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My name is Summer Reese and I have been your elected listener-sponsor representative on the KPFK Local Station Board (LSB) for the past three years. When I originally campaigned, I promised to use my financial and legal knowledge and expertise to serve the needs of the listeners, the station and the foundation. I have fulfilled that promise for the duration of my term on the LSB by serving on the Local and National Finance Committees, as I had pledged to do. (Please see 2007 campaign statement.)
My colleagues on the local board elected me treasurer. I have served as treasurer and chair of the Local Finance Committee for my first two years. During the last year, my colleagues elected me to serve on the Pacifica National Board (PNB) as a director. I am now a PNB director and Chair of the National Finance Committee (NFC.) I also serve as Secretary Pro-Tem of the National Technology Committee, and co-Chair of the General Manager Search Committee.
I helped defeat the attempt to leverage the KPFK building for a loan of nearly one million dollars in 2008. I have steadfastly insisted on transparency in financial reporting, accountability of staff for the expenditure of listener funds and strict adherence to the law, no matter how unpopular. I demanded that job openings in the Foundation are advertised in culturally diverse, yet industry specific locations, so as to attract a qualified and diverse pool of candidates from which to choose.
As I write this candidate statement, on the last day to qualify, I am at the National Office of the Pacifica Foundation conducting a Director’s Inspection to safeguard the interests of the listening public, my home radio station KPFK, our sister stations and the Foundation. I pledge to continue to exercise my fiduciary duties as your representative by aggressively pursuing the truth in all matters legal and financial.
When re-elected to the Board, I will seek more financial transparency and greater accountability than has yet been achieved. I will continue to advocate for policy changes needed to revive our station and network, make the Election Websites fairer and more functional, make us financially stable, Mission compliant, legally adherent, listener responsive, relevant and community supported into the future.
I will prioritize the return of local news to the KPFK airwaves, including the re-hiring of reporters, and the re-imbursement of reporters, programmers and volunteers who make our dynamic, relevant and real radio possible. We must be in the community, covering the stories that are excluded from the mainstream press.
It is our mission to facilitate the broadcast of views and opinions not commonly heard elsewhere. I will use my skills to help us serve our Mission with the passion it deserves. Thank you for your vote. I look forward to serving you for another term. .
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