Comments for Tracy Rosenberg Candidate Statement at http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=141#pc_121 If you haven't already received it, you soon will receive your ballot for the KPFA Local Station Board (LSB) 2007 election. I'm endorsing -- in alphabetical order: Steve Conley, Chandra Hauptman, Tracy Rosenberg & Joe Wanzala. I'm endorsing those four, and those four only, because they are people of good heart and mind who know their way around KPFA, are not part of the opposing factions at KPFA, have demonstrated through previous volunteer work around the station and LSB and LSB Committees that they focus on issues and bringing people together and getting things done, rather than personalities and stopping things from getting done. They are running as a mutually supportive "I-Team" -- "I" for "Independents" -- and you can read more about and from them at RadioPoetics here http://radiopoetics.org/ Steve Conley served on the first elected LSB for 9 months in 2004 and previously on the old elected LAB -- Steve was tireless in organizing the first and only successful KPFA Town Hall Meeting which resulted in citations for excellence from the San Francisco Bd of Supervisors. He's never involved in his own ego, and is just plain good folks who works amicably with everyone for the greater good. Steve has years of media and radio experience, as well as a lifelong commitment to community activism. Steve has a web page here http://blackhawkemedia.blogspot.com/ Chandra Hauptman has served on the LSB since December 2004 -- and she served as a KPFA rep on the Pacifica National Board (PNB) for the past year. She has been exemplary in focusing on the tasks at hand and doing the work. It was largely through her efforts on the PNB Personnel Committee that the successful hire of former KPFA GM Nicole Sawaya as Pacifica's new Executive Director was recently announced. Chandra is a work horse, tireless, tenacious, willing to listen and work with everyone to meet their concerns & get the job done. Tracy Rosenberg currently serves as Managing Director of the Media Alliance ( http://www.media-alliance.org/) she has served for the past 3 years on KPFA's Program Council as a community representative. The Program Council unanimously chose her to act as their facilitator because of her fairness, good organizational skills, and ability to keep people on task while treating everyone with courtesy and respect. Tracy's clarity and integrity are also big strong points. Joe Wanzala has served on the KPFA LSB since December 2004. Before that he served on the KPFA LAB. As a member of the LSB GM Search Committee this past year he worked diligently and successfully to move that committee beyond its previous sectarian stalemate to the point where they will be making recommendations to the full LSB in November. Joe's openness, congeniality and willingness to find common ground with others is a real plus. He's also one of the most intelligent people I know, and has dedicated years to KPFA without getting caught up in the bitterness and grudges that turns so many people sour. He's a keeper! I don't know in what order I will rank them yet -- but I will rank them as my top 4 choices. They're all very good and will be good for KPFA. I'd like to rank them all #1, but I'm not sure how the vote-counting machine would handle that. If all 4 of them are elected, they will make up a center of civility around which others on the LSB can gather to find common ground. I also don't know if I will actually vote for and rank anyone else. There are some other good people running -- but they're all running on slates that have taken negative positions towards each other, and I'm just tired of the polarization. These "factions" just tend to be mutually self-canceling, and grind things to a standstill on the LSB -- hour-long debates about the order of the agenda, followed by 1/2-hour long debates on whether to extend the time for an agenda item. It's crazy-making. And slate-members report a lot of pressure on them to vote the "party line" regardless of what they believe is best for the station. So, I hope you will rank the four "Independents" as your first four choices, and then consider some of the other candidates. Best regards, Carol Spooner Pacifica National Board Member - Jan 2002-Jan 2005 KPFA LSB Member - March 2000-March 2005 Lead Plaintiff - Listeners' Lawsuit to remove the old Pacifica Board - 1999-Dec 2001 - Carol Spooner Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:43:37 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=141#pc_99 Aaron Fan believes TRACY would be a good choice. http://radiopoetics.org/files/images/iTeamFlyerPlanet_v2.png - a2sfan Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:12:14 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=141#pc_7 y'all should put your questionnaires into a blog entry. - Brian Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:22:37 +0100