[WXBH-Board] Re: [WXBH-Discuss] Re: [progressivekentucky] wxbhbummer

[Aron Conaway]

All interested in seeing the Brick House Radio succeed,

It would be nice to see if we could have a fresh spinster step up to 
choreograph this manipulative redressing of the situation.

Just as George Bush and his buds stepping into the White House has given 
transparency to the corrupt politics in Washington, Big Business and the 
bought out media, we would like to hear other voices.

It is an insult to have John Hicks rephrasing what Mark means in every email 
he sends out. Come on! This is politics and the whole picture is being 
Whitewashed and spun contantly.

In my humble opinion, the whitewashing that seems to be so quick to be 
thrown on is covering up a real efort to drain the radio of more money. 
Anyone who does not see this is obviously being spun.

Also I believe that it would be in everyones best interest to be aware of 
where John Hicks is speaking from. His so called healing is done at his own 
convenience to attempt to stop legitimate criticisms and concerns. Shit is 
merely sick around here because something is merely rotten in Denmark.

I would like to appeal to everyone in saying that Johns attempt and success 
in being the center of attention at the Brick House has damaged the Radio 
Project severely. The question has become; Are you going to follow a large 
group of  people who are driven to get the radio on the air with full 
openness and disclosure or are you going to listen to the guy who has the 
entire setup of the radio and the Brick House in the palm of his hand? John 
controls the servers that stream the radio and store all radio content. He 
has the radio computer in his house. He owns the server that controls all 
the email lists that we are using right now. He has complete control over 
the website for the Brick House. I could probably go on, but I have other 
things to do. Basically he is toeing the line at different times to 
manipulate the outcomes of the operations of the Brick House and the Radio.

In closing I recommend that the control of the Radio and the Brick House 
power structure be distributed in a more open and accessible way.

If no one in the Building Collective (that means non-radio people) wants to 
challenge that, then fine by me. That is certainly your right.

But there is a move right now to set the radio project into a safer, less 
centralized position within the Brick House Organization. We are not and 
will not be leaving the assication of the BRYCC House incorporated if given 
security as an autonomous Brick House Collective. But we will be moving to 
make a clear distiction between the operations of the Radio station and the 
control of those who appear to be trying to manipulate the Radio Resources 
to siphen money into the Building.

Please be aware that nothing will change really except the integrity of the 
radio operation and our ability to move forward and put your good radio 
money where you intended it to go.


"But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it." -Bob Dylan


-Aron Conaway
Brick House Board of Directors
Brick House Radio Committee






From: John Hicks <johnlist at gulfbridge.net>
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CC: WXBH Radio Discussion List <wxbh-discuss at wxbh.org>, 
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Subject: [WXBH-Board] Re: [WXBH-Discuss] Re: [progressivekentucky] 
wxbhbummer
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:42:53 -0400

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

When replying to me personally, please use "johnhicks" instead of "johnlist" 
in the email address.

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