Aloha mai ke kaiāulu WESTAF:

E like me ka mea maʻamau, nui nā mea e hana nei ma ka WESTAF-world i kēia mau pule i hala iho nei, no laila e lele koke kākou, ʻeā?
HALAWAI PAPA e hiki mai ana (CG)
Ke hoʻokomo nei i kekahi mau manaʻo manaʻo maikaʻi mai nā kahu ma hope o kā mākou hālāwai ʻo Pepeluali, aia mākou i ke ʻano hoʻolālā no kā mākou hui papa o nā kahu mālama virtual e hiki mai ana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no Mei 19-20. ʻOiai e paʻa ana kā mākou hālāwai e like me ka maʻamau me nā hōʻike mai nā komite, kālā a me nā mea hou ākea, ke hana nei mākou i kahi hoʻoikaika kūikawā e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kūkākūkā a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ka hapa hope o ka hālāwai. I kekahi lā ma hope aku, e hoʻouna ana mākou i nā kahu i kahi nīnau nīnau pōkole i hoʻolālā ʻia e ana i kou makemake no kahi hui kanaka ma Denver i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻOkakopa 27-28. I ka manaʻo ʻana i kēia hiki maoli, ua hana mākou i nā puke tentative ma ka Brown Palace Hotel, kahi a mākou i ʻākoakoa ai ma ʻOkakopa o 2019.
KA HOʻOKEKAHI ARTX e hiki mai ana (CG)
Ua puka nā kono i ka pule i hala no kā mākou hōʻike ʻekolu ʻo ArtX i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻApelila 28 mai 4-5pm MT. No kēia ArtX Edition e hui pū ʻia mākou e Dr. Lisa Cooper ka James F. Fries Kumu o ka Lapaʻau a me Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity in Health and Health ma Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health. . E kamaʻilio pū ʻo Kauka Cooper me ke kahu mālama ʻo Dr. Bassem Bejjani e pili ana i nā ʻike mai ka noiʻi a Kauka Cooper a me kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa olakino he kumu hoʻohālike no nā hui ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu i ko mākou hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia o ke komo ʻana a me ka like ʻole o kā mākou kahua. He hōʻike hoʻohiwahiwa a kūkākūkā paha ia, no laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i RSVP i ke kono kalena, e ʻoluʻolu e hana pēlā!
ONBOARDING NEW SRI DIRECTOR ANIKA KWINANA (DH)
Ua loaʻa iā Anika, ma ke ʻano WESTAF maoli, he puahiohio o ka ʻike ma luna o nā pule he ʻelua i hala aku nei i hoʻokomo ʻia i kahi pūʻulu ʻōlelo pōkole o ka ʻoihana SRI a me kāna mau papahana me Lani, Madalena, a me David a me nā hālāwai me WESTAF's Technology. Waiwai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ke kūʻai aku a me nā kamaʻilio, a me ka nui o kā mākou hui ʻoihana. Ua hele pū ʻo ia i nā hālāwai me South Arts e pili ana i kā mākou hui ELC, me Kaisha Johnson o Women of Color in the Arts e pili ana i ka holomua kaulike e pili ana i kā mākou ʻoihana hana hoʻokani kūloko, a me kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa loiloi federal me ka National Endowment for the Arts, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. halawai. 
Hoʻopili ʻo WESTAF i ka Hale Keʻokeʻo a me ka hui o nā poʻe hoʻokō o ke keʻena komohana ma $20 BILLION PUT PUT POWERKERS NO WORK POLICY PROPOSAL (DH)
Ke hana nei ʻo WESTAF i kēia manawa e hoʻonui i nā manaʻo kulekele Put Creative Workers to Work, i ulu aʻe e hoʻokomo i kahi pūʻulu $20 biliona. Ua kākau mākou i ka Hale Paʻa a hoʻokomo i kā mākou hui kūloko o nā keʻena kalepa, ʻo ka Western Association of Chamber Executives. ʻO nā keʻena komo kahi mea e puka mai ana o kā mākou mau hoʻolālā e hana i kahi ʻoihana o nā mea kākoʻo ma waho o ka hana noʻeau (kahi pahuhopu o ka WESTAF 10 makahiki ʻike a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā). E ʻoluʻolu e kelepona i kāu mau lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ka Hale Paʻa, a/a i kou mokuʻāina a me nā keʻena kūloko e hana me kēia mau noiʻi ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia: Put Creative Workers to Work palapala noi a me Chamber of Commerce engagement.
