Aloha mai e nā kahu a me nā hoa hana o WESTAF:

Welina mai i ka recap mua ʻelua pule o 2021. ʻIke wau ʻaʻole pono wau e haʻi iā ʻoe i kēia, akā he makahiki kēia e hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia i loko o kā mākou mau hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻole mākou i ka hapalua o Ianuali. Ma WESTAF, ke hoʻomau nei mākou i kā mākou hana, ʻoiai ua hoʻouka ʻia ko mākou aupuni e nā mea hoʻoweliweli kūloko a me nā haunaele. Noʻu, ʻoiaʻiʻo, paʻakikī ka ʻole e hoʻopau wale i ka nūhou kelepona a me ka ʻōwili doom ma kaʻu hāmeʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻeha ai iaʻu, a aia kekahi mau mea nui e hana ai. Akā, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua. No ka hui WESTAF, ua paipai mākou i ka mālama ʻana iā mākou iho e like me ka hiki, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ke ola a me ka hana i mua me ka hiki ʻole. Ma waho aʻe o ka Insurrection (!), KE kakali nei mākou i kā mākou pāʻina hoʻomaha virtual ma Ianuali 21 - ka "WESTAFaganza!" Mahalo iā ʻoe i ke kōmike hoʻolauleʻa no ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka mea e ʻimi nei he hui leʻaleʻa a hoʻoikaika ʻia - a makemake nui ʻia. Hoʻokahi lā ma hope o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻana, no laila, e manaʻo hou aʻe paha kākou i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana no kākou a pau. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hana nui ma ka hui holoʻokoʻa, a hauʻoli nui wau i nā ʻano kūʻai hou a me nā ʻaoʻao demo e hoʻolaha ʻia ana ma waena o kā mākou huahana ʻoihana. E heluhelu no nā kikoʻī hou aku.
E HOOHANOIA I KA POE NO KA PAPA O TENIQUA E ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (CG)
Ma Ianuali 21, hauʻoli wau i ka hōʻike ʻana e hoʻohanohano ʻia kā mākou Teniqua Broughton i kahi hanana virtual kūikawā me ka makana ASU MLK Community Servant-Leadership Award e ke Kōmike Kauka Martin Luther King Jr. ASU. He poʻokela ʻo Teniqua no ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi no ʻelua mau makahiki, me nā kuleana ma ASU Gammage, Free Arts of Arizona a me nā mea hou aʻe, ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā VerveSimone ma 2013. Ma kāna kuleana kūkākūkā, kākoʻo ʻo Broughton i nā mea waiwai ʻole ma nā wahi o ka hana noʻeau, moʻomeheu, lawelawe kaiāulu a hoʻonaʻauao. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Teniqua ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo ʻEleʻele Arizona, he hui waiwai ʻole e holo ana i nā papahana alakaʻi a hoʻopuka i ka ʻikepili no nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma ka mokuʻāina. Mai kou ʻohana WESTAF, aloha nui a kūpono hoʻi, mahalo a hoʻomaikaʻi, Madame Hope Chair.
ARTX HOʻOPIʻI (CG)
Mahalo nui i ke Kōmike Hoʻomohala Papa no kā lākou hana nui i kēia manawa i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā mākou mea haʻiʻōlelo mua no ArtX 2021. Ua ʻike kā mākou mea haʻiʻōlelo mua o Ianuali ʻo Dr. Lisa Cooper i kahi paio hoʻonohonoho hiki ʻole ke pale aku, no laila e hoʻokipa mākou iā ia ma ka lā 28 ʻApelila. e noi aku i kahi hui ʻē aʻe no ka mahina o Ianuali a i ʻole Pepeluali a e hōʻike mākou iā ʻoe i ka wā i hōʻoia ʻia ai. I kēia manawa, mahalo nui iā Bassem Bejiani a me kāna hoa ʻo Lisa Burns no kā lākou hāʻawi manawaleʻa iā WESTAF e uhi i ka hanohano o Kauka Cooper. He ʻano noʻonoʻo a lokomaikaʻi maoli - mahalo.
