Pacifica Foundation Fails to Conduct the Requisite OPEN Meetings of Its Board and Committees

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 3:45 pm Pacific: I take no pleasure in writing this; however, as a financial supporter of the Pacifica Foundation's Station KPFK, and a US and California taxpayer, I believe I that I should. During 2020 and 2021 (to date), I have taken great pains to learn about the governance and financial status of the Pacifica Foundation. I have attempted to do so, in part, by listening to meetings of the Pacifica's National Board of Directors, to meetings of that Board's committees, and to meetings of the Listener Station Board of KPFK. I do so by relying upon the information published on https://kpftx.org/index.php . Alas that information is misleading. On several occasions, including this afternoon's scheduled Pacifica National Board Coordinating Committee, when a public stream of the meeting(s) was to be available, NO SUCH STREAM(S) HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. The CPB should be mindful of these transgressions. You may "track" such failures by searching the "archives." You will note that often when such audio streams were to be available to the the public, no such streams were available.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

--Raymond Goldstone 10535 Missouri Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 Email: rgoldsto@saonet.ucla.edu

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April, 2021
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Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. KPFK-FM does not participate in CPB’s radio Community Service Grant program and receives no funding from CPB.