If you do not get your e-ballot by Feb 18 or paper ballot by Feb 20…
Referendum Rules and Work Plan – Vote on Revised Bylaws February-March 2020
A bylaws amendment petition will be going for a vote of Pacifica’s members on Feb 18th 2020. There will be two parallel elections nationwide, one amongst listeners (10% quorum) and one amongst staff (25% quorum). Ballots must be received before 11:59PM EST on March 19th in order to be counted.
Starting on Feb 18th, please look out for an email, paper ballot or postcard (with voter credentials beneath a scratch off). All members who donated a minimum of $25 or who volunteered a minimum of 3 hours between Jan. 03, 2019 and Jan. 02, 2020 are eligible to vote. Examples of eligible volunteer work are: working in the fund room during fund-drives and serving on local station board committees. In order to qualify to vote as staff you need to be paid staff (on payroll as of Jan 2, 2020) or unpaid staff (defined as having completed 30 hours minimum of work (outside of fund-drives) between Oct 3 2019 and Jan 2 2020 (3 month period) at KPFK, KPFT, WBAI and WPFW. At KPFA, the definition for unpaid staff is 30 hours of work (outside of fund-drives) between Jan 3 2019 and Jan 2 2020 (12 month period).
If you do not receive a ballot please fill out a ballot request form (link to be posted on Feb 18th, 2020). All members (staff or listener) who requested a paper ballot in prior election will receive a paper ballot in this election.
Prior to requesting a ballot, please make sure to check your SPAM folder and safe-list vote@simplyvoting.com and nes@pacifica.org.
TIMELINE
• Feb 1-7 Prepare mailing lists
• Feb 18 Ballots go out (e-ballots, paper and postcards)
• Feb 18 Open election (all)
• Feb 18 – Mar 19 Fulfill ballot requests and provide customer support
• Mar 19 Close election (all)
• Mar 20 Ballot data entry
• Mar 21 – 22 Provide results
• Feb 18 Ballots go out (e-ballots, paper and postcards)
• Feb 18 Open election (all)
• Feb 18 – Mar 19 Fulfill ballot requests and provide customer support
• Mar 19 Close election (all)
• Mar 20 Ballot data entry
• Mar 21 – 22 Provide results
If you would like to review the proposed bylaw amendment, you may view the posted notice announcement here.
The NES will be creating a series of CARTs presenting the main changes in the ByLaws and arguments for and against. Please submit your argument for or against by clicking here.
Please review the arguments for and against the proposed bylaws.
Proponents – Read Statement
Opponents – Read Statement
List of Members Petitioning To Change the Pacifica Foundation Bylaws
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Election Results certified by NES Renee Asteria Penaloza
Nov. 1 2019
Tabulation completed by Simply Voting
Friday, November 1, 2019 2:39 PM ChoicePlus Pro — Version 2.3.4
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Please note the round by round results, raw votes and final voter turnout #s will be posted together with the final report by November 15th, 2019.
To access detailed election reports, use the link at the top of the right-hand menu or click here.
KPFA Listener
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Van Landuyt | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Tom Voorhees | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Marilyn Langlois | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Christine Pepin | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 5th round |
| Christina B. Huggins | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 7th round |
| Carol Wolfley | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 11th round |
| Andrea Turner | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 13th round |
| Akio Tanaka | 0 | 194 | ELECTED — 13th round |
| Karina Stenquist | +114.11272 | 283.64318 | ELECTED — 16th round |
| Mantra Helene Plonsey | -133.7891 | 0 | DEFEATED — 15th round |
| Lily Kimura | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 12th round |
| Donald L Macleay | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 10th round |
| Aldane Walters | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 9th round |
| Marilla Arguelles | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 8th round |
| Craig Dunkerley | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| Fred V. Cook | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 4th round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +19.67638 | 96.35682 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 1932 | |
KPFA Staff
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Maldari | 0 | 27 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Jeannine Etter | 0 | 27 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Darlene Rose Pagano | 0 | 29.81034 | ELECTED — 5th round |
| Ann Garrison | -18.47586 | 0 | DEFEATED — 5th round |
| Richard Wolinsky | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 4th round |
| Steve Zeltzer | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 3rd round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +18.47586 | 20.18966 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 104 | |
KPFK Listener
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Marbach | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Allan Beek | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Elizabeth von Gunten | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Eric C. Jacobson | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 11th round |
| Sandy Childs | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 16th round |
| Paul Roberson | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 16th round |
| James Osborne | 0 | 137 | ELECTED — 17th round |
| Lawrence Reyes | +65.56698 | 186.7819 | ELECTED — 20th round |
| Evelia Jones | +30.67532 | 160.06067 | ELECTED — 20th round |
| Lydia Poncé | -119.20126 | 0 | DEFEATED — 19th round |
| Michael Atkins | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 15th round |
| Rocio Rivas | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 14th round |
| Jeanine Rohn | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 13th round |
| Robert Payne | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 12th round |
| Rob Macon | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 10th round |
| Maria Skelton | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 9th round |
| Doug Barnett | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 8th round |
| Jeff Silberman | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 7th round |
| Ralph Hawkins | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| Rick Macias | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 5th round |
| Matt Sedillo | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 4th round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +22.95896 | 59.15743 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 1365 | |
KPFK Staff
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Lexa | 0 | 21 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Polina Vasiliev | 0 | 21 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Jeanette Charles | +3.54545 | 24.15909 | ELECTED — 5th round |
| Harvey Wasserman | -16.04545 | 0 | DEFEATED — 4th round |
| Myla Reson | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 3rd round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +12.5 | 14.84091 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 81 | |
KPFT Listener