HE KAKAU KAUKAU O WESTAF NO KA KULTURAL ADVOCACY GROUP INFRASTRUCTURE/RECOVERY PLATFORM (DH)
Ke hana pū nei ʻo David me Heather Noonan lāua ʻo Najean Lee, o ka hui kākoʻo League of American Orchestras a me nā mea kōkua o ka Cultural Advocacy Group, e hana i ka hoʻolālā mua o kahi pūʻulu manaʻo kulekele hou e kūkulu ʻia ana e pane i ka Biden- ʻO Harris Administration kahi manaʻo hoʻolālā piha, The American Jobs Plan. 
Loaʻa i nā mea hana noʻonoʻo hana hou (CG)
I kēia pule i hala aku nei, ua hele mākou i kahi hui ʻo Getting Creative Working Working, mālama ʻia e AFTA. Ma kēia kau, ua aʻo hou mākou e pili ana i nā ala wikiwiki e hoʻomaka ana nā mokuʻāina a me nā wahi e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i nā kālā ARP; lohe hou aku e pili ana i nā ʻano ʻano hana hoʻomohala hana ma ka ʻāina e pili ana i ke olakino, kaulike a me ka hana a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi hana e like me kēia ma kou wahi, kono ʻia ʻoe e hoʻohui i kēia waihona ʻike ma ka waiho ʻana i kāu hāʻawi ponoʻī ma o kēia nīnau nīnau maʻalahi. Ua aʻo pū mākou e pili ana i nā kānāwai like ʻole a me nā noi ma Kaleponi Massachusetts, Hawaii, New York a me Philadelphia.
HE WESTERN ARTS ADVOCACY NETWORK A ME STATE ARTS ACTION NETWORK LEADERS HUI ANA I KA HUI KULTURAL ADVOCACY GROUP ME WESTAF ENDORSEMENT (DH)
Ke kūkākūkā pū me Heather Noonan, he hui o ka Cultural Advocacy Group, ua kono ʻo David iā WAAN Co-Chairs Julie Baker, ka luna hoʻokele o Californians for the Arts and California Arts Advocates, Manny Cawaling, luna hoʻokele o Inspire Washington, SAAN Chair Ann Graham, luna hoʻokele. o Texans for the Arts, a me Claire Rice, ka luna hoʻokele o Arts Alliance Illinois, e lawelawe ma ka Cultural Advocacy Group. ʻO kēia ka manawa mua e kono ʻia ai nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina i loko o kēia hui aupuni ad hoc e hoʻokumu ana i nā kulekele ʻoihana federal a me nā kulekele moʻomeheu, a ʻo ka neʻe ʻana e manaʻo e hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi i nā lobbying arts ma ka ʻāina (he manaʻo o ka WESTAF 10-makahiki ʻike a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā. ).
FY21 WESTAF FEDERAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENT (DH)
Ke hoʻopau nei ʻo Moana lāua ʻo David i nā kikoʻī no kā mākou FY21 Federal Advocacy Program, me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka Federal Advocacy Toolkit. Hoʻopili kēia i ka noiʻi koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā keʻena Congressional, nā hale kōmike Congressional, a me ka nui o nā pilikia kulekele. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokuʻu i ka papahana, me ka pahu hana ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai, ma ka hopena o ka mahina. Ma o ka papahana, e hana mākou i kekahi mau hoʻopukapuka haʻahaʻa i nā hana hoʻolaha aupuni federal.
WESTAF AWARDED MANAGEMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS DISCOVERY BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (DH)
Ua hoʻohui ka National Endowment for the Arts i ka makana $200,000 i ka ʻaelike hui WESTAF no ka mālama ʻana i ka Performing Arts Discovery, kahi hana e manaʻo nei e hoʻolauna i nā mea hōʻikeʻike honua i nā mea hana kiʻi a me nā hui hoʻokani o ʻAmelika e hōʻemi ana i nā pale no nā mea pena kiʻi ʻAmelika ma waho. E hoʻokaʻawale ʻo WESTAF i ke kālā i ka Western Arts Alliance (WAA) no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka papahana i hoʻolālā hou ʻia, i manaʻo hou ʻia e ka Arts Endowment, WESTAF, WAA, ArtsMidwest, a me South Arts e kākoʻo i nā mea pena kiʻi i ka hana ʻana i nā waiwai kikohoʻe e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻokomo i nā mea hōʻike honua. no nā manawa hoʻokō virtual a i ka wā e hiki mai ana. E kālele nui ʻia ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi kala a hoʻopili i nā ʻeono US Regional Arts Organizations. 
