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Carol Spooner and Sherry Gendelman appeared on KPFA air today (11/3/01) at 3P local time to announce that the Plaintiffs in the several lawsuits against Pacifica have reached a tenative agreement with Pacifica national management and their lawyers. The agreement which involved parties from separate lawsuits brought by Pacifica listeners, local advisory board members from four stations and dissident national board members was reached as a result of mediation talks held starting on Thursday.
"The plaintiffs in the four law suits are happy to announce that as a result of negotiations with the defendants from the Pacifica Foundation we are confident that a final agreement will be reached early next week. We hope that everything will be completed within the next few days, and as soon as that is done we will release all the details of the agreement. Until the agreement is finalized we are forbidden by the terms of the mediation from discussing or releasing any of the details.
We believe that implementation of this agreement will begin the re-building of the Pacifica Foundation. While commitments to accountability and democratizing the Foundation are part of the agreement, we will all have to remain vigilant during the upcoming transitions.
We thank the listeners, producers, staff, LAB members, affiliate stations and others throughout the country who have been the backbone of this struggle, and whose continued support and involvement will bring us to our common goals to serve the mission of Pacifica and achieve our vision of free speech, community and corporate free radio."
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