This exercise is made from the CPB’s point of view, what they would find when looking at Pacifica websites. The monthly list needs to be read in conjunction with the explanatory notes, *LINK. [posted by Tu18Jan]
Summary of apparent noticing violations
Re open meetings: 19.
Re closed meetings: 11.
Noticing: open meetings
No streaming button, phone number or URL given on the webpage linked from the hypertexted day number on the monthly meeting calendar grid (top-left corners) at https://kpftx.org/pacalendar/index.php, that would have allowed the proceedings to have been witnessed by the public:
KPFA
1400 Sa20Nov KPFA LSB
KPFK
1430 Su28Nov KPFK Outreach Cttee
Also:
2030 M1Nov KPFK Fundraising Cttee: notice is dated W27Oct, so not giving the required seven days’ notice.
KPFT
1900 Tu9Nov KPFT Development Cttee
WPFW
None.
WBAI
None.
National
1830 W3Nov PNB Coordinating Cttee
1900 W3Nov PNB Personnel Cttee
2030 Th4Nov PNB
1800 Sa6Nov PNB Governance Cttee
1330 Su7Nov PNB Programming Cttee
2030 M8Nov PNB Strategic Planning Cttee
2030 Tu9Nov PNB Finance Cttee
2030 Th18Nov PNB
1230 Su21Nov PNB Programming Cttee
1830 M22Nov PNB Strategic Planning Cttee
2030 M22Nov PNB Development Task Force
2030 W24Nov PNB Governance Cttee
1230 Su28Nov PNB Programming Cttee
1900 Tu30Nov PNB Strategic Planning Cttee
2030 Tu30Nov PNB Finance Cttee
Noticing: closed meetings
A written explanation wasn’t provided within 10 days at https://pacifica.org/notices_home.php#exec of why proceedings of these meetings were closed to the public (even at 11Jan2022 none was there):
KPFA
None.
KPFK
None.
KPFT
2000 M15Nov KPFT LSB (no explanation per FCC & CPB rules was given; by contrast, the notice simply declares the triumph of the will of an unknown number of comrade-directors: “closed to the public, per instructions from the PNB. Sorry.” – the same wording is at https://kpftx.org/pacalendar/cal_show1.php?eventdate=20211115, which identifies the noticer as Bill Crosier)
2000 M22Nov KPFT LSB
WPFW
None.
WBAI
2000 W3Nov WBAI PD Search Cttee
1200 M22Nov WBAI PD Search Cttee
2000 W24Nov WBAI PD Search Cttee
1900 M29Nov WBAI LSB
National
2030 Th11Nov PNB
1930 Tu16Nov PNB Personnel Cttee
2030 Th18Nov PNB
1900 Tu23Nov PNB Personnel Cttee
1800 Tu30Nov PNB Personnel Cttee
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