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Post by WTF? on Sept 16, 2013 23:21:29 GMT -8
They're acting like winning was a big surprise  Select comments Did they not get the memo it was predicted to be a KKK slam dunk? By this forum no less? Or are these the kind of people who beat up kids half their size in grade school then bragged about it? |
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Post by lurker on Sept 17, 2013 6:58:02 GMT -8
Understand this is the first time Ani etc has been seriously challenged for years. Not the election, but the fact a group of people she doesn't control is speaking their minds about KBOO, and there's nothing she can do about it. SKFSK was bad enough. Now there's a whole forum where other people can speak their minds. To someone who has ruled the roost by bullying and fear this is terrifying.
So yes, the "we won! we're number one!" victory laps are over the top. But the fear was real.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 7:44:49 GMT -8
This is the core problem. In order to speak out bluntly, I had to decide being on the air at KBOO was no longer a higher priority than telling the truth. I also ran for the board for the purpose of having a platform to speak to the membership, with no expectations I'd get any votes.
Until the board is totally separate from programmers, until the board cannot throw off dissident members at the drop of a hat, and until a strong board hires a skilled manager who can figure out how to use the new union to get rid of dead wood .... nothing will change. Remember there are hundreds of skilled radio professionals out of work in PDX who have been dues paying members for a long time, who'd be happy to get the job of turning KBOO around.
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Post by Pfft... on Sept 17, 2013 8:07:37 GMT -8
Until the board is totally separate from programmers, until the board cannot throw off dissident members at the drop of a hat, and until a strong board hires a skilled manager who can figure out how to use the new union to get rid of dead wood .... nothing will change. Of course things will change - they're going to go bankrupt. (Seriously - a reasonably large organization that can't even get a flipping business credit card?) It strikes me that there might be some interest in contingency planning - challenging their license renewal, putting together a bid for when they are forced to sell off the FCC license and other station assets, etc. It's amusing that they are doing their touchdown victory dance when they are incapable of keeping a freaking web page up for more than a few hours at a time. |
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Post by Pfft... on Sept 17, 2013 9:01:01 GMT -8
So, sports fans, to recap (I'm doing this quickly, so feel free to correct any errors): From KBOO's 2010 IRS Form 990 Filing: Contributions to KBOO have dropped from 858K in 2006 to 617K in 2010 - a drop of about a quarter. (Anybody think that there has been a resurgence in contributions since 2010?) There are some other sources of income which are dropping as well, but are less than 10% of contributions - overall KBOO income in 2010 was 655K. Employee costs in 2010 were 416K - salaries, benefits, and payroll taxes - or slightly less than 2/3rds of KBOO's overall income. One assumes that employee costs will rise under the new union contract. Since there are other fixed costs (utilities, etc.), KBOO was already in a position in 2010 that most of its expenses were labor and fixed costs. If labor costs rise, and contributions stay where they are or fall, basically KBOO will be spending just about all its money on labor and fixed costs. (BTW, KBOO's whole IT budget in 2010 was $4,769, or less than a week's worth of labor costs. Helps explain why they can't keep a web page up.) KBOO lost 132K in 2009, and 105K in 2010. Their stated net assets were 731K at the end of 2010. However, 254K of that is land, buildings, and equipment. So, at the end of 2010, they had less than five years of liquid assets left, given a loss of 100K a year. (Note: I can't tell whether KBOO is on a calendar year, or tax year ending 9/30/2011 - they have a little more time if they are reporting on a tax year.) It's now 2013. Have a nice day. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2013 9:06:31 GMT -8
The fear is still real. These victory laps are a show for their followers. Remember, they've defeated the Corporatists and "Republican Torpedoes".
What they're really doing, now they have time, is browsing through SKFSK even though the blog isn't active. Not the actions of people who have nothing to worry about. Those are the actions of people putting on a brave face while they're still shitting their pants over what to do.
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Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2013 9:13:34 GMT -8
Except that's not the whole story. They have friends of friends of friends helping out/volunteering here and there. If you factored the value of off the book labor, you might be able to double, or even triple that number in labor value they've received. (This could explain why they don't think they need to pay more. You'd think seeing the website crash every other hour would do it, but that's just me...)
