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Post by Staff Infucktion on Sept 12, 2013 9:56:05 GMT -8
Corporatist Adin, ineffective Conch and blackmailed into submission Matthew have announced to KBOO staff that they, the board Executive Committee, are now the managers of KBOO. These are the folks who can't even run a board meeting! No doubt Corporatist Mark will wheedle his way into the management mix somehow, even if he, as Secretary, is not part of the Executive Committee. Mark shares with Adin an extremely long corporate background. And no doubt that once the staff get what they want, they will act, as they always have, to render this management group and the board as a whole irrelevant.
Be prepared for a return of the staff management collective, with a lack of skills, productivity and accountability KBOO needs to survive. One has to wonder how the staff will pull off being union workers and management at the same time.
To quote from a source with sources -- "Word from the Staff meeting, yesterday, is that it was "the most corporate speech ever given to describe the new management" and not a single person objected. Adin talked the talk that should have had them screaming and bleeding from their eyes and no one raised so much as a stutter. The staff know that they're about to get whatever they've always wanted..."
I'm astounded that none of this "victory" has been publicized on SK, IM or Facebook. I can only imagine that they're trying to keep this as quiet as possible to keep others from objecting. This major victory that they've all been waiting for has passed with almost no fanfare. I feel that this is partly group shame for what they have become.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 10:43:01 GMT -8
Funny isn't it?
Re Mark Sherman, at one of the board meetings that were recorded he mused for a while that he works in a large corporate environment (SISCO I think, but a tech company anyway) and he didn't see what all the fuss was about KBOO having managers come and go. He stated that at his work managers usually are in for a short time and then are off to another position and it doesn't seem to harm anything.
What was so astounding then was that he was comparing a for profit, huge corporation management with KBOO. In the large corporate model the lower level manager (what I'm sure he was talking about) is an intermediate position with clearly defined roles and responsibilities. Such a "manager" position would be clearly defined by stable policy manuals and people themselves would be plugged in and out of such a role with no effect on the total organization. Do the job, then move on.
Nothing could be further from the role of a KBOO Station Manager, where this person is essentially the CEO, not a lower level manager. At KBOO there is (should/could be) a very strong hands on role for a manager, and complete accountability for what happens with programming and staff. And in the current moment, with no clearly defined boundaries between staff and board, no procedure manuals, a KBOO manager would be a very pivotal and tricky position to hold indeed. Nothing even remotely like his work related manager example.
It's horrifying that Mark Sherman who was hand picked by Ani, Theresa, and their KKK crowd don't understand the differences between a mid level corporate manager, and KBOO. Great move by the "anti-corporatists".
One of the funniest proposals I've ever heard was that a former staff member told Ani that she should become the next manager, as she already runs the entire building anyway. Of course, that would require that Ani take personal responsibility for the results. Oops. I forgot. We don't do Responsibility.
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Post by KBooWasGoodOnce on Sept 12, 2013 12:01:06 GMT -8
"a former staff member told Ani that she should become the next manager, as she already runs the entire building anyway. Of course, that would require that Ani take personal responsibility for the results. Oops. I forgot. We don't do Responsibility."
No kidding here. The membership roles are quite reduced over the last years. KBOO has been paying the bills by drawing down our reserves. Mismanagement and board misbehavior are risking law suits at multiple board meetings. They finally have a manager only to fire her and abuse her. But, Theresa and I've heard that Ani too are passing the buck for their failures. I'm torn whether to vote or just not toss my membership. What a waste of a formerly good station.
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Post by Ramp! on Sept 17, 2013 18:52:09 GMT -8
Interesting news from the Portland Tribune "Embattled KBOO manager quits, new board slate wins":
"The board will meet on Monday and may decide to pick an interim station manager, Conser said. He plans to step down as board chair."
Gosh, I wonder who will want the job of KBOO "interim station manager"!
It's like being the drummer for Spinal Tap!
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Post by Ramp! on Sept 17, 2013 18:57:37 GMT -8
Will they explain to the new KBOO "interim station manager" that he'll have to use his personal credit card to pay some of KBOO's expenses, since KBOO doesn't have a company credit card?
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Post by Repeating Miss Truths on Sept 17, 2013 19:20:21 GMT -8
What makes you or anyone say that KBOO doesn't have a credit card? That is not my understanding. Things can change, but KBOO used to have a credit card, and the staff were in possession of it. Wanna guess which staff person?
