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10 topics: Pacifica forbidden by CA law to operate since c. Aug2022 … CPB bid will not just fail but antagonise … directors violating CA Corporations Code since 23Sep2022 by not hiring CFO … directors will violate CA Government Code by missing 30June deadline for FY2022 audit … FY2022 revenue crashed 22%, $1.97m loss – with KPFA’s $566k loss being x1.5 WBAI’s & 82% KPFK’s … FY2023 thru Feb2023 only lost $40k – but losses at KPFA $213k, WBAI $159k, KPFK $149k … FJC quarterly payments missed 31Dec & 31Mar: loan sold to MDSF? … $110k EIDL balloon interest payments due by c. Mar2024 … WBAI, inter-division balances, & a rational write-off policy … PNB needs to discipline Jim Dingeman for being a dictator
pretty pic cap [Not as long as you fear. [UPDATE … regrettable delay: will be posted by Sa3June2023. ~ [A separate post will explain – again – why Tanaka & the other Berkeley hillbillies are spinning a dangerous yarn when… Read more
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You’re right, the constitution says the President can’t be the head of the Supreme Court, but the motion is for him to only be the interim head of the Supreme Court . . . & you’re right, the constitution says the President can’t replace Congress, but the motion is for him to only be the interim replacement of Congress. So with no objection, there’s no need to even have a vote – come to think of it, we can even skip the election & let the President choose the result. The farcical W3May2023 PNB Elections Cttee – with the missing audio
. . . not the same, but close: the point is manipulating the domain of meaning to suit one’s political aim – and you won’t believe how eager they all were (bar Eleanor Forman & Vanessa Dixon-Briggs) to get this… Read more
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kpftx says “Not Recorded”, so here it is: audio of the laughable M13Mar2023 PNB Strategic Planning Cttee . . . Jim goes all Dolores
. . . Jim Dingeman Dolores Umbridge, of Harry Potter fame . . . . . . “Argh, some people have said we have no strategy. Argh, I have to differ with that because the strategy at all times, at… Read more
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Walking 5 miles, in a straight line, wonder where they’re headed? Brasília, 2pm-6.30pm local. A revealing map
. . . courtesy of g1 (Grupo Globo, the largest media conglomerate in South America) – https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl_ZtfEXoAMwLGl?format=jpg&name=large . . . informative playlist of vids from the scene (far superior to the US media online response to 6Jan): https://g1.globo.com/df/distrito-federal/playlist/videos-bolsonaristas-radicais-invadem-o-congresso-nacional.ghtml . .… Read more
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Lawrence Reyes died today
Michael Novick, KPFK interim General Manager, GM@kpfk.org: “It is my heavy duty to let you know that Lawrence passed peacefully early this afternoon. It is a sad, great loss, deeply felt by all who knew him. His son Taino and… Read more
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Lawrence Reyes, video of the W19Aug2015 KPFK LSB
. . . the horseshoe, left to right: Aryana Gladney, Lawrence Reyes (director), Rodrigo Argueta (director), Chuck Anderson, Lydia Brazon (director & PNB Chair), Fred Klunder, Ron Spriestersbach, Leslie Radford (KPFK General Manager; a non-voter), Luis Garcia y Ayvens; Michael… Read more
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Meeting for Lawrence Reyes, 5.30pm PT, Friday 30 December 2022
From Michael Novick, KPFK station manager: As you may know, our comrade and brother Lawrence Reyes is gravely ill in a coma at UCLA Medical Center on the campus. While he is still with us, we want to record our… Read more
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Grandpa Simpson escapes from the Happy Valley Retirement Home, & ends up elected temporary Chair of the W28Dec2022 KPFK Finance Cttee
. . . Dan McCrory is also Chair of the KPFK Community Advisory Board . . . things are really looking up . . . ~ Audio (first few secs missing; some dead air right at the end; but it… Read more