KA HOIKE AUDIT FEDERAL (CG)
Ua hele kekahi mau lālā o ka hui WESTAF i kahi hui virtual pono loa no nā SAA a me nā RAO i mālama ʻia e kekahi mau lālā o ka hui mai ka Office of the Inspector General (OIG) ma ka National Endowment for the Arts. ʻO ka hapa nui o ko mākou kaikuahine RAO i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā loiloi OIG i nā makahiki 3-5 i hala. He ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o WESTAF mai ka NEA OIG, e like me ke kali ʻana iā "The Big One" ma ke kahakai komohana! Ua hele ka hui OIG iā mākou ma ke kaʻina hoʻoponopono a pane i nā nīnau he nui. E hiki mai ana ka loiloi OIG i kekahi manawa i ka wā e hiki mai ana, a e koi ana i ka bandwidth nui mai kā mākou mau haʻawina a me nā hui kālā, akā i ko mākou nānā ʻana i ke kaʻina loiloi ma ke ʻano he hui, ʻo ko mākou manaʻo ua mākaukau mākou no ka mea hiki ʻole.
NĀ Alakaʻi o ka ʻupena kala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ʻApelila 29 (DH)
Ma ka lā 29 ʻApelila, 2021, 2:00 pm Wā mauna, e hoʻokipa ʻo WESTAF i ke kolu o kā mākou alakaʻi o ke kala Skillshare. ʻO kā mākou mau mākaʻikaʻi hapaha makahiki he manawa kūpono no nā lālā o ka Leaders of Color Network e hoʻopili ai ma o ka ʻike like ʻana ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu o ke aʻo ʻana. I kēia mahina, lawe mākou i nā mea hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi, ʻo Nathalie Sanchez (LC18 / CA), Tara Gumapac (LC18 / HI), a me Alex Jimenez (LC15 / CO), e alakaʻi i kahi kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pili pūnaewele. E hāʻawi pū mākou i ka manawa e nānā e pili ana i kā mākou hana a hoʻolauna iā Anika a me 2021 alumni.
PAA KA PONO KAIKAIKAI ME 247 POE (LM)
Ua pani ʻia ka manawa noi TourWest ma ʻApelila 15, a ua loaʻa iā mākou he 247 mau noi. Ke mālama nei ʻo Lani i ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia e hana pū me Jessica Gronich, Natalie Scherlong, Anika, a me David.
KA HOʻOPIʻI KĀNĀWAI (CG)
E hiki mai ana kahi hoʻoponopono hou aʻe ma ka hui o ka papa o nā kahu mālama o Mei, akā ua hoʻouna aku nei mākou i kahi LOI i ka papahana hoʻopuka kālā Universal Access to Knowledge Foundation o Sloan. Ke hahai nei mākou me ka hoihoi nui i ka hui ʻana ma waena o ka Patrick McGovern Foundation a me ka Cloudera Foundation, a ʻo kā lākou ʻikepili hou a me ka Hui Pūʻulu i hoʻopili nui ʻia me mākou. Hiki i kēia mau ala ʻelua ke hoʻoikaika i ka hana a WESTAF ma ka hui ʻana o ke kiʻi a me ka ʻenehana. Eia kekahi, ke hoʻonohonoho nei mākou iā mākou iho no kahi hoʻolauna i ka Satterberg Foundation. Ke mākaukau nei mākou e hoʻouna i kahi LOI i ka US Bank Foundation. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ua waiho mākou i kahi noi i hoʻopau ʻia a me nā mea kākoʻo a pau i noi ʻia i ka MJ Murdock Charitable Trust a manaʻo i kahi hoʻoholo hope ma Mei 27. Ke kali nei mākou i nā manaʻo, e hahai i nā LOI i waiho ʻia i ka Mellon Foundation a me ka American Express kahua.
