Ballots Were Sent Out – It’s Time to Vote!
Scroll down for information on why it’s so important to vote, how to get a ballot, and recent Pacifica news and updates.
Our recommendations for candidates at KPFA, KPFK, and KPFT:
- If you’re a KPFA (Berkeley) member, see the KPFA Protectors web site
- If you’re a KPFK (Los Angeles) member, see NDP’s KPFK page
- If you’re a KPFT (Houston) member, see the Move KPFT Forward web site
Why Vote?
This election is critical to protect our station’s bank accounts, buildings, staff, and programming. We need to elect effective people to our Local Station Boards (LSB’s) to put effective Directors on the Pacifica National Board, who can address Pacifica’s severe financial and governance crises.
We also need LSB members who will keep management who understands that quality, well-produced programming is key to attracting listeners and donors. Please VOTE for candidates endorsed by New Day Pacifica and the groups with whom we work for effective governance, as listed below.
Ballots
Online voting credentials were sent to all members on Aug. 15 to the email address and by text to the mobile number in your station’s records, from the Pacifica elections system, and will be sent again each week until the close of elections at the end of September. So please watch for that and fill out your ballot online when you get that email and/or text. You may search your emails received on Aug. 15 (or any Monday after that) for one from “Pacifica Foundation Inc” from the email address “invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com”, with subject line “Reminder: Pacifica Foundation Inc – 2024 Local Station Elections”.
If you did not get online voting information, check your spam, junk, and trash folders, and if it’s not there, then watch for something via USPS mail, in case your station does not have your email address. If you still did not get voting information by Aug. 22, fill out this official Pacifica Elections ballot request form to request a replacement ballot via the Pacifica elections system, and be sure to read and follow the directions carefully.
Listener members may vote for only Listener candidates. Staff members may vote for only staff candidates. Only candidates for whom you are eligible to vote are on your ballot.
Please support New Day Pacifica
Your support is essential for moving forward. People across the network are now grappling with Pacifica’s dauntingly high debt, defaulted loans, and loss of basic operational resources. To help NDP fund mailings to Pacifica members, and other expenses to help Pacifica, please DONATE
THANKS again from New Day Pacifica to you and the many members and allies across the country helping to insure Pacifica’s survival and self-sustainability for each of the five stations at this crucial time.
KPFK BUILDING BACK ON THE MARKET
NEW BUYERS ON THE HORIZON
We want to share some other important news with you. The escrow for the long-pending sale of the KPFK building fell apart this week when one of the principal buyers suffered a massive heart attack. There have been a couple of new offers on the building already, so it’s likely there will be a sale soon.
Meanwhile, most KPFK operations have been relocated to KPFK’s new home in Glendale. The membership department remains at Cahuenga until the end of the current fund drive.
PACIFICA RECEIVES $20 MILLION GRANT
DIGITIZATION OF ARCHIVES UNDER WAY
A long-awaited dream is finally being realized: Pacifica has received a $20 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to digitize our precious archives! Pacifica will retain its present intellectual property rights to the audio files.
The digitization of 20,000 tapes a year is beginning to take place. More details later.
Meanwhile, New Day Pacifica is continuing to strive to:
- Recommend and endorse candidates we feel will carry out the Pacifica mission and address the full reality of Pacifica’s severe cash insolvency with effective utilization of current limited resources.
- Promote fair, representational governance with bylaws that protect the assets of stations that are paying their bills and help all stations to be self-sustaining.
- Strengthen collaboration with Pacifica’s over 200 affiliate stations across the country.
- Embrace new media platforms reaching out to youth and diverse, multiracial communities.
- Conduct productive, respectful meetings across Pacifica that focus on responsible governance.
- The lawsuit filed by Pacifica vs. New Day Pacifica is still pending, if you can believe it. There were the beginnings of a settlement discussion but the Pacifica National Board did not seem interested in pursuing it, so stay tuned…
THANKS again from New Day Pacifica to you and the many members and allies across the country helping to insure Pacifica’s survival and self-sustainability for each of the five stations at this crucial time.