kboo.fm has been down since at least Saturday evening with this generic Drupal error message:

http://kboo.fm/

DRUPAL
Site off-line

The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.

If you are the maintainer of this site, please check your database settings in the settings.php file and ensure that your hosting provider's database server is running. For more help, see the handbook, or contact your hosting provider.

24 hours later the site is not only still off-line, but won't load even a 404 message:

 No explanation appears on KBOO's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/kbooradio

And that's the way it should be!  At last!  Untroubled by the Unwashed Masses!
However, the masses will not be without an opiate!  Behold!  Glorious Leader returns to guide us in these troubled times:

http://savekboo.org/2013/08/04/board-election-approaches/

Board election approaches

Posted on August 4, 2013 by savekboo Standard

Here is part of an email from Board member Mark Sherman:
(from Mark Sherman, member of the Committee to Keep KBOO as KBOO & recently appointed KBOO Foundation Board member)
Greeting KBOO friends,
It has been too long since I have sent out an email. Sorry. I would like to review some of the issues raised at Tabor Space and comment on where KBOO is today. Significant progress has been made in the last 3 months. The highlights include:

1. The board has formed a negotiating team to work collaboratively and in good faith with the staff to address their concerns in the context of union negotiations.
2. Remember the top down, corporate styled, board policy manual? It is now being modified by a new work group. The board has suspended the board policy manual until the update effort is completed.
3. KBOO members can now contact the board directly through the board web page. This was one of my biggest concerns. The board should be responsive and accessible to its members.
4. Members can now join the governance committee. This is not a big gain. However, the development committee, which has been dormant for too long shall begin meeting again beginning Monday, Aug 5 at 6:00 at KBOO. This will prove to be a critically important committee in the near future.  We need your ideas.
5. I don’t think you have to worry about KBOO making significant changes to programming without input from the membership. Consider joining the programming committee.

Most of our initial concerns have been or are being addressed. You are the reason for this success. Your attendance at board meetings, your participation in committees, your organizing efforts, your lobbying the board, and your continued support of KBOO made these changes possible. 
The next KBOO election is critical. Please ensure your membership is up to date and you are eligible to vote. If your membership has recently lapsed, when you renew, be sure to pick up a ballot at KBOO. Thanks for being KBOO members! KBOO belongs to all of us.

 Cadre should test their loyalty by keeping a straight face when reading this line:

"KBOO members can now contact the board directly through the board web page."

 If you're lips twitch, keep practicing or the Coo Bay Gulag may be your summer vacation destination!

One benefit of the webchimpgate is few members will know of, or even how to get to, the next board meeting:http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/board-meeting-moved-to-union-hall-while.html

They would have no idea, without reading this blog, it's at:

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

Thank Marx for that!  No filthy proles gumming up the works!


SOLIDARITY

-Meresa Titchell

UPDATE BY GLORIOUS LEADER: added text, probably a formatting issue:

……………………………………………………………………………………end of Mark’s email…………………………………
Keep KBOO will be issuing an endorsement statement soon.  In the meantime, here is a preview list of Keeper-endorsed candidates: Michael Wells, Adin Rogovin, Jennifer Davis, Robin Ryan and Joe Uris.
–Theresa

The Bored, er, Board vs Evil Fitch: ITEM #12

Gawd, shoot us it the head.  ITEM #12 takes almost 20 minutes to not resolve.  Fitch is sent packing and, added bonus, any observers have been put to sleep, thus protecting the Inner Parties secrets from getting out.  And gives our Elite Cadre a golden opportunity for some ace subliminal propaganda practice!

From audio, approx  05:19 -21:20
http://www.mixcloud.com/ministryoftruth/kboo-bod-july-29-2013/

Comrades feel free to make corrections/addition in comments, as half these people mutter and mumble and guesses have been made in places.  Important corrections will be made after we return from our Cadre Campout at Mt. Bachelor.

God help us all.

