Re: Renew Memberships as Voters Call for KPFA Financial Autonomy (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Are you sure this is all worth the time and trouble?

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 06:56:08 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:00:37 +0000 (UTC)
 >  > From: KPFA Protectors <http://www.email.actionnetwork.org/~info>
 >  > 
 >  >  Please Renew Your KPFA Membership as
 >  > 
 >  >  Voters Call for KPFA's Financial Autonomy
 >  > 
 >  >  Please DONATE 
 >  >  to update 
 >  >  your KPFA membership before June 30, 2023 at this crucial juncture. Please 
 >  >  ask your friends, colleagues, family, and communities to also donate $25 or 
 >  >  more to become voting members and to vote in the upcoming board election. 
 >  >  You the members helped KPFA Protectors endorsed candidates win over two 
 >  >  thirds of the seats on the KPFA Local Station Board in the last election. 
 >  >  We thank you. And now, we need your help again to protect KPFA as the 
 >  >  Pacifica network faces huge decisions to rectify its extreme financial 
 >  >  crisis. .
 >  > 
 >  >  KPFA Autonomy--a Big Issue in This Election
 >  > 
 >  >  Many KPFA members are asking for KPFA independence from the Pacifica 
 >  >  network after over $300,000  was taken from KPFA bank accounts to pay for 
 >  >  a judgement involving defamation that took place at another Pacifica 
 >  >  station. Members are also outraged by a recent Pacifica National Board 
 >  >  resolution for successful stations to give up 15% of their revenue for 
 >  >  network expenses while financially failing stations are asked to pay only 
 >  >  8%, (some stations haven’t paid anything for years anyway!) Instead of 
 >  >  ensuring that stations improve their programming to become “as nearly 
 >  >  self sustaining as possible” as mandated in the Bylaws and Articles of 
 >  >  Incorporation, there is inequity and dysfunction. Ultimately, no on-paper 
 >  >  manipulations can hide the fact that the Pacifica network is drowning in 
 >  >  unpaid bills and loan payments as KPFA continues to be self sustaining.  
 >  >  And to make matters worse Pacifica now allows commercial underwriting which 
 >  >  threatens the integrity of independent programming.
 >  > 
 >  >  Financial Autonomy
 >  > 
 >  >  KPFA members tell us they want their hard earned money for programming they 
 >  >  love at KPFA, not for  programming at other stations that have little or 
 >  >  no listeners. They tell us they want to protect KPFA’s programming from 
 >  >  Pacifica’s commercial underwriting schemes and cutting staff. They tell 
 >  >  us that they want financial autonomy from Pacifica because we need KPFA now 
 >  >  more than ever.
 >  > 
 >  >  New Possibilities
 >  > 
 >  >  The quest for KPFA independence is taking place amidst a global economic, 
 >  >  environmental and social justice crisis, KPFA has the potential to play a 
 >  >  key role in the future of independent media. This will mean protecting and 
 >  >  expanding KPFA resources .
 >  > 
 >  >  What would it look like if all KPFA donations could go to KPFA? KPFA has 
 >  >  the infrastructure to be operationally independent. It has the capability 
 >  >  to expand its programming onto multi-media platforms, reaching out to youth 
 >  >  and diverse communities across Northern Ca and beyond. Freedom from 
 >  >  Pacifica’s financial drain would allow KPFA’s staff to create new, 
 >  >  innovative and urgently needed programming. KPFA can become a future beacon 
 >  >  of light with its quality production of independent news in alignment with 
 >  >  KPFA’s peace and social justice mission.  
 >  > 
 >  >  Please Renew Your Membership
 >  > 
 >  >  KPFA Protectors need your help. Please DONATE 
 >  >  to update 
 >  >  your membership if you have not donated $25 or more since  July 1, 2022 
 >  >  and please help us build decisive voting power in this election.
 >  > 
 >  >  KPFA Protectors are board members, staff, volunteers, and listeners who 
 >  >  have combined resources. We support KPFA’s diverse staff, union and 
 >  >  management team. We work to protect KPFA’s station building and signal. 
 >  >  We uphold KPFA’s peace and social justice investigative journalism 
 >  >  without corporate underwriting. We build diverse community engagement and 
 >  >  membership and strive to ensure that KPFA and all Pacifica stations produce 
 >  >  quality programming are financially self-sustaining.
 >  >      
 >  >       "DISCLAIMER: “This is not an official communication from KPFA, KPFK, 
 >  >       KPFT, WPFW or WBAI their respective local station board, or, the 
 >  >       Pacifica Foundation.  The communication was paid for and authored by 
 >  >       KPFA Protectors (a member or member group) and should not be presumed 
 >  >       to represent the official stance of the Pacifica Foundation or KPFA 
 >  >       radio station. ”