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Casey Peters reported the following:

Results of the Hand Count of KPFK ballots for Listener Sponsor Delegates
to Local Station Board:

Ahjamu Makalani (write-in) ELECTED (1st round)
Grace Aaron ELECTED (20th round)
Donna Warren ELECTED (22nd round)
Shel Plotkin ELECTED (24th round)
Leslie Radford ELECTED (25th round)
Summer Reese ELECTED (25th round)
Lich Doan ELECTED (25th round)
Ricco Ross ELECTED (28th round)
Reza Pour ELECTED (28th round)
Israel Feuer FIRST ALTERNATE

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31 October 2007

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TUNE THE RADIO DIAL ANYTIME this week somewhere between KUSC and KCRW, and you’re going to inevitably bump smack into a fund-raising pitch on Pacifica’s KPFK. Lucky you, it’s one more extended pledge drive for “radio powered by the people.”

KPFK GM Eva Georgia Steps Down -

The Pacifica Foundation announced today that, after five years as General Manager of its Los Angeles station KPFK-FM, Eva Georgia has decided to resign effective October 31, 2007. In a motion adopted recently, Pacifica’s National Board of Directors expressed its appreciation of Georgia’s “innovative leadership” and cited her successes in the areas of fundraising, programming, and staff diversity.

PACIFICA SPECIAL: “Racism and Injustice: The Trials of Mumia Abu-Jamal” - Coming soon to a Pacifica station near you: a one-hour Pacifica radio special: - Racism and Injustice: The Trials of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

FROM: Greg Guma, Executive Director

STATEMENT ON KPFK ALLEGATIONS, LITIGATION AND FUNDRAISING

I have received a statement from a group of producers and programmers at KPFK concerning their belief that it is "economically and ethically wrong" to raise money from KPFK's listener-sponsors without full disclosure of the potential financial costs of current litigation brought by a staff member. They also put forward a number of proposals.

Whoopie Doo, Pacifica Has A New Board

An opinion piece, belatedly copied in from http://www.ominous-valve.com/pacific.html

I just noticed two things today.

First is that WBAI picked its PNB representatives. Second is that I am so underwhelmed by Pacifica and its factions that I can no longer justify taking the time to write about them.

To: Pacifica Executive Director Greg Guma, Eva Georgia, Pacifica National Board Members and the KPFK LSB