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The
following resolution was passed unanimously by the Coordinating
Committee of the Concerned Friends of WBAI on Monday, February 26,
2001:
WHEREAS
the March 3, 2001, meeting of the Pacifica Foundation Board of Directors
in Houston presents an opportunity for dissident members of the
Board to place important items on the agenda as an official record
of their sentiment,
Be
it hereby RESOLVED THAT the Coordinating Committee of the Concerned
Friends of WBAI strongly supports New York dissident members of
the Board, Leslie Cagan and Beth Lyons, in their efforts to address
the following demands of the Coordinating Committee, and calls upon
the other New York members of the Board, Andrea Cisco and Frank
Millspaugh, to support them in doing so:
"That
the gag rules at WBAI and all other Pacifica stations where they
are currently in effect be removed immediately, and that security
forces be removed from all stations,"
"That
the Board of Directors and the Executive Director cease and desist
from their current interventionist stance in the day-to-day operations
of its five stations, including but not limited to the practice
of installing station General Managers without consultation of all
paid and unpaid staff members of a station, the Local Advisory Boards,
and listener-sponsors,"
"That
all hirings, firings, and bannings carried out by Pacifica Executive
Director Bessie Wash or Interim General Manager Utrice Leid at WBAI
on December 23, 2000, and following, be immediately rescinded and
reversed, respectively,"
"That
members of the Board Rabbi Aaron Kriegel and Robert Robinson be
allowed to participate fully in the March 3, 2001, meeting of the
Board,"
"That
the status be determined of those currently representing themselves
as members of the Board," and finally,
"That
the proposed by-laws NOT be brought to listeners for 'town-hall
style' meetings."
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