Rally to remove tea party enabler and climate change denier David Koch as a WGBH trustee
Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 3:00pm
WGBH
One Guest Street, Brighton, Massachusetts
https://www.facebook.com/events/518050681619988/
For years my two open groups, "New England's National "Public" Radio (NPR) Affiliates"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/500481699968014/ and "Supporters of Folk and Blues on WGBH" https://www.facebook.com/groups/201481030324/ have been serving as forums to spread the fact, first broken by the Boston Phoenix, that billionaire tea party enabler and climate denier David Koch as a WGBH trustee.
For additional background, read the recent article "Fuse Commentary: David Koch, WGBH Trustee — The Real God of Carnage?" by Bill William Marx
http://artsfuse.org/93473/fuse-commentary-david-koch-wgbh-trustee-the-real-god-of-carnage/
Now groups like moveon.org, Courage Campaign and Forecast for the Facts are organizing on-line campaigns and virtual demonstrrations. YOU have the opportunity to join in Wedesday, October 9 at the WGBH megaplex in Brighton:
3:00pm - 4:00pm ET: Hand out flyers, hold signs.
4:00 pm: Petition delivery to WGBH and the beginning of their board meeting.
To RSVP for the Koch-Free WGBH Rally, please fill out the form athttp://act.forecastthefacts.org/survey/Koch_wgbh_rsvp_survey/?ak_proof=1&rd=1&t=4&referring_akid=.121745.dMgFla
Please share the petition and invite friends to this event.
From WGBH itself:
http://www.wgbh.org/about/BoardofTrustees.cfm
"The WGBH Board of Trustees is the legally constituted governing body of WGBH. It is responsible for all governance including fiscal oversight, FCC compliance, policy decisions, and advancing the mission of the WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH Board of Trustees
Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.
Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees
Chairman, Pilot House Associates
Henry Becton, Jr.
Vice Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees
Renée M. Landers
Vice Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees
Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Health and Biomedical Law Concentration,
Suffolk University Law School
Maureen Ruettgers
Vice Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees
Jonathan C. Abbott
President and CEO, WGBH Educational Foundation
Joseph E. Aoun*
President, Northeastern University
Kim Bottomly*
President, Wellesley College
Richard M. Burnes, Jr.
Founding Member and General Partner, Charles River Ventures
Lynn Bay
Josh Daytonaura A. DeBonis
Juan Enriquez
Managing Director, Excel Venture Management
Robert E. Gallery
Chair, WGBH Board of Overseers
Massachusetts President, Bank of America
Richard Grubman
Former Senior Managing Director, Highfields Capital Management, LP
Ann L. Gund
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
President, Wheelock College
Susan B. Kaplan
President, Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
Marjie B. Kargman
David H. Koch
Executive Vice President, Koch Industries, Inc.
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
William A. Lowell
Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Administrator, Lowell Institute
Oscar F. Malcolm
Private Investor
Richard K. Lubin
Managing Director, Bershire Partners
Christopher J. McKown
Executive Chairman, Iora Health LLC
Cathy E. Minehan
Managing Director, Arlington Advisory Partners
Dean, School of Management, Simmons College
Paul R. Murphy
Legal and Administrative Counsel, Amherst College
Geoffrey Post
Chair, WGBY Board of Tribunes
President, Paradise City, Inc.
John F. Reno
Chairman, Reno Family Charitable Foundation
Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Dynatech Corporation
Robert Sachs
Principal and Founder, Continental Consulting Group
David T. Ting
President, Mugar Enterprises, Inc.
Sidney Topol
President, The Topol Group, LLC
Tony Woodcock*
President, New England Conservatory of Music
Hans Ziegler
Senior Managing Director, Bernstein Global Wealth
*Institutional Trustee
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