[rfu-membership] Re: [Rfu-station] Getting Organized

[Mike Lehman]

Hi William,
Great! I'll keep you posted. We're planning on meeting sometime after 
August 18, when Noel returns to town.
Mike Lehman

William Jones wrote:
> i like to help. email me to let me know something.
>
>
>
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> > Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:31:51 -0500
> > From: rebelmike at earthlink.net
> > To: rfu-station at ucimc.org; rfu-membership at lists.chambana.net
> > Subject: [Rfu-station] Getting Organized
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > Several people have written to me offering to help with station
> > governance. I have BCC-ed them on this message. Among the issues 
> brought
> > up is a current inability to attend station meetings on Tuesday 
> evenings
> > due to other commitments. Also, people want to share responsibility,
> > instead of being the individual who succeeds me as station manager.
> >
> > This is a good thing, because the station structure actually envisions
> > collective management of station business. Essentially, the role of
> > station manager is supposed to eventually fall to the RFU-membership
> > group. Membership has taken on some of the responsibility for the tasks
> > of the station manager. They were meeting on the Sunday early evening
> > before the first and third Tuesday membership meetings. However, I've
> > seen no notes from them posted to RFU-station over most of the summer,
> > so I don't think they've been meeting regularly.
> >
> > Membership needs to be reconstituted, keep the rest of the station
> > advised of its work, and to meet regularly in order to fully take over
> > the station manager's responsibilities. It does not have to meet on
> > Sunday evenings, but could meet at any other mutually agreeable time.
> > However, Membership does need to have at least one member who is 
> able to
> > attend the first and third Tuesday night general station RFU 
> meetings --
> > or the station meeting itself could be moved.
> >
> > I will help coordinate with those expressing an interest in helping 
> with
> > station governance in getting organized and meet as the Membership
> > group. Others interested should let us know you want to help. Many 
> hands
> > make light work. Essentially, what is required is that the group takes
> > on the many responsibilities that the FCC assigns to station 
> management.
> > While we have a preference for doing these things collectively and can
> > certainly do so -- we've just never quite gotten to that point -- the
> > FCC requires one person to take this responsibility on paperwork filed
> > with it. So even with a good, active group, someone still has to
> > officially be station manager. But that's easy enough to figure out.
> >
> > Station management is essentially responsible for ensuring compliance
> > with FCC rules and filing all necessary paperwork. This sounds more
> > imposing than it actually is, but it does require a group willing to
> > follow-up and keep the best interests of the station in mind, while
> > keeping us legal. I don't like to have to remind people about the 
> rules,
> > but this is required -- along with the needed follow-up to ensure
> > compliance -- but it has to be done or we risk the entire station's
> > ability to stay on the air. I will be available for consulting, but 
> this
> > is a responsibility that needs to pass to others at this point.
> >
> > Please let me know if you'd like to help.
> > Mike Lehman