[Peace-discuss] UPTV/DN! update

[jencart at mailstation.com]

Hmmm.  Just the opposite of what he told me -- he said this was a very unusual case and that's why it had to go thru "legal"  I repeat that Bill said all other feed came directly to UPTV, but DN! came from Dish, so UPTV would actually have a contract w/ Dish.... Go figure

Jenifer C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Cotton <recotton at earthlink.net>
Sent: Jun 7, 2004 9:48 AM
To: peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com
Subject: [Peace-discuss] UPTV/DN! update

Well, I just got off the phone with Bill Dejarnette.

Despite Bill's terse response to my e-mail, he was forthcoming on the phone
and explained that the legal review would have had to take place in any
case. He said it wasn't different than any other legal contract - it all
flows through the city's legal department (headed by Steve Holz) regardless.
I'm not sure why he just didn't say that in his e-mail or why he never
otherwise mentioned it before. He suggested that Chris Foster perhaps wasn't
aware that there would need to be a legal review or hadn't thought of that
when he repeatedly made promises that he would take care of all the details
in a matter of days. Bill specifically suggested that Chris was perhaps just
making promises that he couldn't keep.

I asked him when we could expect a response from "legal" and he said he
couldn't say. I was able to pin him down enough that he said if he didn't
hear from legal by the end of this week, he would "probably" ask them for an
update, intimating that any longer would be more than he'd normally expect.

I specifically asked whether he was aware of anyone who harbored any doubt
that UPTV would ultimately go through with becoming an FSTV affiliate and he
said no. He repeatedly characterized the current process as "routine".

So anyway, despite the broken promises, long delays and evasive e-mails, my
fears have been alleviated for the time being and we should probably take
Bill's word on this. And if I don't hear from Bill by next Monday, I'll
follow up with him.

R


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
To: <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:08 PM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] contacts at UPTV


: For those that attended today's meeting and heard me provide an update on
: UPTV's lack of progress in getting Democracy Now! going, Here is the
contact
: info for UPTV personnel (I erroneously said in the meeting I had posted
this
: before, but now I see I hadn't - I'd just sent it to one person).
:
: Most of the time, my primary contact has been:
:
: Chris Foster
: UPTV Coordinator
: 384-2452
: clfoster at city.urbana.il.us
:
: But after a string of long, unreasonable delays and broken promises, I've
: concluded that he's really not a good contact for this right now. At the
: minimum, it seems that he is either largely unwilling or, more likely (for
: whatever reason) unable to speak authoritatively on this or keep any
: promises he makes on this. The issue seems to be out of his hands at the
: moment anyway (and on his boss' plate). So it seems to me that if you're
: interested in calling yourself (some at the meeting suggested they were
: interested), I'd suggest calling Chris' boss:
:
: William (Bill) Dejarnette
: Information Services Manager
: 384-2354
: bhdejarnette at city.urbana.il.us
:
: And here's a copy of Bill's "non-response" response to my extended
nastygram
: of last Wednesday:
:
: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From: "DeJarnette, Bill" <bhdejarnette at city.urbana.il.us>
: To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
: Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:37 AM
: Subject: DN!/FSTV
:
:
: Randall:
:
: Thanks for your input.  As soon as I hear from legal I will contact you
and
: let you know the status.
:
: If you have any further questions please feel free to call or email.
:
: Bill
: ----- END -----
:
: I intend to continue attempting to contact Bill by phone and get specifics
: like:
:
: what exactly is the legal issue at stake?
: who made the decision to put this through legal review?
: who is conducting the legal review?
: how long can the review be expected to take?
:
: It seems suspicious to me that he is providing no specifics to answer my
: questions of last Wednesday. He is being evasive and ambiguous. This is
the
: kind of response I would expect to see if an intentional stall/stonewall
was
: intended. Not saying it proves anything, but it's mighty suspect,
: particularly since NONE of the existing 108 affiliates have ever had any
: legal concerns with the FSTV affiliate agreement (according to FSTV
: themselves). I could be paranoid, I guess, but this all keeps smelling
: fishier and fishier.
:
: If you do call, I'd appreciate hearing from you with a note on how it
went.
:
: Thanks
: R
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