Secret Open Public Meeting Thursday Feb 20th at 6pm KBOO

Strategic thinking is not a KBOO thang! So, they are beginning the cycle once again. Or should we call it the circle of life, since the ending will be virtually the same as it has been the previous 3 times the Board tried to fix KBOO.

The circle begins with bringing in a new Station Manager or management to stabilize the place, because it's a mess.

Then task the Station Manager with improving programming, increasing membership, and plugging the money leak.

Then, the Station Manager will begin to see that the main problem is an unproductive staff that have created their own work environment and tasks (whether it matches their job descriptions or not). Not all staff are to blame, but the cancer has spread over the many years.

Then, the Board will want the Station Manager to tackle staffing assessment.

Next step, order headstone for Station Manager(s), and bury the carcass(s) next to the 3 previous Station Managers that dared to conduct any form of a staffing assessment.

Anyone else hear the death march drums beginning to beat? And these poor new Managers have no idea what awaits them for their honest and skillful efforts. The new manager(s) also need to realize that the current Board have burned the bridge with Meyer Memorial Trust and other grantors in the community by already squandering the $25,000 capacity building grant when they overturned all the work that Cynthia Cumfer & Mark Fulop helped the Board do on Board training & making the old policies up to date, legal and attempt to make sense. People have already notified MMT months ago that the current Board has overturned the work of the previous Board after a hostile attack and large Board turnover and the grant money was used in accordance with the grant. So Board Goal #1 was a total waste and a disaster as was the beginning of Goal #2 when some Board members became hostile to others and to the Station Manager until there was almost a 50% turnover on the Board when Goal #2 was attempted. So sorry for what lies ahead for you Mic and Monica, good luck and hope you have really thick skin. Maybe if the Board and Staff don't manage to divide the two of them, they may be able to cover each other's back. Because the Board won't have their backs.

Goal #2 – Staff Development
The board will strengthen KBOO staff through professional resources and increased training and
recognition to improve organizational results internally and externally in the community.

1. Action Step: Conduct internal needs assessment for staffing level, staff development and
capacity building.
Timeline: July 2011- September 2011.
Responsible party: Board with staff advisement.

2. Action Step: Update job descriptions for all positions to include roles and responsibilities,
evaluative procedures and reviews for each position, as well as rights of each staff person.
Timeline: July 2011 – December 2011.
Responsible party: Personnel/Governance Committee and three board members.