NA HALAWAI PAPA AME KOMITE e hiki mai ana (CG)
ʻO Ianuali a me Pepeluali he mau mahina paʻahana no ka papa mālama mālama WESTAF. E ʻākoakoa ana ke Kōmike Hoʻokō no kahi hālāwai pōkole i kēia pule ma Ianuali 13 no ka hopu ʻana ma hope o ka lā hoʻomaha a nānā i nā kālā mai nā mahina ʻelua o FY21 ma waena o kekahi mau mea ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo Pepeluali 3 a me 4 ka lā no kā mākou komite a me nā hālāwai hoʻoilo o ka papa - ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kahaha. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi papa hana paʻa loa e hui pū ana, me kekahi mau mea hou mai kā mākou ʻoihana WESTAF a me nā hoahana kulekele, a me nā hōʻikeʻike mai kekahi mau malihini kūikawā āu e makemake ʻole e nalo: kahi hōʻike e pili ana i nā kulekele ʻoihana federal i nā mea nui o ka Biden e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hoʻokele Harris mai Heather Noonan me ka League of American Orchestras a me ka Cultural Advocacy Group; he hōʻike e pili ana i kā mākou South Arts ELC hui a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka WESTAF ELC curriculum mai nā kumu kula ELC lōʻihi, kolepa a me ka hoaaloha ʻo Salvador Acevedo, a me kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā manaʻo i kā mākou kumu hoʻolālā kālā kālā mai ke kākāʻōlelo ʻo Beka Whitson o Whitson Strategies. I kēia manawa, ke hahai nei mākou a pau i nā helu maʻi maʻi maʻi like ʻole i ka wā e kali ana i ka ʻōwili ʻia ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi aupuni e manaʻo ʻia e kahi ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no laila ke manaʻo nei au i ka wā e hiki ai iā mākou ke hui hou i ke kino, e maopopo ana paha ia. kakou a pau. Aia ka manaʻo liʻiliʻi no Mei, akā kānalua wau. Manaʻolana wau no ʻOkakopa ma Denver.
HANA ʻO WESTAF i ka nānā ʻana i ka bila no HR 133 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 (DEC. 21, 2020) a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka mokuʻāina ʻoihana a me ka state arts advocacy network (DH)
Ma ka lā 23 Dekemaba, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF i kahi puʻupuʻu i nā keʻena noʻeau mokuʻāina a me nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina e nānā ana iā HR 133, ke kaʻa kānāwai no ka pōʻai hoʻomaha maʻi maʻi hou loa a me kahi bila hāʻawi piha. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka loiloi e ka hui AAP a me nā hana kuhikuhi i alakaʻi pū ʻia e nā lālā o ka Cultural Advocacy Group e kālailai i ka bila. Aia i loko o ka pila kekahi mau wahi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu, ka pāʻoihana a me ka waiwai ʻole, a e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻāpana koho ākea a puni ka ʻāina. Aia kekahi mau hana e hoʻonui ai i ke kaulike, no ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia kahi Smithsonian American Women's History Museum a me kahi National Museum of the American Latino. E hoʻokō ka ʻoihana ʻoihana liʻiliʻi i kahi papahana hāʻawi $15 biliona hou i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo no nā "mea hoʻohana i pani ʻia." ʻO $2 biliona i koho ʻia no nā hui me ka liʻiliʻi o 50 mau limahana FTE. E hāʻawi ka papahana i nā haʻawina a hiki i ka $10 miliona no nā hui kūpono, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea hoʻolalelale a i ʻole nā mea hoʻolaha, nā mea hana keaka, nā mea hoʻokele o ka hui hoʻokani ola, nā mea hana hale hōʻikeʻike kūpono, nā mea hana keaka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a i ʻole nā ʻelele talena e kū ana i nā koi ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia hoʻopukapuka kālā he nui i loko o nā wahi, ʻo ia ka hoʻokō ʻana o Save our Stages, i kākoʻo ʻia e WESTAF ma kāna palapala bila no ka Senatoa Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) i Iulai 2020. $167.5 miliona kēlā me kēia no ka National Endowment no ʻO ka Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, ʻo ia ka $5.25 miliona ma mua o nā pae i hoʻoholo ʻia i ka makahiki 2020 a hōʻole i ka noi kālā noi kālā a ka Hale Paʻi e hoʻopau i nā keʻena. Aia i loko o ka pila ka ʻōlelo e ʻae ana i nā kālā hāʻawi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i kēia makahiki a i nā makahiki kālā 2019 a me 2020 e hoʻohana ʻia no nā lilo hana. Mālama pū ka pila i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe a i ʻole ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua kālā no nā papahana, nā hana, nā papa hana, a i ʻole nā papahana e lawelawe ana i ka poʻe i mālama ʻole ʻia.