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Yet another one without audio, but here it is: Th15Dec2022 PNB
The Th15Dec2022 PNB public meeting finished a lil later than usual – c. 2355 ET. So it’s even more derelict that there’s every chance the audio won’t end up in the Pacifica archive. (At the witches’ hour, a coven was… Read more
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Notice of re-post: augmented analyses of 30Nov meets, WBAI Finance Cttee & PNB Strategic Planning Cttee
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ED Steph refuses to disclose that the Feds seized $305k of Pacifica’s cash – and the directors & treasurers collude, not mentioning it either. What is wrong with these people? Weird, or truly creepy? Tu13Dec2022 PNB Finance Cttee
Oh, dear. As if −$305k makes no difference. Transparency of events & proceedings is not for them. And they do it with no shame. Or sense of betrayal. Deplorables. A $11m annual turnover public charity, with the likes of these… Read more
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Feds seize $305k from KPFA bank account. 10 positions to be laid off (4 of the ~31 FTE). Audio of Th8Dec2022 PNB
[UPDATE: the audio of this meet still not available from Pacifica as of 1400 MT, Su11Dec. The last audio of the PNB at https://kpftx.org/archive.php is Th10Nov (sic) – so missing are the last three: Th17Nov, Th1Dec, & Th8Dec. (The gap… Read more
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Feds seize $305k KPFA bank account: court ensures Vernile gets his money. Also 10 positions to be laid off (4 of the ~31 FTE)
. . . Pacifica Evening News, spilling the beans, broadcasted by KPFA, 1800 PT, Th8Dec2022, during the meet of the Pacifica National Board, where the directors sleepwalkers were choosing to conceal reality from their listening public – pathetic. https://kpfa.org/episode/the-pacifica-evening-news-weekdays-december-8-2022/ (The… Read more
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“Something’s happened today”, says Teresa Allen gravely. What? Audio of the Th1Dec2022 PNB – another recording not yet in the Pacifica meetings archive
This is becoming an unfortunate habit, the relevant Pacifica decision-makers & workers not bothering to post the audios of meetings, or doing so late. Low priority. Or not even registering. This has the anti-democratic effect of materially restricting the dissemination… Read more
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Not Giving Tuesday, but Taking Wednesday – taking one’s sanity. Audios of three Pacifica meetings, two not yet in the meetings archive – W30Nov2022
UPDATE, 1200 MT, Th15Dec2022: the two still aren’t posted in the Pacifica meetings archive, https://kpftx.org/archive.php. Additionally, the last three PNB audio are also missing – but they’re linked here: 17Nov (just the ED’s report, with queries): https://pacificaradiowatch.home.blog/2022/11/21/10mths-into-the-job-ed-steph-doesnt-know-whos-in-charge-of-pacificas-social-media-obviously-no-one-meaning-its-her-and-steph-effectively-says-its-not-her-job-to-ensure-theres-national-fundraising-th17/ 1Dec: https://pacificaradiowatch.home.blog/2022/12/04/something-s-happened-today-audio-of-th1dec2022-pnb-another-recording-not-yet-in-the-pacifica-archive/ 8Dec:… Read more
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Upcoming posts – 10 of them [placeholder post]
10 posts: • The sleepwalkers order a financial news blackout: trying to hide their tracks, conceal their acts of omission – Th20Oct2022 PNB • Contra Counsel Arthur’s advice, the directors illegally extend all delegates’ terms – even their own. The… Read more
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10mths into the job, ED Steph doesn’t know who’s in charge of Pacifica’s social media – obviously no-one, meaning it’s her. And Steph effectively says it’s not her job to ensure there’s national fundraising – it’s up to the GM’s. Th17Nov2022 PNB [a placeholder post]
[The Pacifica info gatekeepers were tardy posting the Th10Nov PNB audio recording, likewise now with the 17Nov – https://kpftx.org/archive.php. So here’s a revealing portion of that meet. When g-d gives a minion strength, PacificaWatch will replace this placeholder with a… Read more
