I have been a member of the unpaid staff since around 1980, and one of the extremely few who has continued throughout that time to work attentively and extensively on many levels with both staff (whether paid or unpaid) and listeners. This has given me a profound respect for the absolute necessity of using the democratic process in working to solve the lingering problems of KPFA. I have developed a profound knowledge of those problems as they are defined by all the varying individuals and groups involved—both the range of those attempting to bring various changes, and the range of those essentially resisting change.