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Help Pacifica Reverse the Decline and Fulfill Its Mission

by Akio Tanaka
Even though Pacifica members voted for the New Day Bylaws by a solid and democratic majority (6820 to 5471), Pacifica is still being governed by the 2003 Bylaws.
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Brian Shiratsuki, a longtime observer of Pacifica, recently commented on the history under our current Bylaws.
“In September 2004, according to the first financial statements available subsequent to the new Pacifica board seated in March 2004, Pacifica had net assets of $4.8M and about 100K members. By September 2020, after sixteen years of the democratic experiment, Pacifica had net assets of ($1.2M) and about 43K members. New Pacifica has been demonstrably and quantitatively destructive.”

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To address the decline, a group of members proposed changing the Bylaws in 2021.
Understandably, the stake holders of the current Bylaws mounted a fear mongering campaign to defeat the proposal.
They claimed that New Day Bylaws were autocratic and an attempt to “corporatize” the network.

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The goal of the New Day Bylaws is more modest, that a smaller board might result in more effective governance.
It was a recommendation of the Pacifica auditors.

The new Board has 12 elected Directors: 5 listener, 1 paid staff, 1 unpaid staff, 1 affiliates, and 4 officers elected by listeners and staff. The 3 at-large Directors are elected by the 12 elected Directors.


Even though Pacifica members voted for the New Day Bylaws by a solid and democratic majority (6820 to 5471), Pacifica is still being governed by the 2003 Bylaws.

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