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Post by kk on Sept 17, 2013 19:40:17 GMT -8
What makes you or anyone say that KBOO doesn't have a credit card? That is not my understanding. Whatever they claimed, Lynn apparently was told otherwise and volunteered her card: operationfreespeech.boards.net/post/599/threadIf that's true, Lynn can add that to the list to give her lawyer. Sounds like they were trying to set her up to be blamed if things went south. |
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Post by anon on Sept 17, 2013 20:44:04 GMT -8
"The board will meet on Monday and may decide to pick an interim station manager, Conser said. He plans to step down as board chair."
Looks pretty clear, Conch will step down as Board Chair and become the interim station manager.
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Post by johnmackey on Sept 18, 2013 10:25:32 GMT -8
What makes you or anyone say that KBOO doesn't have a credit card? That is not my understanding. Things can change, but KBOO used to have a credit card, and the staff were in possession of it. Wanna guess which staff person? I left the KBOO Staff in early 2011. I started employment there in 2001. During my entire time employed at KBOO they never had a credit card. It was discussed in staff meetings several times. |
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Post by Debbie on Sept 18, 2013 13:15:37 GMT -8
What makes you or anyone say that KBOO doesn't have a credit card? That is not my understanding. Things can change, but KBOO used to have a credit card, and the staff were in possession of it. Wanna guess which staff person? I left the KBOO Staff in early 2011. I started employment there in 2001. During my entire time employed at KBOO they never had a credit card. It was discussed in staff meetings several times. I was the finance coordinator at KBOO from 2009 til May 2013, and from February 2008 til 2009 I was the independent contract bookkeeper at KBOO. For that 5 years, KBOO never had a credit card. There was brief discussion about a checking debit card, but due to KBOO's historical issues with theft, fraud and laxed internal controls I was not in favor of getting one and neither was the finance committee. I figure the Station Manager had these similar thoughts otherwise he would have gotten one. Instead, he was more interested in tightening up the internal controls and he did a great job and some solid practices were in place when I came on staff. Thanks Arthur. I was strict about continuing strong internal controls after Arthur left in 2010 and I cannot say if the internal controls will become lax again now that I'm not there. The Board has given new Board member Adin Rogovin full access to the finance files, finance computer, accounting software and a full set of keys were given to him by the building facilities volunteer. This is nothing I've seen at KBOO before, but I'm sure it's fine. ;-) For now, KBOO still has the staff position of internal cash controls being done by the Finance Assistant and I think a temp from Accountemps is still doing the bookkeeping. |
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Post by lurker on Sept 18, 2013 13:21:15 GMT -8
LMAO!
Does KBOO have a shredder?
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Post by A Bunch Of Bulgarian Hackers! on Sept 18, 2013 13:36:24 GMT -8
We understand the problem, Respected Traitor Comrade! We made the mistake of giving Tzvetan a hacker credit card once, and he woke up three days later in a refuse bin in Sofia with three chickens and two geese, and no memory of how he got there! We had no idea you could charter a 747 to fly between Varna and Sofia, but credit cards are just magic that way! We still have no idea what happened to the cow listed on the flight manifest! |
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2013 13:38:21 GMT -8
Ask Per Fagereng. He's the "KKK" expert on cows.
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Post by johnmackey on Sept 18, 2013 13:44:00 GMT -8
The Board has given new Board member Adin Rogovin full access to the finance files, finance computer, accounting software and a full set of keys were given to him by the building facilities volunteer. This is nothing I've seen at KBOO before, but I'm sure it's fine. ;-) For now, KBOO still has the staff position of internal cash controls being done by the Finance Assistant and I think a temp from Accountemps is still doing the bookkeeping. I agree with Debbie regarding that keys and passwords for accounting were NEVER given to anyone besides the Station Manager and the accounting people. Even as Chief Engineer with computer support being one of my responsibilities I did not have passwords to the accounting software. Other than myself there was only one engineering volunteer who I allowed to do upkeep and repair work on the accounting computer. I used to laugh at how Andrew kept such a tight hold over the membership database and didn't want me to access it, yet Ani had access to it and she would leave it open on her computer while out smoking or gone from the building. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2013 7:17:43 GMT -8
Who will record the BOD meeting on Mon Sept 23rd? I don't think I can make it, this might have some very critical information and as we know, nothing of import will make it into the minutes. A recording is essential.
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