2021 HOʻolaha ʻia ka SEMINAR alakaʻi a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mea noʻi (DH)
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i kā mākou 2021 Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) e mālama ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu, Pepeluali 24 a me Pōʻalima, Pepeluali 25, 2021. E mālama ʻia ka ALAS o kēia makahiki me ka hoʻonui ʻia. E hōʻike ana ka seminar i kahi pūʻulu kūkākūkā a me nā mea haʻi'ōlelo e kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike ma nā kumuhana e pili ana i ke kākoʻo federal, ke komo ʻana i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kahua. ʻO Cézanne Charles, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka studio design rootoftwo; ʻO Hal Real, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka World Cafe Live, ka luna o ka Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, a me ka pelekikena o ka National Independent Venue Foundation; ʻO Heather Noonan, ka hope pelekikena no ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ka League of American Orchestras a me ka convener o ka Cultural Advocacy Group; a me nā luna hoʻomalu o Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) ʻo Manny Cawaling, ka luna hoʻokō o Inspire Washington, a me Julie Baker, ka luna hoʻokele o California Arts Advocates. E hoʻouna ana mākou i nā mea hou a me nā kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i ka hālāwai i nā pule e hiki mai ana ke loaʻa ka ʻike hou aku. Ua hoʻouna ʻia aku kahi hoʻolaha i ka papa WESTAF a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina a e hoʻouna koke aku mākou i kahi hoʻolaha i nā mea e hiki mai ana. E wehe ʻia ke kākau inoa ma hope o kēia mahina ma ka hanana hanana Aventri. Manaʻolana mākou hiki iā ʻoe ke hui pū me mākou.
CVSUITE & NASAA CREATIVE ECONOMY AND RECOVERY PROJECT HOPE A E hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o kahi hanana US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE i kēia pule (DH)
Ua hoʻopau ka hui CVSuite i ka hōʻike Creative Economy and Recovery i hana ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me NASAA (kahi ʻaelike uku), e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka Pōʻakahi, Ianuali 18, 2020 ma hope o kahi US Chamber of Commerce, NASAA, Americans for the Arts, a me National. Endowment for the Arts event, Starring Role: Arts and Entertainment in the Pandemic Era. ʻO ka hōʻike, 92 ʻaoʻao a me 22,951 mau huaʻōlelo i ka lōʻihi me nā kumu 120 ma kāna ʻano kikoʻī hope loa, e hōʻike ana i nā noiʻi hihia 11 mai nā mokuʻāina a me nā kaiāulu a puni ka ʻāina—Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee, Vermont, Wasinetona, a me West Virginia. Ma kēlā me kēia, ʻike ʻia nā ʻāina kūpaʻa a me nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala, nā hui ikaika, nā hoʻolālā a me nā papahana i hoʻokumu ʻia a me nā mea hou, a me kekahi mau kulekele lehulehu e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ma Arizona, ua ʻimi ʻia ka Arizona Creative Communities Institute me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai i nā kaiāulu i koho ʻia. ʻO ka wahi o ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i loko o ka manaʻo hoʻomohala kūloko o Northwest Arkansas a me ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai alakaʻi ʻia o Western Massachusetts e ʻimi pū ʻia me kahi ʻāpana hoʻomohala suburban ma Prince George's County Maryland a me ka mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu ma Appalachian Tennessee. ʻO nā kānāwai hou e hoʻokumu ana i ke ala i kahi papahana ʻāpana hana hoʻomohala holoʻokoʻa ma Nebraska e kūkulu ana ma luna o kāna hoʻokele waiwai hoʻomohala e ʻimi pū ʻia. Ua ʻimi pū ʻia ka papahana mele lekiō lanakila ʻo Mountain Stage a me Charleston, West Virginia i ka ʻoihana mele e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana kiʻiʻoniʻoni o Georgia. Hōʻike pū ʻia nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele waiwai e hoʻohana i ka waiwai mōʻaukala, nā hiʻohiʻona, a me ka moʻomeheu o nā ʻāina kuaʻāina ma Southern Minnesota a me Northeast Kingdom Vermont. ʻO Bellevue, ka hoʻokele waiwai hoʻomohala kikohoʻe o Wakinekona, ʻoi aku ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana pāʻani, noʻonoʻo ʻia i loko o ka pōʻaiapili o kona puka ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻenehana ʻenehana. Hōʻike pū kēia mau moʻolelo kikokikona i ka ʻikepili CVSuite e kuhikuhi ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻoihana a me nā mākeke hana ma kekahi mau ʻoihana hoʻomohala a me nā kiʻekiʻe o ka hana hoʻomohala ma nā mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāina ʻaʻole i ʻike pinepine ʻia he mau kikowaena hana. 