Er, we mean, SOLIDARITY

-MT

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

[Conser]Anything else? Um executive director's report...do we have one a email version? At this point?
[indistinct]
I think we can strike that because the executive director is not going to  be available until Sept 9th.  Um, any replies to all please uh um  remove ....address...
-is there uh, in respect of your discussion of budget mediation, since she's not here can we post post that? 
[indistinct]
-wait, she is here
[indistinct]
-so are you not on medical leave?
-i am on medical leave. I'm here to uh comment on-
-point of clarification:
-sure
-I'm unclear on your status. Um glad to see you, ...as a board member I'm unclear what status you're in, because it's my understanding you're on medical leave.  So I think we need to clarify just how to appropriately to proceed.  um
-That would be fine
-First we probably need to deal with the the agenda, we're in the middle of trying to do that.
-Great
-I'm of the ----- executive director's report up since(?) Lynn is here and I'm guessing she wants' to get out of here as soon as possible. [laughter]
- I am here to provide testimony, as the board didn't want to do this in closed secession on agenda item number 12. And I am also here to discuss the item...sorry , I didn't have the time to print out my agenda, uh, discussion of finances and development that mark(?) brought up. 
-Point of clarification:  I thinks this is a little, I guess I'm a little confused...because either board has to first establish an agenda, and once the board establishes agenda, we can look to whatever's on there(?).  How we can do anything else. I guess I'm I'm feeling for us to make one decision at a time.
Okay, what's the um...
[cross talk]
-my proposal is to ---executive director's report--indistinct[speak up damn it!]-she didn't want to stay here til the end
-yeah, this is going to be fun to document.  I'll let you guys know ahead of time--
[cross talk]
So you made a motion
-yes, --
I don't know that anybody's seconded it...
[indistinct]
-I will second that.
Okay, move to the uh, item number 19 where?
-um--[indistinct] sure
After 11?  before 11?
-before 11
Okay.  So between 10 and 11. Any discussion on the motion?
-Could you repeat the motions please?
The motion is to move item 19 to between item's 10 and 11.
-Guess I would speak in favor of the motion as long as we're moving a conversation.  I would also appeal there's a lot of really important business and I think I want to challenged my fellow board members to be disciplined , and to not be going over things that, things that need to be repeated.  Um, cuz we've got a lot of work to do...
Um okay so, so uh, further..
-There's a motion on the floor [indistinct]
All in favor of moving item 19 to between item 10 and 12 . Okay, one  two three...four five in favor?
-Six.
Oh.
-Everybody hands up in favor
One two three four five...are you voting? One two three four--I only see five. Michael do you have your hand up?  No. I see five.  All opposed?  one, two, three, okay, um, abstentions?
[indistinct]
okay, one abstention , okay um, ah, motion failed.  So um item, number 2 stays where it is. 
-You mean Item 6
Yeah 6. Okay, so uh, further business on the agenda. 
-I have ta, I'm sorry, I have ta ask....as much as I don't like, I have to ask for some clarification. Respecting what is involved with --medial leave of absence.  We as -something- a member we cannot participate as a staff person because of medical leave of absence. Precludes that.  And As much as I'd really like to hear what Lynn has to say, we can't as person decide which part of corporation...[indistinct]  respectful of the original request.  As such I'd like to bring this up somehow[indistinct] mainly that those issues can be uh deferred until she is off medical leave ....
Okay my understanding is that we do not have as far as we know an attorney at the meeting , um but we do have some people who are [something] in policy, and the , from the bounced message I got today, My understanding is that medical has begun, (?)today today. Uh, and that Mark's,  uh, Mark's proposal is is valid , that anyone who is a member (?) can public comment, but not meeting proper, am I am I uh, gotten the policy correct?
-Not a motion.  A clarification. yes.  I think without a doctor's release , it's not appropriate to be engaging in an employer/employee situation.  I'm very sympathetic to her situation.  Would like to hear ...but we really need to be clean?) and appropriate, um, for the sake of[indistinct]
Okay. Um. 
[Cross talk.  Indistinct]
-The board can invite somebody in as a expert(?) witness.[Indistinct]
Okay,
-Point of information on this!
-The suggestion is that ..
-Just really briefly! You can , you can suspend the rules for the purpose of allowing this person to do what they need to do, and then go back to the rules! You don't need to make it hard.
- We're not "Roberts Rules" 
[cross talk]
-On feluma(?) employer/employee relationship.  It's really more of legal status.
-I heard her say she came to comment,
-testify...I thought
Okay, um, the,
-So Lynn did you come to just comment?  Or...
-Um, in the previous communications with the board I have repeatedly said that item 12 is not clear, don't have all the information, There are things about that that should not be spoken about in open public comment, and i have all the documents that regards that particular issue, and that iff the board acts without this and wants to act without it , happy to put it into my brief case and leave.  as for the agenda Item that has to do with fundraising , financial..without Paula here , I believe it's withing the foundation's best interests to have your development director here. I saw that on the agenda , I thought I should make comment. If you don't want that comment now and you'd like to hear that at the Sept board meeting, happy to do that.
-Can you repeat the point you made though.  the original...
-[indistinct] Opposed to here what Lynn wishes to say to us.  I do not believe there's a legal standing for it.
-My response to that is that's a separate issues, Michael.  Take one issue at a time.  I'm trying to clarify the legal situation we're in.  We're in a delicate situation, and I think it would be inappropriate  and wrong for us to proceed with you as an employ in medical leave, yet engage you as an employee.  So I'm asking you to clarify" are you here as a member to comment at random?  or are you hear as the station navigator? Which if you are I need to share that I think it's completely inappropriate and we need to disengage.
-Historically the board  will engage testimony from the public.  Again, I am happy to leave, It was not my intention to be here. I feel extremely strongly about the board making decisions  and not being adequately informed.
-I would like to apologized for the awkwardness of this, but it's inappropriate for us to participate in an employer/employee conversation. I would look forward to having that very important information in the appropriate forum . Without a doctor's release  this is inappropriate. 
-I would make a motion to table Item number 12 until Lynn returns to active work
Okay motions on the table
-Point of clarification , first we need to establish what we're doing before we --into other business.. in my opinion
Uh so
-So, I would like to make a motion that we are not engaging in a conversation with Lynn as an employee ..
Okay, motion is suspended for the moment , for point of clarification, but will be addressed.. Okay so
-Point of clarification, are we clarifying the employer/employee relationship right now and it's my understanding  since the medical leave began today that we as a board could be liable if we engage the executive director as an employee from now until Sept 9th.  That is my understanding.
-Or until we have a medical release so we can have an appropriate conversation. That will be welcomed. 
So uh with with that in mind, I want to get a sense of the room , uh, is is is there further discussion on this issue? Is there anything in the bylaws or ORS that contradict what Tim says?
-Is there no reason why we can't get this super secret documents in some other way? Do the super secret documents have to go a super secret place? I mean  the problem with this issue is that the board president is being dragged through the mud(Becky Chiao anyone?), all kinds of ways, but because so much of this case is about executive session, he can't even really defend himself. I mean, he's caught in a perfect catch 22, That's the problem with this case. So if there's documents about it, I like them to be filed with someone...though now I understand he would be able to do that, until Sept 9th.
-We can't even have this conversation.
-the board can explore other alternatives. But right now we probably need to clarify what we're doing at this moment.
-Okay...Super secret documents ...
Okay so my um understanding is that we are, we are not able...yes robbie?
-I'm wondering uh, I'm wondering if we have one member of the executive session who doesn't have a conflict of interest in this matter..Matthew?  I'm wondering if Matthew would be able to present these documents if we need to go into closed session to be able to discuss and shed light on this.