AHA HOOKOLOKOLO ANA I NA LA A PAU (CG)
Ua komo ka hui WESTAF i kahi hālāwai hoʻokele ponoʻī o nā lā a pau i ka lā 13 ʻApelila i alakaʻi ʻia e Debbie Stone me ka ʻaha luna hana. ʻOiai ka lōʻihi o ke kau (ʻoi loa ma ka zoom), ua komo ka mea hoʻoponopono a ua komo pū ke kaiāulu WESTAF, e hāʻawi ana i nā manaʻo ʻike he nui a me ke komo ʻana i loko o ka hōʻike. Ua ʻike mākou he mea kēia a mākou e makemake ai e hana, akā ʻaʻole maopopo mākou i ka hopena o ke kau. Manaʻo wau ma ka nui, ua kāhāhā a hauʻoli mākou i ka manawa kūpono e noʻonoʻo ai i ke ʻano o kā mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana a hoʻoponopono i ka hakakā ma ka wahi hana.
HOOLAHA HALAWAI MAHINA RAO (CG)
Ua ʻākoakoa mākou me ko mākou mau hoa RAO no kā mākou hālāwai mau mahina. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hōʻikeʻike a me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka papahana NCAPER Crisis Analysis and Mitigation no ka poʻe pane noʻeau, me ka ʻae ʻana o RAO e hoʻopuka i ka ʻōlelo i ko mākou mau ʻāina e hoʻāʻo a hoʻokau i kekahi mau moho no kēia papahana. Ua kūkākūkā pū mākou i ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻolako i ka Mellon Foundation me kahi manaʻo pōkole no kahi papahana kālā ukali no ka Regional Arts Resilience Fund. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i kahi noho "do-over" a me EDs i loko o ke kanaka (ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi) - hiki paha i ka hopena o Kepakemapa - ma Fort Collins, CO.
WAIWAI a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ke hana nei ka hui HR no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā limahana a me ke keʻena ma ke alanui Sherman e hoʻokipa i nā limahana no nā hālāwai a i ʻole nā hana hana i ka wā i hala ai ka maʻi maʻi. E hoʻolako ʻo WESTAF i ke keʻena i nā limahana ke neʻe ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Denver i ka pae "'ōmaʻomaʻo" o ka COVID-19 Dial Ua noiʻi ʻia nā limahana e pili ana i ko lākou makemake i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke keʻena keʻena pū kekahi. Ua hele ʻo Amy i kahi hōʻike kuleana ʻoihana e ko mākou ʻelele USBank nāna i hoʻohui i ka loaʻa ʻana o WESTAF i nā hōʻaiʻē Paycheck Protection Program. Ua hele ʻo Becky lāua ʻo Amy i kahi ʻaha kūkā waiwai ʻole i hōʻike ʻia e kā mākou hui loiloi, ʻo Plante Moran. Loaʻa ka ʻike i nā hoʻololi i ke kānāwai ʻauhau, nā hōʻike moʻohelu kālā, ka ʻauhau ʻauhau mālama limahana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka pilikia. Hiki ke loaʻa ma aneʻi nā hopena noiʻi nonprofit no 2020 i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hālāwai kūkā. Me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā limahana, hana pū ka hui F&A e hoʻolālā i nā hoʻomaha a uhi i ka hana a kekahi i mea e pono ai ka poʻe paʻa e hoʻomaha a hiki ke hele ka huakaʻi me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hana i kēia kauwela.
HOOLAHA KUMUAI (NS)
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui kamaʻilio e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kā lākou noiʻi pili a ke ʻimi nei e neʻe i kā lākou hana hou e pili ana i ka noiʻi ʻana o nā huahana WESTAF, me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mea hōʻailona WESTAF like ʻole. E mālama ana ka hui kulekele i kā lākou hālāwai aʻe ma ka Pōʻalua, ʻApelila 20 e hele ai i nā pae aʻe. E hoʻokipa mua ana ka hui kaulike iā Anika ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo hou ma kā lākou hālāwai hou ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 22.
