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My name is Donald Goldmacher. I have been listening to KPFA since 1971, and it has been a part of my daily life, informing me about the state of our country and the world. I am a longtime social issue documentary filmmaker, and I am very familiar with the use of media as a crucial tool in educating and mobilizing people to take action to improve the country and the world. In recent years, we have seen a rapid change in the forms of media that people are migrating to, especially the web, and away from print and television. I'm hopeful that the station will be able to use the Internet effectively to reach out to to new audiences, as well as use webcasting as a way to enhance the richness of our content. Furthermore, it is crucial that our program content begin to change in a way that reaches out to younger audiences as well as communities of color. At the present time, both our country and the world are in grave danger from multiple crises, including economic and ecological threats. I believe that the station and the network must continue to focus on the underlying causes of these twin crises, and continue to educate its listenership, as well as providing substantive solutions.
But Pacifica and KPFA are also in crisis, and that is part of the reason that I'm running for the local station board. Both the network and station have been subjected to sectarian battling for far too long. It is time that this come to an end. My background as a community psychiatrist, as well as having been a senior manager in the public-sector provides me with skills that will hopefully help put an end to the constant set of attacks that seem to flourish. My management skills may be of use to the station management, as well as to the local station board. The role of the local board is to provide policy direction for management, not to micro manage the managers, and not to insist that certain programming take place.
As global warming has deeper and deeper effects on our environment, we are going to have to learn how to both politically alter the political landscape, as well as preserving the planet. These same concepts should apply to both our local station board and the Pacifica network.
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