-Again, a point of clarification: could we establish the issue of point
-yeah
-And then we can go into all the other tangents, but right now let's not lose our focus . We need to define our relation ship in the moment.  Please stay on point.
Everyone at this table aside from Lynn in an employer of the[indistinct] so  even Matthew would not be in a position to engage her as I understand
-That is my understanding , that's exactly right, but i think right now the motion of the floor is just be clear and deliberative about our relationship right now. Respect the medical leave and the boundaries, so we have a healthy process that further complicates it
Okay, uh I think our stance has been clarified. So um with that in mind , we do need a doctor's order, in order to legitimately interact as employees with Lynn . At this moment. Now uh, can we go back to Rabia's motion?
[Cross talk]
- I had to clarify we can't engage with her while she's on medical leave...
 My first motion was to table this item until Lynn returns from ---
We're still in agenda at this point.  We made a clarification, now we're back to agenda Items. So what's on the table is to table Item 12 til a later meeting. Is there a second on that?
-No actually we were back to records for mediation...?We were considering doing?
Uh we we we , those got put back on , they can be taken off again --Active motion: Is Rabia's on the table. Is there a second for Rabia's motion to move item 12 ?  Any second for moving item twelve?  Or tabling item 12 Until a later meeting? [Silence]

Okay, motion fails for lack of second. 

