• what's happening?
| David Barsamian! |
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Grassroots Community Radio: an Endangered Resource
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Friday November 2nd, 7-9pm,
in the River Rock Common House.
Click for directions.
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| Missing Chuck's Commentaries? |
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Chuck Ogg scoured the alternative press to produce a weekly
commentary for KRFC's local news program which apparently
stopped playing them.
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| Norberto Valdez' MLK day speech in Fort Collins.
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Contact bame(at)riverrock(dot)org
for more information, sources, originals, etc.
- Feb 20th postal letter from board saying new mission is adopted, however according to the bylaws, it was only proposed
at that time, which isn't mentioned.
- At least one constructive protest letter emailed to the board
during this time -- it's the first in a batch of letters
copied here.
- The petition to block automatic adoption of the new mission
- March 3 reply from board to a personal request for information to
be shared widely about
the right to petition petition and the petition
deadline, which was missing from the Feb 20 letter.
See entry for March 3.
- Excerpt from a March 10th letter on behalf of board about another subject but also
giving their position on further dialog about changing the mission statement:
> Dear Paul,
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> I know you and others have a lot of hope that the round table
> discussions will get us past this impasse. However, at our board meeting
> last night, after much discussion, we have concluded that there is no
> common ground for us anymore. Call it irreconcilable differences. We are
> stepping away from the dialog and moving on.
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> Best Regards,
> Beth Flowers for the KRFC Board of Directors
- March 17th "firing" letter
whereby three long-time volunteers had their membership revoked
by the board -- a loophole which denied them recourse to the station's
grievance policy which includes a fair hearing.
In other documents these volunteers are called "radical leftists" as
a perjorative term.
- Email from board to petition deliverer (Don), see entry for March 16th on the main web page at this site.
- Copy of minutes of the board meeting where the petition was rejected. Original is on the station web site.
- Copy of "open letter" from board explaining about
the petition rejection. Original is on the station web site.
- Mediation offer from a respected member of the
grassroots community radio community -- rejected by the board.
- Several letters to the board (note dates sent)
- Form letter reply from board to concerned letter writers "explaining misconceptions". See especially the repeated "logic" for
rejecting the petition.
- The Save Grassroots Radio web site has history, recent
events, and other information intended for more casual use.
- FCC rules and regs, not particularly helpful probably.
Subsections B, C, and H apply to us. 73.503 is key. License renewal is sometimes a way to apply pressure to stations.
- Restrictions including compliance with portions of the
Communications Act of 1934 are part of having a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Radio Community Service Grant
- Articles of Incorporation,
from Secretary of State web site, filed 1995, with
a small ammendment in 1995.
Article V says in part: "Other conditions and regulations of Membership,
and the rights and privileges of Members, shall be determined
and fixed by the bylaws." Article 4.2 describes some liabilities of
Directors.
- Copy of Bylaws finalized in 2003.
The
founding mission statement
is formally part of the bylaws
as an appendix. This is also available from station's web site in the "about" section.
- Excerpt: bylaws article XI regarding the petition
- Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act
(note these may not be the very latest revisions)
- KRFC policies
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