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Audio of the Th10Nov2022 PNB – including another hot mic After Party. Also Mike Davis
Still not in the Pacifica meetings archive, https://kpftx.org/archive.php, as of 1200 MST, M14Nov2022. One other 2022 PNB meeting is missing, that of Th9June: the daily calendar notice, https://kpftx.org/pacalendar/cal_show1.php?eventdate=20220609, is in the form of an open meeting (so including three links… Read more
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KPFK shooting into repeater station orbit: current annualised rate of loss-making is $1.28m, up $165k on the August FY2023 budget … total revenue now down 15%, covering only 85% of personnel costs, 55% of operating costs, & 42% of total costs
. . . test launch of the KPFK repeater station, the Ojai Valley, Ventura County, the whole event supervised by local hip-hop sensation, MC False Decorum, PNB Vice-Chair Queen Liz III . . . ~ [UPDATE: with a 22-day drive… Read more
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The last time Pacifica had audited net assets? 10yrs ago, 30Sep2012 . . . So, yes, zombie public charity
. . . 10yrs on: the last time Pacifica had audited net assets was 30Sep2012 . . . audited net liabilities went as far south as $4 525 638, at 30Sep2016 . . . the latest audited net liabilities are… Read more
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NETA not replaced by a certified public accountant: clueless
. . . says it all . . . ~~~
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Sleepwalking into the chainsaw: Chapter 11 . . . “we’re, you know, in a, you know, near Chapter 11 situation throughout the whole network”, director Dingeman, W28Sep WBAI Finance Cttee
. . . page 1 of Form B 201, VPFB, voluntary petition for filing for bankruptcy . . . 11 U.S.C., Title 11 United States Code (commonly known as the Bankruptcy Code), & its Chapter 11 is ‘Reorganization’; section-wise, 101-1532… Read more
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NETA left 8 days early, Th22Sep, replaced by Markisha Venzant-Sampson. The Queen is dead, long live the Queen! . . . Meanwhile, without chopping KPFA’s ~31 FTE staff, Pacifica is sleepwalking into the chainsaw. So, impose a network development plan, using centralised control to destroy the fiefdoms! Solidarity!
. . . the PNB Finance Cttee: really more mature? 13yrs of Pacifica losses out of the 15 thru FY2021: more faced up to reality? Who’s less in denial? Who’s the baby? . . . the Cttee, ‘advising’ the directors… Read more
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KPFA LSB: living the dream
. . . KPFA Local Station Board, roll-call . . . . . . and delegate Elizabeth Milos has decided she’s going to speak . . . ~~~
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Louise may have died, but Nurse Ratched lives on!
. . . congratulations! . . . It is with great sadness that PacificaWatch has to announce the death of Louise Fletcher. Louise died yesterday, F23Sep. The thoughts and prayers of all at PacificaWatch are with Louise’s relatives and friends… Read more
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Seems Berthold’s on his way out – no prob, Volunteer Alex becomes not just interim general manager but interim executive director as well, a win-win . . . cometh the moment, cometh the man
. . . “Seeking a Director position”, the start of Mr Reimers’ LInkedIn webpage – all five screenshots taken Tu23Aug2022, https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertholdreimers . . . Berthold ‘I’ve got more coats of Teflon than Donald Trump’ Reimers has been WBAI’s station manager… Read more
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The post-NETA new beginning: Pacifica to recruit CFO from Mariana or Samoa, even Guantanamo! A triumph for inclusion – and dirt-bottom wages
. . . a customised solution for Pacifica Foundation, Inc. (note that American Samoa is next door, in Polynesia) – salaryexplorer.com . . . The Pacifica cash crunch exerts more pressure than the crusher in the wrecking yard. But no… Read more
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Here’s looking at you, baby! . . . Geil!
