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Election Night Photos of
Interim KPFT Local Advisory Board
Photos of some candidate speeches
Seven of 21 elected members shown below

Dan Jones	Glenda Kizzee	Robin Lewis
MaryAnn Martinez	Michael Pimental	Rick Potthoff
KPFT Listeners		Ted Weisgal

14 November 2001

Dear Pacifica National Board Member:

Tonight nearly fifty people gathered at the regular meeting of the Houston Committee for People's Radio unanimously decided to request of you:

1) That you not reschedule public comment for this weekend's board meeting for Friday night, when the original meeting was scheduled Saturday and Sunday, and many traveling to attend the meeting and make public comment will not have arrived by Friday. We request that you reserve public comment time for both Saturday and Sunday, as would be anticipated from the original announcement of meeting times. We remind you that the 30-day meeting requirement stipulated in the by-laws would make the rescheduling of public comment outside of the announced meeting time parameters illicit.

2) That the question of the status of WBAI be added to the agenda.

3) That the recent democratic election of an interim Local Advisory Board by KPFT listeners be also included in the Board Meeting's agenda, and that the legitimacy of this democratically elected and highly motivated Interim LAB be recognized by the PNB, in place of the management-appointed LAB which has held no public meetings for months, and whose membership has dwindled to almost nothing, notwithstanding the fact that one of its members, Teresa Allen, was arrested for trespassing by the management for trying to do her job of monitoring programming and station functioning. Elected members of the new Interim Board will be available in Washington to speak to this issue.

There is no way to peace at Pacifica that does not lead through the path of greater democracy and a voice for listeners and volunteers in vital matters. We thank you for any effort you make to further the progress of public participation in the functioning and deliberations of the PNB.

The Houston Committee for People's Radio

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