[WXBH-Discuss] Re: [progressivekentucky] wxbh bummer

[John Hicks]

Mark McKinley wrote:
> Regarding the WXBH posts: It really is about the money - money for the 
> WXBH lpfm community radio project.
...
> The issue is about money: the empty Brick House bank account today - 
> even after a $7,000 contribution from the WXBH radio project account.
>
> The issue is about money: it’s not about bungling by the WXBH project 
> team management - rather the failure of the building’s supporters to 
> raise the money that ownership/operation of the current Brycc, Inc 
> property demands. The failure to raise money is not due to lack of 
> effort.
>
> The issue is about money: unfortunately, there is no money currently 
> available in the Brick House budget for building improvements.
Thanks for the clarity at last, Mark. Finally we know how you really 
feel about building the Brick House into a viable and valuable public 
resource (vs. folding it into nothing more than a radio station). Wish 
we had had this conversation earlier ... in place of the ones we did have.

Congratulations are due to fellow board member David Morrison who had 
the courage to bring this issue to a head at last week's meeting so the 
truth would come out. I was busily scurrying around in the background 
trying to placate everyone, keep the plates spinning, the house of cards 
standing. Dave felt it was better to call a spade a spade. Dave was 
right. I was wrong. Make a note of that, folks, and learn from it as I have.

Let me make it clear that I believe Mark is a good soul who really wants 
to do the right thing. He has poured his heart into the radio project 
for the last two years, concentrating his efforts on "bringing a voice 
to the voiceless," reaching out to communities that have not had a voice 
and working with them to produce radio programs. I hope he continues to 
be a part of us.
>
> The noise machine from my friend John Hicks should turn attention to 
> creating noise in the BH cash drawer to cover expenses for the 
> building it voted to continue to own/operate.

And that's exactly what we are doing. In six months time, we've gone 
from $0 income to $1200 a month. We need to double that. But then we've 
only just begun.

And so concludes this episode of Brick House Drama.

Thanks, Sandie, for lending us your forum for this little family therapy 
session.

--John Hicks
Chairman, Brycc House Inc.
502-213-0428
http://brickhouse.cc
http://wxbh.org

-- 
John Hicks

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