. . . notice the last name on the right? . . . . . . and there’s more: . . . https://www.linkedin.com/in/quincy-mccoy-8520b014 . . . Seamless. As Mr Slippery himself says, he’d been there over eight years. No Pacifica… Read more
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Milosz: Pacifica’s reality
~ A Song on the End of the World On the day the world endsA bee circles a clover,A fisherman mends a glimmering net.Happy porpoises jump in the sea,By the rainspout young sparrows are playingAnd the snake is gold-skinned as… Read more
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Apparent CPB noticing violations: Dec2021
[Totals for the first quarter of FY2022 (re open meetings & re closed meetings) = 45 + 19 = 64 … Oct2021 = 10 + 4 = 14, Nov = 19 + 11 = 30, Dec = 16 + 4… Read more
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Apparent CPB noticing violations: Nov2021
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… Read more
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Apparent CPB noticing violations: Oct2021
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… Read more
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Pacifica, Plato, & the new ED
. . . PacificaWorld . . . The W22Dec PNB closed session had one item: “[i]nterviews with candidates for Executive Director” – https://kpftx.org/archive.php. There were three, apparently. Hopefully they’re fully cognisant of what they’re letting themselves in for. ~ Imagine… Read more
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Phone number’s disclosed, so Chair Beth von Gunten agrees new one for M27Dec PNB Development Task Force. But why keep the public out? And why no minutes for over 1½yrs? More worryingly, why do the inner circle invitees collude in the anti-Pacifican behaviour? Why don’t they elect a new Chair? Don’t they care?
[UPDATE … question 28 of 31 did wonder, “And will the joining details for the December meeting be changed yet again, to keep the public out?” And sure enough, Queen Liz III couldn’t help herself: “Access via MaestroConference (Never a… Read more
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7-21Dec KPFK fund-drive, hourly pledges up $5.21 on the last drive. Daily gross proceeds up ~$98, a drive total of ~$1 463. Gross proceeds rate, only ~58% of the ~$8 044 daily expenses. Can the PNB wait until the seating of the new breaker directors in January?
. . . for the 15 days, Tu7-Tu21Dec2021, $195k pledge goal, $13k a day . . . & yet, & yet . . . $89 415 total pledged at 0001 PST, W22Dec, daily average $5 961 pledged, &, at 78%… Read more
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Why is director von Gunten et al. jeopardising any Pacifica application for CPB money? And why is this tolerated? Public comment at the Su19Dec2021 KPFK LSB
Below are the two sets of public comment made at this local station board continuation meeting. The spoken ‘quote/unquote’ have been removed, & occasional emphases & other italicisation added. At the end of each comment are the links evidencing what’s… Read more
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More joy: monthly lists of apparent CPB violations, per the declarations at pacifica.org & kpftx.org . . . Pacifica has four short months to be fully compliant
. . . transitioning from Joy Division to New Order . . . [UPDATE: when this was written it seemed a good idea to publish monthly lists of certain kinds of apparent CPB violations. It no longer does.] ~ Given… Read more
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You’ve got your damn report now, so just S T O P ! ! !
. . . over 5 000 peeps can’t be wrong, can they? . . . The undated final report on the 2021 local station board elections, https://we.tl/t-7yaCbPMpZk, seems to have been posted either today or yesterday. The link is from… Read more
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Latest misnoticing of proposed by-laws amendments. PNB Chair Alex Steinberg finds himself unable to read – Su12Dec KPFK Delegates Assembly
. . . day #6 of the 8Nov-8Dec2021 noticing period, Sa13Nov – but no notice either that day or the five previous ones, per the Wayback Machine records; in fact the first notice appears on day #7, Su14Nov – https://web.archive.org/web/20211113150803/https://pacifica.org/… Read more
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FY2021, only KPFA made an unaudited net income after adjusting for windfalls, per Sep2021 monthlies
Here are the unaudited FY2021 net income statements of the 5 stations, per the NETA-produced Sep2021 monthlies. They’re adjusted to exclude the windfalls: the forgiving of the two loans received from the Paycheck Protection Program that benefited all stations, &… Read more
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Th18Nov PNB & Miquel Calçada chat about the KPFK crisis . . . the directors excel themselves – again. Audiofile of a meeting that’ll never reach the Pacifica meetings archive
Two months into the job, Miquel gets summoned to the Pacifica National Board, as an afterthought – at 30mins’ notice, he tells the world. Starting off on the slope, it could only get worse. And being PacificaWorld, the great &… Read more
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Today KPFK is losing money at a rate of ~$3 500 a day, ~$105k a month, ~$1.26m a year, as per the docs. Why does no-one publicly recognise the scale, the urgency?
