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2023 delegates’ pseudo-elections results, Th12Oct – in an accessible form, unlike the NES’ webpage! Breakers now run 3 LSB’s, so big by-laws changes in 2024
. . . results of the 10no. 2023 delegates’ pseudo-elections: here that for the nine KPFA listener-delegates, Th12Oct2023 – https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/pacifica-elections-2023-results/ . . . The results came out a day late – obviously without either an apology or explanation from the… Read more
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R Paul Martin says ED Wells is pushing Pacifica into the embrace of Bank of America – a sweetheart facilitator of fossil-fuel financing. ‘The Great Green Investment Investigation’ report, Tu26Sep2023
. . . who would have thought Bank of America enables destruction, harming humans & other species? And making a tidy sum too? Compatible with Pacifica’s mission statement, enshrined in its articles of incorporation? – Ties Joosten, Yara van Heugten,… Read more
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All quora met, so no extension! – but the figures are way, way down. Analysis of the NES’ membership & voting data – the 7 tables, Th14Sep, W20Sep, M25Sep, W27Sep, F29Sep, Sa30Sep (2 no.) [placeholder post]
[This 14Sep2023 temporary post has been updated in parts, recognising that all 10 quora were met by the planned close of polls, Sa30Sep. [Note, National Elections Supervisor Renée ‘safe pair of hands’ Peñaloza closed these polls one hour early, at… Read more
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Pacifica’s membership down 27% in two years, to 31 252 … down 67% on 2004’s 95 581
. . . the plebs finally get thrown some crumbs: after 8wks (sic), the # of Pacifica members; & after 2wks, how many have voted online (ElectionBuddy Inc.’s “online voting system”, by definition, excludes the paper ballots cast – a… Read more
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Questions put to ED Steph ‘The Breeze’, F25Aug2023 Pacifica Listener Forum
. . . if Pacifica were a jet . . . Pacifica Executive Director Stephanie Wells spoke at the F25Aug2023 PLF, the Popular Liberation Front Pacifica Listener Forum (9:23-13:59). This regular get-together was created in late 2020 by Andrew Weiss,… Read more
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Despite the devastating news delivered by ED Steph ‘The Breeze’ to the Tu8Aug2023 PNB Finance Cttee, with almost $300k in the bank, . . .
. . . none of the attendees – five directors sleepwalkers & five station treasurers – asked ED Steph ‘The Breeze’ a crucial Q: how is it the insurances were terminated when you’ve just said that at the time Pacifica… Read more
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Rob’s just joshing – it’s only CA law that makes him say, “An organization that is listed as delinquent is not in good standing and is prohibited from engaging in conduct for which registration is required, including soliciting or disbursing charitable funds” – 3July2023 CA Attorney General letter to Pacifica
Exactly one month ago: . . . “DELINQUENCY NOTICE AND WARNING OF ASSESSMENT OF PENALTIES AND LATE FEES, AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTERED STATUS” – at the Registry depository, https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Search.aspx?facility=Y, pump in ‘Pacifica Foundation’, then on the generated webpage,… Read more
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Sagurton, Dingeman, Rhodes & Salaam sleepwalk WBAI into the grave, doing the work of the breakers. Thank you for your lack of leadership
. . . Vasily Vereshchagin, The Apotheosis of War, 1871 . . . Another scandal is that no-one these days knows of VV. And it’s remarkable that this painting isn’t as pervasive in everyday imagery as the blue & yellow… Read more
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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 before . . . the Earth falls into the Sun. With the pseudo-election underway, the die is cast – although it isn’t a die… 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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