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Moore | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Adriana Casenave | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Rhonda Garner | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Deborah Shafto | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Patrick Hoyt | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 11th round |
| Richard Uzzell | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 15th round |
| Ted Weisgal | 0 | 43 | ELECTED — 17th round |
| Vaniecia Williams | -20.45838 | 43 | ELECTED — 19th round |
| Nancy Saibara-Naritomi | +7.93905 | 48.06956 | ELECTED — 20th round |
| Paula Miller | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 18th round |
| Robert Gartner | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 16th round |
| Marianne Martinez | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 14th round |
| Wesley Bethune | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 13th round |
| Tim Hughes | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 12th round |
| Anisa Faruqi | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 10th round |
| Susie Moreno | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 9th round |
| Richard Corl | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 8th round |
| Stephen Little | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 7th round |
| Raka B Ghosh | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| Rick Potthoff | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 5th round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +12.51933 | 32.93044 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 425 | |
KPFT Staff
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wally James | 0 | 10 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Mike Lewis | 0 | 10 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Sandy Weinmann | 0 | 10.46853 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Lilian Guttinger Care | -8.02797 | 0 | DEFEATED — 3rd round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +8.02797 | 8.53147 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 39 | |
WBAI Listener
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeeDee Halleck | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Sharonne Salaam | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Safia Albaiti | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| James Sagurton | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 2nd round |
| William Heerwagen | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Marilyn Vogt-Downey | 0 | 98 | ELECTED — 22nd round |
| Ana Garcia | -1.98016 | 98 | ELECTED — 24th round |
| Jack De Palma | +0.66648 | 97.44669 | ELECTED — 25th round |
| Charlotte Albrecht | +0.84635 | 88.37785 | ELECTED — 25th round |
| John David Brinkley | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 23rd round |
| Maxine Harrison-Gallmon | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 21st round |
| Doc Shya | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 20th round |
| Jim Dingeman | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 19th round |
| Dacio A. Quintana | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 18th round |
| Atif K Coleman | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 17th round |
| Steve Finkelstein | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 16th round |
| Five Mualimmak | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 15th round |
| Katherine O’Sullivan | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 14th round |
| Kim Ives | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 13th round |
| Simone Norman | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 12th round |
| Bounubti Kamenthou | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 11th round |
| Michael Mordowanec | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 10th round |
| David Andersson | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 9th round |
| James Bryan | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 8th round |
| Rosa Palmeri | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 7th round |
| Jez Zerbe | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| David Torcivia | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +0.46732 | 100.17546 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 972 | |
WBAI Staff
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Devine | +15 | 44 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Basir Mchawi | +6 | 29 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Amy Wilson | -22 | 0 | ELECTED — 2nd round |
| Vajra Kilgour | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 1st round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 74 | |
WPFW Listener
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuk Nixon | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Vanessa Dixon | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Dennis Williams | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 2nd round |
| Donna Grimes | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 2nd round |
| Julie Hewitt | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 9th round |
| Wayne Bruce | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 11th round |
| Eileen Rosin | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 13th round |
| Segun Adebayo | 0 | 62 | ELECTED — 14th round |
| Martha Peterson | +34.70811 | 85.23403 | ELECTED — 16th round |
| Kyle Chadwick | -49.86119 | 0 | DEFEATED — 15th round |
| Kathleen A Maloy | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 12th round |
| Stuart Anderson | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 10th round |
| Thomas M Blanton | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 8th round |
| Lucille Perez | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 7th round |
| Tim Willard | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 6th round |
| Theodore Corey Athey | 0 | 0 | DEFEATED — 5th round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +15.15308 | 29.76597 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 611 | |
WPFW Staff
| CANDIDATE | THIS ROUND | TOTAL | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsha Coleman-Adebayo | 0 | 12 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Sais Kamalidiin | 0 | 12 | ELECTED — 1st round |
| Arthur McCloud | +6.6 | 18.2 | ELECTED — 3rd round |
| Craig Steven Hall | -8.4 | 0 | DEFEATED — 2nd round |
| EXHAUSTED PILE: | +1.8 | 3.8 | |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 46 | |
2019 Election Cycle
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PACIFICA RADIO STATIONS
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| Quorum | % voted | Station | City | Election # | # Cand’s | Tot # | Oct 16 Preliminary Numbers (Not Final) | |
| Y | 14.4% | KPFA | Berkley, CA | 1 | 16 | Listeners | 14,334 | 2,059 |
| Y | 43.9% | 2 | 6 | Staff | 237 | 104 | ||
| Y | 11.0% | KPFK | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 21 | Listeners | 13,254 | 1,457 |
| Y | 29.8% | 4 | 5 | Staff | 285 | 85 | ||
| Y | 12.9% | KPFT | Houston, TX | 5 | 20 | Listeners | 3,569 | 461 |
| Y | 30.2% | 6 | 4 | Staff | 139 | 42 | ||
| Y | 12.7% | WBAI | New York, NY | 7 | 27 | Listeners | 8,240 | 1,049 |
| Y | 38.7% | 8 | 4 | Staff | 199 | 77 | ||
| Y | 11.2% | WPFW | Washington, DC | 9 | 16 | Listeners | 6,293 | 703 |
| Y | 43.6% | 10 | 4 | Staff | 110 | 48 | ||
| 13.0% | TOTAL | 46,660 | 6,085 | |||||
| Quorum | ||||||||
| Listeners | 10% | 45,690 | ||||||
| Staff | 25% | 970 |
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