. . . KPFK is in the distance, just left of centre, set in the Hollywood Hills; the transmitter is upper right, Mount Wilson; foreground is that urban beauty, Pregerson Interchange, with Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110) heading north, & Century… Read more
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Important correction: two of the Oct2021 proposed by-laws amendments only trigger a members’ referendum if either of them is approved by both the PNB & three or more LSB’s. Erroneous public comment, Su17Oct2021 KPFK LSB
[Two sections: the error, & a possible explanation; & the actual comments made at the LSB. Another post will provide, & discuss, the four proposed by-laws amendments.] ~ I made an important misinterpretation of a by-law in my public comment… Read more
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KPFK’s new station manager, Miquel Calçada, deserves a public statement from ED Lydia Brazon on what’s expected of him – in FY2022, what loss will be acceptable? will it be OK if audience simply doesn’t fall? will it be OK if membership only falls 5%? … or doesn’t it matter what happens? Public comment at Su19Sep2021 KPFK LSB
The last time KPFK achieved an annual net income was FY2011 ($119 800); the previous one was FY2005 ($135 665). So only one since 30Sep2005, just one in the last 15 financial years – but at least that’s one more… Read more
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Important correction: a separate staff referendum is required by sections 5342(d) & 5033, California Corporations Code. Shockingly, Pacifica is a public benefit non-profit corp, not a mutual benefit one
. . . d’oh! . . . Whoops, the wrong area of law was cited in July when explaining the need for this year’s separate staff referendum. The error was in a post to two Facebook groups, which was also… Read more
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The directors need to get a grip: instructing ED Brazon to devise & publish plans, & to ensure their implementation by the station managers. Public comment at Su12Sep2021 KPFK LSB
A public comment was made, on the fly, at the Su12Sep2021 KPFK LSB (2:07:03, https://kpftx.org/archives/pnb/kdelegates/210912/kdelegates210912a.mp3). Listening to the meeting, & what hadn’t been said, a comment had to be made. In the rush, one clause was incomplete; that’s been rectified… Read more
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KPFT’s broadcast licence extended thru 1Aug2029, granted Th22July
KPFT’s broadcast licence was due to expire Su1Aug – but you wouldn’t know it if you relied on the local management & Executive Director Lydia Brazon. Ditto the Local Station Board & the Pacifica National Board. No-one thought the members,… Read more
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6 things that won’t be said at the Tu20July PNB Audit Cttee: an apology for breaking state law, pensions audit fiasco, liquidity gibberish, covenant gibberish, net current liabilities concealment … & a motion to remove Chair Rosin
[This post will be written up properly by Su25July. The audiofile of the Tu20July mtg., 57mins (apologies, as the recording starts with the end of agenda approval): audible & downloadable at https://mega.nz/file/JBlAmKYI#mPcRo4UMezIDyhdCbzdQ_AHsjPuNB82n0VMEUrJpBkE. Because Jorge Diaz, principal auditor of Rogers &… Read more
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Anti-breakers, you’re politically bankrupt, accept reality. But will a new defender of Pacifica arise? Fat chance
This was posted Tu20July to the two main Pacifica Facebook groups, Pacifica Radio Supporters, & Friends and Fans of Pacifica Foundation (the name since 2020 of Pacifica Radiowaves). These remarks followed on from an appeal to the breakers to let… Read more
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Breakers, you lost, accept reality: California Corporations Code Section 7813(f)
[WHOOPS, a crucial correction: the wrong section was cited. Like most of us immersed in PacificaWorld – seeing it all too often run as a private club, not a public charity – it seems to operate for mutual benefit, legally… Read more
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