KKK Comrade Partridge Releases Inner Party Candidate Endorsements!

It's like Christmas!  Except in August!

https://www.facebook.com/jamie.partridge82/posts/10151787501741368

Jamie Partridge

7 hours ago near Portland ·

To: KBOO members
Fr: The Committee to Keep KBOO as KBOO*
and Friends of KBOO
Re: Endorsement of Candidates for KBOO Foundation Board of Directors
--PLEASE SHARE—

Our committees -- made up of dozens of concerned KBOO volunteers, programmers, and active members -- have interviewed and endorsed five candidates for the four positions up for election next month (we know -- 5 candidates for 4 positions – we couldn’t narrow our choices down to just 4).

We believe these candidates have the talent, experience and track record to maintain and promote KBOO’s core values** --

Jennifer Davis, Adin Rogovin, Robin Ryan, Joe Uris, and Michael Wells

Please watch for your ballot which could arrive any time in August. At the latest, bring it to the Annual Membership Meeting on September 14th . If you do not get a ballot, check with KBOO to see if you are still a member. You can get a ballot anytime before the election, if you become or re-up your membership. Watch the KBOO.fm website for information on candidate interviews and any changes to meetings or the balloting.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sunday, August 25th, 4pm -- Candidate Meet-and-Greet -- Peninsula Park, N. Albina at Ainsworth.
Saturday, September 14th, 11am -2pm – Annual Membership Meeting – Matt Dishman Community Center, 77 NE Knott

*We are members of the KBOO community who organized to challenge corporatization of KBOO. With your help and those of hundreds of others in the KBOO community, we have successfully persuaded our KBOO board to reaffirm its commitment to the membership and its core values. Positive changes include

• good faith labor negotiations with the union
• appointment of 4 board members who value membership input and feedback
• returning KBOO to its non-corporate governance structure
• improved communications between the board and the membership

We believe that KBOO is a membership organization and that members are entitled to voice, through its board and committees, in the decisions that affect its operation and programming. We applaud the efforts of the Programming Committee in considering whether or not to bring the Thom Hartmann show to KBOO.
** (from KBOO’s Programming Charter) “KBOO shall be a model of programming, filling needs that other media do not, providing programming to diverse communities and unserved or underserved groups. KBOO shall provide access and training to those communities.
“KBOO’s news and public affairs programming shall place an emphasis on providing a forum for unpopular, controversial, or neglected perspectives on important local, national, and international issues, reflecting KBOO’s values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression, and social change.
“KBOO’s arts, cultural, and music programming shall cover a wide spectrum of expression from traditional to experimental, and reflect the diverse cultures KBOO serves.
“KBOO shall strive for spontaneity and programming excellence, both in content and technique.”

EDIT:Screenie  of shares added (rage on, OWS veterans):

As readers know, Comrade Partridge was at the fore of the KeepKboo Kboo/Save KBOO fiasco Glorious Inspired Revolution:


http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/06/lisa-loving-in-lavender-plus-more-inner.html

Notes from Keep KBOO mtg 4/26/13

Jamie Partridge

Apr 26

Committee to Keep KBOO as KBOO

Initial meeting --  Friday, April 26, 2013

Attendance: Jamie Partridge (chair & notes, 503-752-5112), Joe Crane, Bill Resnick, David Neel, Alan Wieder, Joanie Krag, Dave King, Paul Roland, John Walsh, Clayton Morgareidge, Linda Olson-Osterlund, Per Fagereng, Theresa Mitchell, Bruce Silverman, Michael Morrow, Gene Bradley, Joe Clement, Tom Becker, Robin Hahnel, Jan Haaken, Frann Michel

