TAKE BACK WBAI AND PACIFICA
Come to the National Board Meeting Jan. 11-13
In N.Y.C. and Make Your Voices Heard!
305 W. 44th St.
Hotel Worker's Union
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
Friday 7-9pm
Sat. 9-5 pm.
Sun. 9:30-2:30
To volunteer before or during the board meeting, please call 646-230-9588.
We need drivers, runners, office help, etc. During the meeting we'll need
folks
to help with food, hospitality, and clean-up.
Housing will be provided for those coming from afar. See below for contacts.
You may have read that the listener lawsuits against Pacifica have been
settled and that a new interim National Board has been installed with
progressives in the majority - unquestionably a step forward due to months
of determined mass struggle. But what the mainstream media aren't telling
you is that this agreement does not take back WBAI - much less the rest of
the network - from those who hijacked it. We still have to fight for it. Any
decisions that don't get the vote of one of the reactionary former majority
(now minority) get sent to a California judge to resolve. And at the new
board's first conference-call meeting on Dec. 29, that pro-corporate
minority - led by former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry - showed that they'll fight
tooth and nail to stymie any progress toward reclaiming Pacifica.
For a summary of the Dec. 29th board meeting, see
http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/pacifica/interim-board/board-notes.
html
Fortunately, the interim board mandated that its next meeting be held here
in New York City. The open-to-the-public event will run from Friday night
Jan. 11 to Sunday afternoon Jan. 13 at a location to be announced shortly.
Concerned Friends of WBAI is asking for listeners and community activists to
turn out in force to insist that our embattled, beloved station be taken
back as the first step in restoring the network to its historic progressive
mission.
It's been a year since the Christmas Coup that led to the purging of more
than 25 progressive producers and staffers and the decimating of vital
programming. The New York community needs to show up and demand that the
coup be reversed, that the fired and the banned be brought back, and that
WBAI and the other Pacifica stations nationwide return to their role as a
voice for the voiceless and an empowering agent for social change.
This meeting is a key window of opportunity. It's crucial that there be a
large and diverse popular presence to both lend support to our allies and
make clear to our adversaries the price they will pay for continuing their
assault on our network. The struggle is far from over. Come join us!
For the latest updates and to find out how you can help, call the Concerned
Friends hotline at 800-825-0055. For further information, visit
http://www.wbai.net ; and
http://wbai.savepacifica.net
For general questions or to volunteer, call 212-989-8222 or email
bob@wbaiaction.org
and debra@wbaiaction.org
For housing or to offer housing, call 973-762-3682 or email
stevenb@wbaiaction.orgAGENDA FOR MEETING OF THE INTERIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
New York City - Friday, January 11 - Sunday, January 13, 2001
305 W. 44th St. Hotel Worker's Union
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
FRIDAY EVENING
7:00 - 7:20 pm Rules for our meetings - Adopt minutes of 12/29/01
meeting - Review agenda
7:20 - 7:25 pm Comments from Board chair
7:25 - 7:35 pm Report from the executive director
7:35 - 7:45 pm Update: lawsuits, grievances, severance arrangements,
etc. overview, no discussion
7:45 - 9:15 pm Finances
report on where we are (debt, projected income, projected costs)
priority expenses
how to cut expenses
set up finance committee
SATURDAY
9:00 - 9:45 am Community comments
9:45 - 12:00 pm Station Reports
managers - 10 minutes each
LAB chairs - 5 minutes each
brief community comments
12:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch
(Executive Director search committee will meet.)
2:00 - 3:30 pm WBAI
brief community comments
status of the committee
next steps
3:30 - 4:45 pm Bylaws review and revision/LAB elections
what needs to be done, proposal for structuring this work
community comments (15 minutes)
establish committee
4:45 - 5:15 pm "Gag Rule"
Evening - visit to WBAI, followed by reception with LAB and listeners
groups.
SUNDAY
9:30 - 10:15 am Community comments
10:15 - 11:00 am Executive Director search
report from committee
next steps
11:00 - 11:45 am Status of national office/staff
11:45 - 12:15 pm Democracy Now!
update on broadcasting, back pay
update on negotiations
12:15 - 12:30 pm Break
12:30 - 1:00 pm PNN stringers strike
overview of issue
next steps
1:00 - 1:30 pm Affiliates
overview of issue
next steps
1:30 - 2:15 pm Interim Board business
reports to the listeners at each station
approving and posting minutes of meetings
our meeting schedule
Adjourn meeting
