Dear Member,
   Like any organization, KRCB has a crew of incredible folks running the show behind the scenes. These are people you’ll probably not hear or see on the air, but they make the entire show possible.
   In no particular order—staff who are dedicated to fundraising fill a variety of jobs.  They telemarket for auction items, plan membership drives, send out renewal reminders, and make certain that you receive your thank you gift when you join. Grants are written and underwriting is sold to great local and regional businesses. In none of this are we “begging,” but rather giving individuals and businesses the opportunity to
support this valuable local institution.  
   Many of you know our administrative staff—a great personal phone team (no you won’t get a machine, at least not during business hours), folks paying the bills, preparing for our annual audit, and making certain we follow all the rules.  Part of what our engineering staff does is also making sure we
follow the rules of the FCC, and fundamentally doing all the work it takes to make sure we’re on the air and you can watch and listen to the shows you love.
   Production staff in television and radio, our community outreach staff, rounded out by our news staff, provide the content you see, hear, and experience in the community.  
   All these folks make your public media service everything it can be.  Hats off to the KRCB team.

Dear Member,
   Like any organization, KRCB has a crew of incredible folks running the show behind the scenes. These are people you’ll probably not hear or see on the air, but they make the entire show possible.
   In no particular order—staff who are dedicated to fundraising fill a variety of jobs.  They telemarket for auction items, plan membership drives, send out renewal reminders, and make certain that you receive your thank you gift when you join. Grants are written and underwriting is sold to great local and regional businesses. In none of this are we “begging,” but rather giving individuals and businesses the opportunity to
support this valuable local institution.  
   Many of you know our administrative staff—a great personal phone team (no you won’t get a machine, at least not during business hours), folks paying the bills, preparing for our annual audit, and making certain we follow all the rules.  Part of what our engineering staff does is also making sure we
follow the rules of the FCC, and fundamentally doing all the work it takes to make sure we’re on the air and you can watch and listen to the shows you love.
   Production staff in television and radio, our community outreach staff, rounded out by our news staff, provide the content you see, hear, and experience in the community.  
   All these folks make your public media service everything it can be.  Hats off to the KRCB team.

Dear Member,
   We told you last month about KRCB’s focus this year on health, on becoming healthier as a community and as individuals. And about how KRCB staff is putting our money where our mouth is and doing some walking together, some yoga together, and trying to laugh together at the occasional staff brown bag lunch.
   This month you’ll begin to see programming online and on television and radio that highlights health issues. For example, beginning on March 12, KRCB Television will be bringing back Healing Quest, the only national series focused on integrative health. More of our KRCB-FM North Bay Report programs will focus on local developments in the health and health care systems. Our News Director, Bruce Robinson has been invited to be a part of The Association of Health Care Journalist national conference, a very nice compliment indeed.
   And, we’ll be reaching out to local partners to work on exercise, especially focusing on kids, the obesity epidemic, and diabetes. Hand in hand will be a focus on healthy eating, our local farm community, and sustainable farming practices, jumping off from our decades-long commitment to great local foods on Michele Jordan’s Mouthful.
   Join us in exploring health care, health policy, and creating a healthier North Bay community.
   Here’s to your health!

Dear Member,
   The year 2012 is an important milestone in the recent history of our Northern California community.  Our landscapes and viewscapes have been preserved and protected by hosts of hardworking land savers over the past century.  This year marks important anniversaries  of a number of true landmarks created by those far seeing individuals.  KRCB is happy to help celebrate their accomplishments.
   Our friends at Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD), have been preserving watershed for an incredible 100 years. The Golden Gate Bridge turns 75 and we’ll be interested to see what sort of celebration is planned this time ’round. Marin County Parks turns 40. The precious Point Reyes National Seashore was dedicated 50 years ago and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 40 years ago. The creation of both these national parks will be explored in Moments in Time (working title), a documentary by Kelly-Yamamoto Productions in partnership with KRCB. If the last part of the production funding can be raised quickly, we will look forward to Point Reyes making the documentary a part of their celebration this fall.
   We stand, as Huey Johnson says, on the shoulders of these visionaries.  KRCB’s Natural Heroes encourages us to look around today and re-dedicate ourselves to this important public work.