Archive for September 2006

A Baha’i Perspective: 2006-09-30

We conclude our series with Dr. Ash Harwell, an educator and a Bahá’í who has spent 25 years in Africa and is now residing in Amherst, MA on the faculty of the Center for International Education at the University of Mass. In the last segment Ash continued his journey by describing how he ended up in Amherst, MA and ultimately to Uganda and Botswana. In this final segment Ash describes his work in Egypt and finally in Afghanistan.

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General Membership Meeting Minutes: Sept 2006

VFR General Meeting Minutes 9.20.06 Read more on General Membership Meeting Minutes: Sept 2006…

Annual Meeting Announcement and Board Candidates

Valley Free Radio will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, October 18 from 7-9 pm at the Media Education Foundation meeting room on 60 Masonic Street in Northampton, MA. Read more on Annual Meeting Announcement and Board Candidates…

Nominees–Please Accept or Decline!

An announcement of board candidates must be made today to comply with our bylaws, yet many of those nominated at the general membership meeting have not responded to the nominations committee to accept or decline. Read more on Nominees–Please Accept or Decline!…

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 09.27.2006

This Week’s Show:

Total Running Time: 57:49

This Week’s Topics:

–Howard Stern and the media bias controversy.

–The infamous Bill Clinton interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, along with both Wallace’s and Hillary Clinton’s comments on it.

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Nominations clarification–30 days notice, not 21

My apologies to those who attended the last general meeting–I said that nominees could be added up to 21 days before the election, but the bylaws actually say 30 days (I confused it with notice of the annual meeting, which needs to be announced 21 days in advance.) Read more on Nominations clarification–30 days notice, not 21…

A Baha’i Perspective: 2006-09-23

Ash Hartwell, Part 2: In the first segment Ash described his experiences as one of the first peace corps volunteers, and his adventures in Ethiopia for that assignment. Ash concluded that segment by describing his experience as an educator in the Washington DC school system and the start of the Upward Bound organization. In this segment Ash continues his journey by describing how he ended up in Amherst, MA and ultimately back to Africa to Uganda and Botswana.

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2006-09-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With a guest DJ set from Yosi, call-ins from ScribbleJim and Kevin Kammeraad, new music from Paul Westerberg (yes, new music from Paul Westerberg!), and more.

http://sparetherock.com/20060923.mp3

VFR retreat – a proposal

The following proposal was presented by Emily Miller at the general membership meeting on September 20, 2006. Read more on VFR retreat – a proposal…

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 09.20.2006

This Week’s Show:

Total Running Time: 57:21

This Week’s Topics:

–Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center discussing polling related to the 2006 election and other topics.

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