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In all of this it needs to be said that "Pirate" did a huge amount of work here.

I just want to reiterate that Media Island is blamed for the problems it faces by people not engaged in trying to help us confront them. Our tuesday night meetings are called spokescouncil because we recognize that many groups and individuals share the use of the 816 Adams house and have an interest in how it is managed. It is not the place of the board to decide how toilet paper is bought.  The house makes Media Island International visible to the community. We have shared the house actively, proposing at other groups meetings that they feel some ownership and legitimacy in using the house and it's resources and inviting them to make space-use and key-holder proposals on Tuesday nights. 

Again, if people are interested in serving on the board of an organization which is not afraid to risk the liability of owning and responsibilities of running a shared resource space for activism in downtown Olympia, please let us know. New board members are appointed by consensus of the existing board as recorded with the Washington secretary of state. I personally salute the existing board for thier willingness to have thier names on such an endeavor and continuing to be consulted on board-level decisions as needed.

I also reject the criticism which is based on the assumption of ubiquitous corruption which implies anyone in responsible positions at MII have anything to personally gain. We have struggled to pay house bills with immense levels of volunteer time for 9 years since Jimmy left to continue offering this space to the community which benefits from it. Of course we've had problems, we are right downtown.