1.      What’s happening at KBOO? (see attachments)

a.       Gene, Theresa, and Bill outlined changes in board policy, revealed at the January meeting, changing from “just cause” to “at will” employment of staff; cutting staff benefits; changing from staff collective to a new Executive Director with direction to change staff assignments and layoff/ fire some staff.  Reasons given for staff shake-up – a financial crisis (manufactured), “too confrontational” programming, and inefficiencies.

b.      The staff, by 80%, presented cards asking for union recognition.  The E.D. and Board have hired legal assistance to push back, refusing recognition & forcing a National Labor Relations Board election, contesting the bargaining unit size and, according to Joe (CWA union organizer), committing numerous Unfair Labor Practices in the process (policies must freeze when cards are presented – the Board & E.D. threatened lay-offs, changed assignments and pled bankruptcy, ie. ULPs)

c.       Many at our meeting expressed not only dismay with the way staff are being treated, but the disappearance of transparency and democratic participation in KBOO governance plus the reliance on corporate advisors for policy changes.

2.      What is to be done?

a.       We agreed to mobilize for the May 4^th Special Membership Meeting (1pm, Tabor Place, 5441 SE Belmont (at 55^th), to turnout as many members and non-members (it’s not an “official” members only meeting; rather a forum).  The Executive Director, Lynn Fitch, is expected to present her vision for  “KBOO 2.0 -- The Regeneration”.  We expect to pass out a flyer with our explanation of events and their consequences.  We also expect to have sign-up sheets (outside and inside) for people interested in keeping in touch with the Committee to Keep KBOO as KBOO.

b.      We agreed to distribute the flyer, with a call to come to the May 4^th meeting, at May Day and other progressive events, by email, facebook and other methods.  We could call in to the morning talk shows with info about the May 4^th   meeting, expressing our concerns and encouraging listeners to come.

c.       We agreed to communicate with the Board the costs of fighting the staff unionization and the undemocratic, opaque decision-making – loss of members, loss of listeners.

d.      We agreed to recruit candidates for three Board positions coming up for election in September (apply by July), including one to be appointed by the Board to fill a current vacancy (contact Marc Brown, board secretary if interested)

3.      Tasks

a.       Theresa, Bill and Gene agreed to put together a fact sheet (two-sided?) which could be passed out at the May 4^th meeting as well as a one paper summary which could be on one side of a flyer calling people at May Day to come to May 4^th.

b.      Jamie agreed to print the flyer & fact sheet

c.       Paul agreed to put together sign-up sheets and clipboards for the May 4^th meeting (and May Day?)

d.      Joe said the union will be in touch with other unions and Jobs with Justice for support in the organizing/ bargaining effort

4.      Next meeting

a.       Friday, May 10^th 6pm, same location – home of Bill Resnick, 1615 SE 35^th pl. (s. of Hawthorne)

[Please reply with additions/ corrections to these notes]

Now that you know who to vote for, comrades, get out their and start smearing the opposition aka all the other candidates on Sherman's List:

http://savekboofromsavekboo.blogspot.com/2013/07/leak-july-28-comrade-sherman-releases.html


Rabia Yeaman   NOT TO BE TRUSTED
Rebecca Nay     [REDACTED]
Michael Wells  GOOD
Robert Rogers  MASOCHISTIST ENGINEER  YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
Dennis Nyback   FRIEND OF CONSER.  YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
Joe Uris           DOUBLE PLUS GOOD  HATES T-SHIRTS
Kristin Yount    WHO THE FUCK?
Robin Ryan       GOOD
Jennifer Davis   GOOD
Ed Kraus        EVIL.  ALSO SECRET ZIONIST MOSSAD AGENT
Adin Rogovin  GOOD
Benjamin Hoyne  EVIL.  REALLY EVIL.  LIVES IN HAPPY VALLEY 

GONNA BE A WHALE OF A CAMPAIGN!   

Bonus!    Bankruptcy proceedings and victory party to be held at the same place to save funds.

Better late than never!

-MT