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FACTS:

1. WBAI LSB election results were finally certified on April 7, 2008
2. WBAI PNB reps were previously elected on an interim basis pending
the above certification
3. WBAI has interim PNB reps, the majority of whom (3 out of 4)
support the Justice and Unity Coalition
4. 3 PNB reps requested that the WBAI delegates to hold a special
delegate meeting prior to the Houston PNB meeting this weekend for
the purpose of electing new and permanent PNB delegates

WHAT'S AT STAKE:

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:43:57 -0400
Subject: Certified Election Results-WBAI LSB
Dear all,

Below are the certified results from the 2007 WBAI Local Station Board
election. Congratulations to all the candidates and winners. I think
that all of you were excellent candidates and wanted the best for the
future of WBAI and Pacifica Radio. I enjoyed this job and working with
all of you.

Best,

Dale Ratner
Deputy National Elections Supervisor

From:
Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Subject: Gossip/Complaint to Attorney General
To: dbernstein@igc.org, wanzala@gmail.com, shahrama2004@yahoo.com
Cc: tonacli@comcast.net, nora@riseup.net, igm@kpfa.org

Please forward to all concerned:

To: Joe Wanzala, all LSB members, KPFA management,Executive Director
From: Dennis Bernstein/Miguel Gavilan Molina
Re: Suspension/Banning of Francisco Hererra

Hi Joe, It has come to our attention through the KPFA gossip network,
that there was some kind of formal complaint to the attorney general,
regarding raising money for a defunct school(New College).

This Sunday, there will be a community forum about the crisis in democracy at KPFA and Pacifica. There will be panelists and break out sessions and food and wine, to get you in the mood for a 4 hour interactive discussion.

WHEN: Sunday, April 6, 2-6 pm

WHERE: North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Way, across from KPFA
[close to Berkeley BART. AC Transit buses 15, 43, 51]
(Check out the flyer below - post it around)

**March 27, 2008*
*PRESS CONFERENCE/Media Release
For Immediate Release
For further information call: Jeff Mackler, Director
510-268-9429 or 510-387-7714* ; jmackler@lmi.net
*PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR:*
*
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 5 PM*
*FEDERAL COURT HOUSE*
*7TH AND MISSION STREETS*
*SAN FRANCISCO, CA

The U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT REJECTS ALL APPEALS FOR INNOCENT DEATH ROW INMATE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

Have you noticed that the words " free speech" no longer appear on the
KPFA website, nor do they appear on the new KPFA logo and bumper
sticker? Well, now we know why. Censorship is alive and well at KPFA.
See below. Chandra

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 7:00-9:00 PM
EAST SIDE ARTS ALLIANCE
2277 International Blvd @ 23rd Ave, Oakland
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• LIVE BROADCAST on KPFA 94.1FM from 7-8pm & 9-10PM
• HOLLA BACK SPOKEN WORD & MUSIC HOSTED BY GIGGLES STARTING AT 9 PM

PANEL MODERATOR

• The Minister of Information JR- POCC, BLOCK REPORT RADIO

PANELISTS

• Eloise Rose Lee- Media Alliance
• Willie Ratcliffe- SF Bay View Newspaper
• Rainjita Yang-Geesler- First Voice Apprenticeship
• Renita Pitts- Technological Empowerment & Media Project of Oakland
• Tiny- Poor News Network

Greetings all:

The KPFA LSB Radio Show will be aired this Monday at its regular time of 1-2 pm PST. Guests and topics for discussion include:

1. LSB report including status of GM search/hire, new LSB/PNB
officers, KPFA fund drive - Chandra Hauptman;
2. PNB report including directors' inspections, status of Nicole
Sawaya, Pacifica finances - Joe Wanzala;
3. What should be discussed in Exec Session and what can be reported
out - Gregory Wonderwheel;
4. Unpaid Staff Organization- de-recognition status- Shahram Aghamir
and Lemlem Rijjio (confirmation pending)
5. Call-ins from the audience

I look forward to hearing from those who do not regularly call in and request that all callers be polite and respectful towards all of the guests.

Chandra Hauptman, producer and host

THOMAS J. HILLGARDNER, ESQ.
Attorney-at-Law
82-63 170th Street
Jamaica, New York 11432
(718) 657-0606
tjhillgardner@verizon.net

January 27, 2008

VIA EMAIL to pnb@pnb.org
Pacifica National Board Members
Newark, New Jersey

RE: False Statements of fact and law made by Dan Siegel concerning the court proceedings in Cohen v. Pacifica Foundation

Dear Pacifica National Board Members,

I am counsel for the plaintiffs in the above referenced action and I write due to serious distortions of fact and law that were made to you by your interim Executive Director and General Counsel, Dan Siegel, at a session of the meeting of the Pacifica National Board held in Newark, New Jersey on January 26, 2008. I write to correct the record and, simultaneously, to demonstrate that, due to his conflict of interest, Mr. Siegel is an unreliable source of legal advice and facts about this lawsuit. In referring to statements made by Dan Siegel, I am operating from a transcript of his statements.

The below is a verbatim conversation with PNB rep Carolyn Birden, Dan Siegel, Robert Scott Adams (iGM of WBAI) and Eve Moser (on behalf of Joe Wanzala PNB rep) regarding director inspection rights at BAI. The discussion is put in a historical context with Carolyn's below intro: Chandra
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Carolyn Birden
Listener-elected Member, WBAI Local Station Board
WBAI Delegate, Pacifica National Board Elections Committee
Director pro tem, Pacifica National Board

Since the public session of the PNB meeting last night (2/15/08) at which this would probably have been an agenda item never took place, I am writing this brief report of an incident that occurred at the station (WBAI) on 2/14/08.

As Directors of the Pacifica Foundation, Joe Wanzala (KPFA) and I had planned a director's inspection to look at some financial records, among others, and Joe appointed Eve Moser as his agent to accompany me on the inspection. I was looking for information on many issues, including why our expenses were so high, what the protocol for signing checks was, how much the use of a "fulfillment house" to send out premiums was costing us, and what had been done to implement the latest WBAI Recovery Plan proposed by the CFO. In short, trying to "follow the money."