At a 3-hour Pacifica National Board meeting on 11-3 at which nothing actually happened, Houston listener rep Adriana Casenave, always notable for the volume of her participation, goes for irony of the first degree by invoking a point of privilege regarding her nemesis, Houston rep Bill Crosier, accusing him of busting her eardrum.
Casenave then embarks on a lengthy screaming fit at 4x the volume as she goes to war with the chair – over a two-minute extension of time. After she loses her shrieking challenge to the chair and the 2-minute extension of time is approved, Casenave exits the meeting, apparently unable to bear her defeat.
Be warned that the clip can cause aural discomfort and listen at your own risk.
From the same meeting is a brief bonus clip of a hilarious segment when no less than five board members change their vote at the last minute, apparently succombing to confusion about which faction is voting is yes and which one is voting no on a fairly innocuous motion to notice an affiliates director election for 2016-2017. It was the only substantive motion voted on for the three hour duration of the meeting.
when PNB came to Los Angeles, and the public KPFK members sat segregated in back of room – away from circle of PNB & LSB members, silently, observing, this same woman: Casenave was also always getting out of her seat, demanding CONTROL and her way only ! and interfering with every/any one else’s time.
Disruptive vs. cooperative behaviors continued throughout the very long meeting.
She was notably ‘different’ from most PNB, and rude – and unaware of her effect or her repeated dominant attitude /and entitled presumption. She will always be remembered as a consequence of the many ways she seemed to want to be the main actor of that [and apparently any other] scene [board meetings are suppose to deal with Important issues and resolve them ? ]
…and she seemed unconscious of how others’ heard or viewed her. Anyone who dare to argue was over-ridden/ shouted down/ demeaned and left dangling.
That level of demanding-dominance and higher-status is dangerous — and not conducive to any demoncratic, [sic] or fair, equality in any board meetings especially.
Has anyone videoed a meeting to play back to the whole body ? to show how such individuals corrupt and disrupt meetings ? and how they create more chaos and less helping -cooperation ? But, she thus remains memorable, if not recommendable.