Your main point stands: they refuse to pay for IT and they're getting what they paid for.
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Post by Pfftt.... on Sept 17, 2013 9:45:44 GMT -8
Except that's not the whole story. They have friends of friends of friends helping out/volunteering here and there. If you factored the value of off the book labor, you might be able to double, or even triple that number in labor value they've received. Of course - far and away, KBOO's most valuable asset is the amount of volunteer labor they get. But, from an accounting standpoint, an organization with 655K a year in income (and substantial other expenses), can't afford to have 415K in paid labor costs (not to mention whatever the labor costs end up being once the union contract is signed). That was the reality that Fitch was trying to address. Now, I guess that the Inner Party rejoinder is that they are going to get KBOO's contributions back up to 850K, like they were in 2006. Good luck with that - but if they were going to do that, why haven't they done it yet? They needed to crush all opposition before they could do significant additional fundraising? |
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Post by Pfftt.... on Sept 17, 2013 9:57:16 GMT -8
Minor correction:
The summary line on KBOO's 2010 Form 990 gives labor costs as 427K, not 415K. This was down from 459K in 2009.
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Post by anon on Sept 17, 2013 11:27:16 GMT -8
Here's KBOO's FY Net Income from 2006-2012. Parentheses means negative (i.e. a loss of that much). This is all available at a Finance Committee meeting. Net Income (124,428.23) 143,314.11 (100,022.07) (106,704.90) (104,155.83) (96,835.24) (4,089.59) In public board meetings recently, budget shortfall has been estimated to be between $60,000-$100,000. Of course there is a book and record sale right before the close of the FY, so that might save things  So, with this year KBOO has lost about $100k in 6 out of the last 8 years. The one thing that possibly could have raised revenue quickly was Thom Hartmann, who according to the program committee doesn't want to be on KBOO until next February if at all. Yes, they are shitting bricks. The best part is that 11 of the 12 Board Members are KKK approved. Michael Popadop wouldn't be endorsed by KKK in an election. When the ship crashes and burn, no one to blame but themselves. Oh wait, they'll blame Andrew, it's his fault membership is declining. As for getting money to buy KBOO's license. I hope you got friends with deep pockets, because it will cost 7 figures more than likely, maybe 8. Christian Radio, OPB (doubt it, they already have KMHD), or KEXP in Seattle, with sugar daddy Paul Allen. KKK talks about improving outreach and raising membership. Shocking that the past 8 years hasn't spurred them into action already. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 12:36:59 GMT -8
You forget the financial plan as explained to me before ... we wait till old people die and they leave money in their will to KBOO. Party on for another two or three years! Whoo hoo!
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Post by Gloop on Sept 17, 2013 12:57:32 GMT -8
You forget the financial plan as explained to me before ... we wait till old people die and they leave money in their will to KBOO. Party on for another two or three years! Whoo hoo! Maybe we should rename the Inner Party the Vulture Party... |
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Post by partyhard on Sept 17, 2013 13:35:27 GMT -8
You forget the financial plan as explained to me before ... we wait till old people die and they leave money in their will to KBOO. Party on for another two or three years! Whoo hoo! Maybe we should rename the Inner Party the Vulture Party... let's hope no one gets the idea of.. um...'speeding up the natural course of things'....  |
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Post by partyhard on Sept 17, 2013 13:49:05 GMT -8
cheap lulz
someone visited the old blog
googling
LOL
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Post by having money problems on Sept 17, 2013 17:23:07 GMT -8
cheap lulz someone visited the old blog googling LOL Maybe that was the new Board Treasurer, trying to find some finance info so he can make his committee report to the Board next week. Since KBOO website keeps crashing, maybe OFS can help the KBOO KKK-Board by having a finance and strategic thinking board. They have had a hard time reading policies, by laws, financial reports, the strategic plan and the NFCB station assessment (and that was when the website wasn't crashing all the time). |
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