Our trusty observer, Indigopirate, has this to say about tonight's meeting of the PNB:
A very subdued, civilized, chaotic and disorganized meeting, which accomplished…
Discussing and ultimately voting in favor of constituting a Strategic Planning Committee to supplement the existing Strategic Planning Working Group, with procedures for nominations and elections, representation numbering approximately twenty or so.
Suggestions as to how to transform the present dire/catastrophic financial situation:
- A celebrity fund-raiser
- Improving Programming
- A Kickstarter campaign
- Cross-promotion with the Black Panthers
Crosier, who had called the Meeting specifically to discuss concrete proposals to increase revenue and/or reduce expenses, expressed his frustration that only eighteen minutes were spent on this. Rather than spend more time, the Meeting moved to Adjourn.
The Mysterious Tom Livingston remained Mysterious. A report was scheduled, but never happened.
No reason was given.
~ ‘indigopirate’
What is the status of Pacifica's D&O insurance?
ReplyDeleteLast word, so far as I recall, was months ago, when they’d lost coverage.
DeleteNo word since, so far as I know.
If they have covered themselves it must have been, like everything else, done in Secret Confidential Extra Secret Confidential Executive Session.
~ ‘indigopirate’
Without D&O coverage, they will be responsible for court and attorney fees.Forgetting Pacifica's exceptionalism, they might consider their actions with greater care.
Delete"A celebrity fund-raiser" Yes, the one technicality is finding any real celebrities who would care. Remember, Pete Seeger is dead...
ReplyDelete"Improving Programming" Duh, but they have no clue how to.
"A Kickstarter campaign" For what purpose? They already have beg-a-thons. Do these dopes really think people are gong to donate money to it? Stupidity.
"Cross-promotion with the Black Panthers" This just shows how out of touch they really are. This is the kind of thing that got them here in the first place.
SDL
When we hear real celebrities do promos on WBAI, they are usually voices of the dead. New York is overflowing with genuine celebrities, so why—if the current WBAI has so much to offer—does the station stick its Mister Microphone into graves?
DeleteThe need to improve programming is too obvious to bring up as a suggestion. It is something that requires replacing the actors who currently occupy the station's air time. What these head bozos don't seem to grasp (or are reluctant to face) is the fact that the huge drop in listenership is in large part due to a concerted effort on the part of producers and hosts to declare WBAI as a voice for the black community. They limit definition of the term so that it applies only to people of color—specifically blacks but (apparently as an afterthought—including Hispanics.
Clueless on-air people like Haskins have latched onto that fantasy and are taking it to the max. When a listeners is practically declared persona non grata, there is little reason for him/her to stay tuned.
What these outdated street corner activists can not see or will not recognize is the folly of their efforts: they are not only chasing away people of their own color and political persuasion, they are making WBAI irrelevant to all people of intelligence..
Racial pride is a good thing, but not when it generates obsession and divisiveness such as we hear creeping into the most banal chit chat on WBAI.
Cross promotion with the Black Panthers is, indeed, a ludicrous suggestion. The Panthers have not yet managed to change the negative image given them by the establishment in the Sixties. The glorification of the guy who calls himself "mumia" is also seriously misguided.
WBAI is in the clutches of idiots.
Getting celebrities to do promos is easy. Just go to an event and walk up to them and ask them to do one, on your portable recording device you have with you. They normally do it without a problem, even when they don't know the station they are doing it for.
DeleteIt's not just about improving programming, but about broadening the spectrum of programming, like when I started listening. Unfortunately, these dopes see the world as race warfare , the same way communists see the world as class warfare. It's all about one simple demon.
SDL
When you see only what your self-interest embraces, chances are that you have become reality impaired from staring into a blinding delusion.
DeleteThis condition—also known as haskin's disease—is rampant at today's WBAI.
After careful consideration of the various options, the strategic planning committee recommends seeking support from celebrities HA HA and the Black HA HA Panther HA HA HA HA.....
ReplyDeleteC'mon Chris. Admit it. You made this up. This can't possibly be an actual suggestion right? Right?
Consider the source. This is the ghost of Pacifica, remember?
DeleteFor the sake of inclusiveness, reach out to the Young Lords, or maybe Geraldo to get back to his roots.
DeleteIsrael?
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