What needs to happen
1.The current board of Directors of the Northwest Communities Education Center ("NCEC", owner of KDNA-FM) must be replaced with representatives of the community served by KDNA that are truly committed to upholding the mission of the organization.
2. The current Executive Director of the NCEC must be replaced with someone that is truly committed to the purpose and mission of the organization, and that can demonstrate that they have actual experience in managing, fund raising, and staff development, and that they are demonstrably of integrity and honor.
3. The staff terminated by Executive Director should be reinstated.
4. The striking staff should be allowed to resume their jobs without retribution or retaliation.
5. All actions taken by the current Executive Director during the period of her employment and by the current Board of Directors during the period subsequent to June 30, 2008 should be investigated, disclosed, and evaluated. This should include a complete financial and compliance audit by a firm independent of current NCEC/KDNA management influence. Where deemed appropriate, the new Board of Directors should take corrective action to rectify and resolve inappropriate behavior that has damaged the reputation of NCEC/KDNA, and put it in jeopardy of insolvency.
What you can do
Please join us by voicing your support of the staff and community served by KDNA. Let the staff know that you are behind them, and let the organizations that fund KDNA know that current management has turned its back on their professed mission.
Spread the word
...about the troubles at KDNA. Let your friends and co-workers know about what is happening at KDNA
...about the web site. The URL is http://www.kdna.fm
If you have a web site, please post a link to http://www.kdna.fm
Join us
If you would like to be added to our contacts, send us an email to SaveKdna.
Get listed on the roster of Friends of KDNA. Send us a brief statement about your involvement or interest in KDNA. are you a volunteer, producer, supporter, funder, listener. It would be good if you could include the number of years you have listened or been involved. What affect has KDNA had on the life of you or your family. (Note, we will email back to you to confirm that you are who you claim to be - the web is rife with pretenders and pranksters).
Write a letter
...to the media: newspapers, radio television.
...to the NCEC Board of Directors. Let them know about your concerns, and ask for an explanation of what they are doing to address the issues.
...to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB's Community Service Grant (CSG) to KDNA/NCEC for FY 2007-2008 was $178,079. As a condition of accepting a CSG, the licensee and the station must certify that they currently comply, and agree that they will continue to comply in full throughout the term of the CSG, with all Sections of the Communications Act (of 1934 as amended).
...To funders and other partners. Let them know that current station management has abandoned the organization's Mission, has turned its back on the community, and is no longer using their money for the purpose intended.
Withhold donations
...until they address the issues discussed in Matt Adams letter of resignation and in the letter from Mario Paredes, Executive Director of Consejo Counseling Services.
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