Authored by: shaw on Tuesday, July 19 2005 @ 10:15 PM GMT+5

I really REALLY hope I can make it tomorrow (depending on my work schedule, which will be set tomorrow - so, its up in the air right now - grrrrr $!$#@$$%).

You really hit the nail on the head, Steven, when you said: "BCTV belongs to all of us. Your participation will make it possible for OUR station to become a responsive, accountable, community resource. " Exactly!!!!

Hopefully the BCTV board will remember that tomorrow when they make their decisions.

See you (hopefully) tomorrow (?)

Authored by: SK-B on Wednesday, July 20 2005 @ 09:08 AM GMT+5

I have sent the following request for tonight's agenda:

July 20, 2005

Dear Vlasta,
Please place me on the agenda for this evening’s BCTV Board Meeting. I
would like to pose the following to each Board member and to ask the
Board to vote on a resolution.
__________________________________________________:
With the exception of Michael Billingsley; by their silence, each and
every member of this Board has given the impression that it is
acceptable at BCTV for a Board member, at a public meeting, to direct a
vulgar invective at another. That the misconduct which occurred on this
Board was gross and flagrant became abundantly clear when the
representative from Vernon, when asked to apologize, instead stood by
his previous obscenity. Therefore, I want each Board member to go on
record by speaking to and voting on the following:

“It is resolved that the BCTV Board of Directors does not condone the
gross misconduct displayed by the representative from Vernon when he
directed an obscenity at another Board member during a public meeting of
this Board.”
___________________________________________________

Thank you.

Steven K-Brooks

Authored by: Timmy on Wednesday, July 20 2005 @ 01:21 PM GMT+5

Please be aware that tonight's Board meeting will be on the 2nd Floor,
Hanna Cosman Room.
Tim Wessel

Authored by: Timmy on Wednesday, July 20 2005 @ 01:29 PM GMT+5

Stephen,
I just needed to point out that the last meeting was not the first time
the name-calling was addressed, so your assumption that the other
board members have been silent is incorrect.
On June 17th (two days after the meeting), in my letter expressing
my concerns about the budget vote, I wrote an open letter to the
entire board voicing this very concern. Please note the last
paragraph:

"To my fellow BCTV Board of Directors:

Since I was unable to attend all but the very last ten
minutes of the meeting of Wednesday June 15, 2005, I
was hoping someone could shed some light on two points
of confusion I have concerning the budget which seems
to have been passed at the end of the meeting.

When I arrived, just after the Executive Session had
ended, there was an abrupt call for a vote, over the
objections of Ian Kiehle and Michael Billingsley,
before the entire budget had been discussed. I was
told that there had been no discussion of any items
appearing below the payroll section, and so I felt
that I had to vote no to the budget as presented,
along with Mr. Kiehle and Mr. Billingsley. While I am
no expert in how these budget votes normally proceed,
it would seem improper to me to have carried out a
vote without ANY discussion allowed for a large
portion of the budget items. The budget document in
itself seems to be irregular and incomplete, and I
would have liked the opportunity to ask a question or
two about certain line items (such as $2000.00
assigned for Travel/Lodging?).

It would also seem to me that the fact that this
proposed budget was delivered via email only ONE DAY
before a vote was called is poor procedure. In fact,
due to what seems to have been an email address error,
I did not receive the budget until 5:11 pm… 19 minutes
before the scheduled start time of the meeting!

Aside from the strange procedures I’ve just described
surrounding the budget vote, I have a second question
concerning the change in hours to the Access
Coordinator position. If Frederic’s position, as
identified on the original budget, is being reduced to
26 hours per week (or 30 hours as I’ve seen it was
changed to at some point), how can BCTV comply with
the station employment policy concerning three months
notice of a status change? There is no allowance for
that if this budget is to take effect on July 1st

To sum up, the circumstances surrounding the budget
vote have raised these important issues, and I request
that those members of the board who voted in the
affirmative please provide the answers to these
questions.

Finally, on a more personal note, I felt that the
President of the Board yelling “You’re an Asshole” at
Michael Billingsley was highly inappropriate behavior,
and would hope that Mike Hebert will make an apology
for such a rude and counterproductive outburst.
Thank you all for your attention to my concerns. "


Sincerely,

Tim Wessel

CC: Mike Hebert

Authored by: Timmy on Wednesday, July 20 2005 @ 01:35 PM GMT+5

One more note - please be aware that the original statement made to
Michael Billingsley did NOT occur during the public board meeting... it
occured about 10 seconds after the meeting was abruptly closed.
This in no way makes the comment different or acceptable, in my
opinion, but I wanted to point that out in the spirit of fairness.
-Tim Wessel

Authored by: SK-B on Wednesday, July 20 2005 @ 02:24 PM GMT+5

Thanks, Tim, for clarifying the details, and for pointing out that you have gone on record protesting the use of profanity.

Despite the original 10 second delay: On July 6, during a public meeting, Mr. Hebert went on record refusing to apologize and reiterating the invective.

I think it is important for the board to go on record regarding this incident, which is why I am proposing the resolution.
Regards,
SK-B