[WXBH-Discuss] FCC Briefing on Tuesday. All programmers should attend

Wed May 16 12:12:10 CDT 2007

Don't let these e-mail conversations represent the fully vitality of the
Brick House. Things are developing at rapid speeds with some conflict, but
those conflicts are being addressed (and in some cases being resolved). Yes,
I  agree with you that  there should not be any BH meetings during assembly
times, but we should take this as an oversight rather than as some malicious
act. Mark McKinley has apologize for the radio scheduling conflict without
being pushes, thus recognizes the problem. Though this problem connects to
larger issues, those issues are starting to be resolved slowly and fully.
We cannot expect  these issues to come together overnight; in fact, it would
be good if we take our time in finding the solutions to these problems and
admit the validity of difference. In any horizontal organization, the
vitality rests not on a few individuals choosing the direction of the group,
negating others, but most, if not everyone, within the group coming to
common points and moving the group towards those points. As such, this
cannot be rushed. I implore you, if you are in Louisville, with some free
time, join us. Come to an event or an assembly meeting. There is a lot going
on, in spite of what some may say.

Matt Evans

On 5/16/07, Cory R <coryri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm going to agree with Kristin on this issue, if a group is planning
> on meeting elsewhere and not taking part in assembly meetings is
> almost a slap in the face of the organization.  The only way the Brick
> House can and will work is if all collectives (this includes you
> radio) are part of the assembly meetings.  If you're missing assembly
> to have a programming meeting and not taking part in the entire
> collective (Brick) then what you want from Brick immediately becomes
> clear, a radio permit.  I still stand by my original stance when I
> resigned from the board because of the same reasons.  Even though I
> left town and came back hearing that things were better, it still
> seems that things are exactly the same as they were before.  We may
> have a healthy voice but our heart is failing us in this matter.
>
> CR
>
> On 5/16/07, radical eclectic <radioelectric at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for your response... I do believe that the relevance of what I
> said despite its emotional tone of continued strain due to properly managing
> this organization needs to be aired properly with the appropriate people and
> if they are not at board meetings or hold radio meetings at times when I can
> attend then things like this occur.
> >
> >   I have been a long time supporter and active proponent for the radio
> program and feel that these concerns should be addressed... this meeting has
> been held during assembly at least once before and thus is clearly not an
> oversight.  It is hard for me to see where I have gone wrong in my logic or
> understanding when all is said and done... Programmers are being asked to
> make a choice that is simply not a beneficial one for our organization.
> >
> > John Hicks <johnlist at gulfbridge.net> wrote:
> >   Kristin -
> >
> > I am sorry that you are insulted and offended. I believe you are
> > overreacting, however.
> >
> > radical eclectic wrote:
> > > I think its absolutely ridiculous that this meeting is planned at this
> time on this day... this is the exact day when any and all collectives are
> needed to assemble at the Brick House to organize the operations and
> finances of the organization at large.
> > >
> > Kristin is referring to the fact that the Brick House holds its weekly
> > assembly every Tuesday evening at 6:30, the precise time of this
> > briefing. Anyone is free to attend an assembly and each group (or
> > collective) operating out of the Brick House is supposed to send a
> > representative. Moreover, the weekly assembly is where you would expect
> > to find the current leaders of the Brick House. Since several of the
> > current leaders (e.g. Brent, Kristin, Dave Morrison) have also expressed
> > a desire to participate in the radio project, the scheduling of both
> > meetings at the same time is unfortunate.
> > > It is insulting to have radio planners move meetings off site and
> furthermore directly ignore their responsibilities as 'leaders and
> directors' of our organization in order to plan for a radio station which
> offers no outreach at our events nor provides adequate access to facilities
> when we have all the equiptment ready to be set up and used within our own
> building.
> > >
> > Kristin is combining several point into one sentence here:
> > - The meeting is not at the Brick House (but it is at a central location
> > where many of our training sessions have already been held. It was not
> > "moved" off site.)
> > - Radio has not been promoting itself at Brick House events (although
> > Radio has not been promoting itself at any events).
> > - Radio doesn't yet have a central studio (accessible to all
> > programmers) when there is space and some equipment at the Brick House
> > reserved for such a studio.
> > - She is insulted by all this. (The meeting has been planned for at
> > least a month. No insult was intended.)
> > >
> > > Furthermore this low power FM 'opportunity' is situated geographically
> where only 7% of our community can even access our output because there has
> been little to no work done on to secure online streaming of even the basic
> original and local content provided by programmers thus far.
> > Our plans are (and always have been) to stream the entire WXBH
> > broadcast. It's quite possible we'll be streaming before we're on the
> air.
> > > I would like to be a programmer and participant in this project which
> I helped run for years but instead I have had to shoulder the burden of
> securing the life and administrative details for the entire organization as
> a result of such intentional divisive planning of events when this need not
> be the case at all. This is purely offensive.
> > >
> > Kristin has indeed been a workhorse for the Brick House. We might not
> > have made it through the past year or two were it not for her
> > determination. Indeed her tendency toward hyperbole, evidenced in this
> > post, probably got us through many a crisis. It's unfortunate she is
> > overreacting here, but it is understandable that, like all good
> > volunteers, she feels a sense of ownership in her creation.
> > >
> > > Kristin Shelor
> > > Member of Board of Directors
> > > Funds Administrator
> > > Volunteer Coordinator
> > > Site Capacitor
> > > Activities Facilitator
> > >
> >
> > - John Hicks
> > Chief Referee
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > WXBH wrote:
> > > A quick reminder to all who plan on being a programmer and/or producer
> > > for WXBH:
> > >
> > > Who: All programmers and/or producers for WXBH
> > >
> > > What: WXBH Programmers Agreement/FCC Reg Briefing
> > >
> > > When: Tues, May 15th, 6:30 p.m.
> > >
> > > Where: New Directions Housing Corp, 1000 E. Liberty (at the tail end
> of
> > > Liberty, between Wenzel and E Chestnut/Baxter).
> > >
> > > See you there!
> > >
> > > P.S. We're still on schedule to go on the air on June 1!!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > John Hicks
> >
> > When replying to me personally, please use "johnhicks" instead of
> "johnlist" in the email address.
> >
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