KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO’s ANNUAL MEETING & BOARD ELECTIONS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th at 11:30am (doors at 11:00am)
MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS - 3939 N Mississippi Avenue
Hosted by KBOO’s Youth Collective
AGENDA
- Board candidate statements
- Board candidate Q&A
- State of the Station
- State of the Station Q&A
- 2026-2027 Operating Plan
- Diane Karl Mentorship Award
- In Memory
- Appeal
- New board member announcement
- Live music from Mr. Vale’s Math Class (funk)
Community gathering from 2pm until 5pm at Bar Bar - 3943 N Mississippi Avenue
join KBOO to meet some of your favorite radio personalities and share your thoughts with board members. Light refreshments will be served.
Video conference link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88169623581?pwd=nmuis5w3CvPVvHBdcgTbdJzSSjBZ0J.1
Meeting ID: 881 6962 3581
Passcode: 700872
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YOU’RE INVITED!
Join us for KBOO Community Radio’s Annual Membership Meeting – a time to connect with your radio community, hear important station updates, meet board candidates, and enjoy live music.
Connect with fellow members, on-air hosts, staff, board members and volunteers for an afternoon of information, inspiration, and entertainment.
ELECTION GUIDE
It’s election time and your voice matters. KBOO Community Radio is unique in that the Board of Directors is elected by its members to lead the foundation and ensure KBOO’s mission continues to thrive. Every KBOO member gets to vote. Any KBOO member can apply to be on the board of directors.
- KBOO’s board consists of 12 directors.
- Each year, 4 seats are up for election
- This year, 3 candidates are running – one seeking a second term
- There are no proposed bylaw chances in 2025
Voting options:
- Vote online by noon on Saturday, September 20th. Click this link to vote now!
- Vote by mail: paper ballots are available by request; please email membership@kboo.org or call 503-231-8032 ext. 204. Paper ballots must be received at the station by 5pm on Friday, September 19th.
- Vote in person at the Annual Membership Meeting.
Election results will be announced live at the end of the meeting.
Help shape the future of your community radio station.
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BOARD CANDIDATES
Alex Privée
When I got to Portland over a decade ago, KBOO was one of the first roots I planted connecting with locals. I helped with an archival project and was introduced to a wonderful vibrant and definitely Portland community. I intend to serve on the board to strengthen KBOO’s welcoming broadcast of community driven content. I would like to give back by preserving non-corporatized means of communication and preserving the enduring legacy of Portland voices. Especially in this time when independent voices are being constrained by those who would control us, we must preserve local independent radio. I believe education to be my primary mission in life and I aim to make quality information accessible to everyone. I have a background in Higher Education and Software and I currently work as a full time Technical Instructor. Before joining the software industry, I worked as a Librarian and Archivist. I’ve worked in museums in Florida, preserving publicly owned historical documents and structures. I believe in digitization as a means of preservation and would love to continue work at KBOO that I had helped with in the past. I’ve been a lifelong supporter of local independent radio and have a passion for discovering new music through the constant hum of radio in my ear throughout my day to day life. I perform locally as a comedian and improv performer. I also am connected with the wider Puppeteering world and theatre world and would love the opportunity to support fringe arts on our airwaves.
Ona Harshaw
I fell in love with radio when I was gifted a transistor radio back when I was in elementary school. I fell asleep with it under my pillow listening to AM stations in Cincinnati and New York. I was astonished to find out that my granddaddy had climbed the WLW radio tower to replace light bulbs! I listened to popular music and wrote to the DJs, requesting songs or answering contests. What a wonderful community. I eventually found FM radio in the studios of WYSO Antioch College where my brother and his friends produced a show while they were in high school. I thought of WYSO as my radio station as I now think of KBOO as my radio station. The honor of supporting a community directed, community drive, community sponsored radio station is a gift. I am just as inspired by the talent drawn to KBOO as I was in my early days of radio appreciation. In the early 2000’s I worked through the Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College to administer the Banner Scholarship, a program that grants cash and extra training for first time college students. During this time I was introduced to Democracy Now!, Fair, and Prometheus through Free Press where my students and I were privileged to attend Free Press Media Reform National Conference and organize with reporters, lobbyists, and media personalities working hard to keep public media from commercial interests. Of course that work is ongoing. Media reform work is more important now than it was 20 years ago. After moving here from Ohio in 2013, I was interested in volunteering with KBOO. I was familiar with KBOO from hearing the Old Mole Variety Hour on WYSO! I took my volunteer orientation training in 2017 after I retired. I began volunteering in the reception area. I joined the board of directors in 2022. Since then, I have participated in the governance of the station. I am proud of KBOO’s union staff, station manager, long-time and new volunteers, and all of the members and listeners who appreciate this station. The work is an honor.
Tyson Stanger
I have over 4 years of experience working with media that started during covid as an individual passion project. 4 years later now I'm a volunteer for KBOO doing everything from tabling events, audio editing, community outreach, creative planning, and social media engagement. I've always enjoyed the all-inclusive ethos of KBOO helping to represent the underserved communities of Portland and beyond. As a board member I will actively pursue to expand our community by helping to recruit more volunteers and help bring more much needed voices into the station to tell their stories. I will ensure that all KBOO members will be able to have their voices heard as KBOO continues to evolve year after year!