HANA HANA (CV)
Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono papahana ʻoihana hou, ʻo Blair Carpenter, i ka hui WESTAF! ʻO Blair he mea hoʻokani opera a hoʻomaʻamaʻa keaka me ka ʻike i ka CRM a me ka hoʻokele ʻikepili o ka mea kūʻai aku, kūkulu pūnaewele a me ka hoʻolālā, a me ka hoʻokele papahana. ʻO kāna lā mua ʻo ʻApelila 19, a e hana pū ʻo ia me Natalie V. e aʻo i nā mea āpau e pili ana iā WESTAF a me nā pae ʻoihana ʻelima āna e kōkua ai e kākoʻo. Ma nā nūhou ʻē aʻe, ua kāʻei wale mākou i nā hālāwai loiloi o OKR i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā huahana SaaS ʻelima, me ka recap o kā mākou holomua ʻelua i ka QBR e hiki mai ana. 
KAFE (RV)
Pono ka hui CaFE e hoʻopiha i kahi kūlana hakahaka ma muli o ka haʻalele ʻana o Eliza Wetherill ma 4/28/21. E hoʻi ana ʻo Eliza i ke kula puka i kēia kauwela. E poina nui ʻia ʻo ia e nā limahana akā makemake mākou iā ia me ka pōmaikaʻi nui i kāna hana hou. E wehe koke ʻia ke kūlana no Operations Coordinator ma CaFE. Ke hoʻomaka nei nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻi ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki, a ʻike mākou i ka neʻe nui ʻana e pili ana i nā mea hou a me nā kau inoa o nā mea kūʻai aku. Manaʻo ʻia ka CaFE admin UI hou no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hopena o Mei a hoʻomaka nā leka i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolaha ana i nā loli e hiki mai ana. 
CVSUITE (KE)
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui CVSuite i ka hana ma ka papahana CVList me kahi lā hoʻomaka i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ʻApelila 30. Ua hoʻopau ka hui i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka Help Center a ua hoʻoholo e hoʻolaha hou aku i kona hoʻopau ʻana ma Mei ma hope o ka hoʻolaha CVList. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōlelo no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻōlelo huna i ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai ma mua o ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia, no laila ua hoʻonohonoho hou ka hui i kekahi mau mea kālā i mea e hoʻokumu ai i kēia hoʻonui nui. Ua hele aku ʻo SMUData Arts, he hoaaloha a hoʻokūkū olakino i ka hui a noi aku i kahi hui noiʻi. Ua hui pū mākou i kēia pule kahi i kūkākūkā ai mākou i nā nīnau noiʻi maʻamau, nā wahi o ka nīnau a me nā papahana hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia, me ka waiho ʻana i kahi noi e kamaʻilio ma ka ʻaha kūkā GIA. 
E hele akamai (JG)
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo GO Smart i ʻelua mau tikiki hoʻomohala hou i kēia pule. Hoʻokahi tiketi e hoʻopau i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka Hoʻoponopono a Wehe i nā kiʻi ma ka puka admin. ʻO ka tiketi ʻelua e hoʻonui i ka ʻike mea hoʻohana i ke koho ʻana i nā lā a me nā makahiki no nā faila i kā lākou waihona media ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā menus drop down me nā kikokikona a me nā mea koho lā. E hoʻokomo ʻo ZAPP a me CaFE i loko o kā lākou mea kūʻai nūhou i kahi nīnau e nīnau ana inā hāʻawi kekahi o kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i nā haʻawina. ʻO ke koho ʻana i ka ʻae e hoʻihoʻi iā lākou i kahi noiʻi pōkole a e hahai ʻo Jessica me nā mea pane ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi. 
PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ua hauʻoli ʻo PAA e hōʻike i kahi hōʻikeʻike virtual hou: The Art of Recovery, kahi hana o Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. ʻO Art of Recovery e kālele ana i ʻekolu mau mea nui: ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka pilina o ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, a me ke olakino a me ka palekana o ka lehulehu ma o nā haʻawina no nā papahana mea pena no ka manawa pōkole a me nā hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale. E hoʻomau ʻia ka hōʻikeʻike i ka wā e hoʻokomo ʻia ai nā mea hou. Ma nā nūhou ʻē aʻe, ua ʻae ʻo Lori i kahi kono e hōʻike (kokoke) i ka ʻaha kūkā o Urban Creativity e hiki mai ana ma Lisbon i kēia kauwela. 
ZAPP (MB)
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