[rfu-membership] Re: [RFU] Information on Re-Start of AON Radio

[Mike Lehman]

I share Noel's concerns. I reviewed my FCC issues file and found the 
correspondence about AON. We decided to put them on a month's probation 
and then they violated our policy again. We determined that any further 
violations would permanently end the show. This situation only occurred 
in April 2007. AON never did follow-up at that point, by getting back to 
us, either at a meeting or by email.

Given these circumstances, I would suggest a year's hiatus before anyone 
associated with AON can reapply for a show. I would also suggest a 
period of probation (three months?) from the start of any new show slot 
by them, should we decide to allow them back on the air, with any new 
violations resulting in a lifetime RFU ban for those involved should it 
occur. We place ourselves in jeopardy if we're not firm and proactive 
about such violations, so we must have a clearcut understanding from all 
involved that we take such issues very seriously.

Does this sound like a viable proposal? If so, I'll communicate it to 
AON and cc this list. However, I want Membership to sign off on it 
first, so let me know if this is OK or whether we should modify it.
Mike Lehman

Noel L. Vivar wrote:
> I don't know about this. They were pretty blatant about breaking our
> *FCC policies.* If they have cleaned up their act, then it may be ok.
> My inclination is to reject outright considering how serious and
> blatant the policy infractions were, but I may be quite harsh.
>
> This is kind of a policy decision... how quick are we to forgive bad
> airshifter behaviour? Does the gravity of the infractions have any
> impact on the decision to welcome back a group?
>
> I would suggest that we talk about this at a membership meeting
> /before/ AON comes to make their request. At the very least talk about
> this over email on the intertubes...
>
> -Noel
>
> On 9/19/07, Ken Urban <KUrban at parkland.edu> wrote:
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>> Hey Will,
>>
>> I heard you guys on WPGU ... good deal.  Anyway, since RFU is a collective, and this is a new situation, I'm going to have to defer you to the membership.  I'd suggest stopping by a full membership meeting, 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8pm.
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>> If you don't want to wait that long, you can try the membership committee, which I've cc'ed on this email.
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>> Ken
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>> Ken Urban
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>> Parkland College
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>>>>> "William V. Hawkins" <whawkins at urbanleague.net> 9/19/2007 5:33 AM >>>
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>> PLEASE FORWARD TO KEN URBAN
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>> Hello Ken,
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>> This is Will Hawkins from All or Nuthing Productions / Urban L. Media (The
>> Urban League of Champaign County).
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>> Well, we have gone back to the drawing board and have re-done our show
>> format.
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>> I am requesting information on how I can start our show back on Friday's.
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>> I see currently that the spot is occupied by general feeds with no DJ's. I
>> would be very interested in filling in that 8pm - 10pm spot.
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>> Please let me know what steps to take to continue our show production.
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>> I can be reached at 217.530.1179 or response to this email.
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>> Thanks for everything.
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>> WiLL
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