[WXBH-Discuss] discussion/vote

[John Wilborn]

Thank you, Matt, for weighing in. I entrusted John Hicks to establish  
an on-line voting format, not to choose a forum.

John Wilborn




On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Matt Evans wrote:

> This is silly. Why would you not attend the Board meeting? That is  
> where the vote will occur, and you stated in your letter to basic  
> criteria: that immediate action was needed (thus the need for a  
> meeting) and you trusted John Hicks to choose the forum for the  
> vote (which is contradicted later in the letter making the  
> resolution out of order as it is self-contradictory and cannot be  
> voted by the Board, or the suggestion for an on-line vote was  
> merely suggestive and not obligatory to the resolution, thus you  
> are out of order by voting on-line as that is not the forum for the  
> vote). It was not John's idea to hold the meeting initially; it was  
> mine, after being solicited for advice by John. I have a position  
> on this whole mess that I have stated previously, that I will state  
> again at the Board meeting, that I will not state in this e-mail  
> (in favor of a Hikes Point studio, and by-law amendments coupled  
> with adequate protection against simple majority votes of the  
> Board). How can I espouse such a view publicly when the forum is  
> quickly evaporating? Various board members abscond out of meetings  
> without allowing due public process, without checking the by-laws  
> before they vote on by-law changes, without checking their basic  
> obligation to the Board and violating their membership on the Board  
> in some cases, because they have important meetings to attend. What  
> is the more important meeting to attend? A radio "governing board"  
> meeting where you complain about the process of the Brick House  
> board meeting? If the process really pains you, why not do  
> something constructive about it, like give coherent, non-personal  
> critiques of the process and solutions for addressing the problem  
> (such as resolutions about running the meeting)? There has been a  
> lot of talk thrown out there thus far, a lot of people trying to  
> win personal feuds through this forum. If things continue to  
> degenerate into the personal, WXBH will die or hang by a string for  
> a while and die. If people can put aside their personal issues  
> (John, John, Mark, Victoria, Aron, Dave, Kristin), not pontificate  
> on the nature or metaphysics of Board membership, and be selfless  
> for one day (like attend a meeting and make some effort to  
> compromise between the two seemingly intractable positions), then  
> perhaps WXBH can move forward? And it should move forward, as it's  
> a hell of a lot more important than our feelings.
>
> Matt Evans
>
> On 7/17/07, John Wilborn <jwilborn at iglou.com> wrote:
> The discussion regarding the Radio Committee's proposal has
> begun,finally. Thank you Kim Sorise, Anita Soloman, and Jamie Miller
> for your insightful comments regarding the Radio Committee's proposal
> and support thereof. For those who oppose the Committee's proposal,
> and there must be some out there, your silence, until now, has been
> deafening. Perhaps you will overcome your muteness and your
> objections will be freely voiced at tonight's special board meeting.
>
> Despite our plea for an on-line voting format, the chairman, to date,
> has steadfastly refused to provide one. He has opted, instead, to
> call a special board meeting. The Radio Committee has absolutely no
> objection to a special meeting. However, none of us will be in
> attendance for reasons previously disclosed. Our stance, along with
> our votes, has been made perfectly clear by the submission of our
> proposal.
>
> My vote is YES, I approve the Radio Committee's proposal.
>
> To my other fellow board members, I await your pleasure with regard
> to the Radio Committee proposal; the ball is in your court.
>
> John wilborn
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