HANA NUI AUPUNI WESTAF REGION STATE $85 MILLION A hiki i keia la ma ka moku'āina i ke kālā kōkua i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke komohana (DH)
Ua piʻi aʻe ka huina o nā kālā kōkua a ka mokuʻāina e kākoʻo pono ana i ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu a mālama ʻia e nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina i ʻoi aku ma mua o $85 miliona ma waena o ka ʻāina me kahi pūʻulu kōkua $50 miliona no ka moʻomeheu Oregon, he $19.5 miliona ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i ka ʻO Utah Division of Arts a me nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike ma o ka papahana Create in Utah, ka $2 miliona mau kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ke Komisina ʻo Arizona no nā ʻĀpana, ʻo ka $3.4 miliona kōkua kōkua i hāʻawi ʻia e Washington State Arts Commission a me ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Washington State Department of Commerce, ka $7.5 miliona ma ke kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i hāʻawi ʻia aku nei iā Colorado Creative Industries, ʻo ka $2.4 miliona ka Wyoming Arts Council i loaʻa mai ke Keʻena Kiaʻāina ʻo Wyoming ma o ke Kānāwai CARES no nā hana hana a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua hāʻawi ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Nevada no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kālā i ke kālā kōkua maʻi maʻi i nā hui ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu (a me nā ʻoihana ʻole a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe) ma o ka papahana hāʻawi $40 miliona Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) a ua hui pū me ka Nevada Arts Council e hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana. Ua loaʻa i ka papahana CARES ʻo Montana Arts Council ke kākoʻo hou mai ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻolālā kālā a me ka Hoʻolālā Polokalamu ʻo Montana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi no kā lākou mau haʻawina i kēlā me kēia kanaka a me nā hui. Ua hōʻike kēia mau ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina i ke alakaʻi nui i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka waiwai o ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu a me ko lākou pono i ke kākoʻo i kēia wā o ka haunaele nui, a ke ʻike ʻia nei ka nui o nā lono maikaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ke Kiaʻāina Kaleponi ʻo Gavin Newsom he $575 miliona Early Action Budget proposal, ʻāpana o kahi manaʻo hoʻihoʻi $4.5 biliona, e komo pū ana me $25 miliona no nā hale moʻomeheu liʻiliʻi, e like me nā hale moʻomeheu a me nā hale kiʻi kiʻi, i kāohi ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi i ko lākou hiki ke aʻo. ke kaiāulu a noho mau i ke kālā e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ke Keʻena ʻoihana ʻoihana a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai o Kaleponi. ʻO ka loaʻa kālā no ka California Creative Corps Program hou, he papahana hana hoʻomohala hou (ʻo ka mea i kapa ʻia e kekahi poʻe he "papahana kaila WPA"), ua komo pū ʻia i loko o ka manaʻo kālā e hoʻolauna ʻia e California Arts Council. Ua hoʻolako ʻo WESTAF i kahi hālāwai kaʻana like ʻike WAAN kūikawā e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i ʻAukake 2020, a komo i nā kūkākūkā maʻamau a hoʻomau ʻia me Californians Arts Advocacy a me ka WESTAF kākoʻo lobbyist ma Kaleponi e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kālā kōkua mokuʻāina no ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu. me nā mea pena kiʻi pākahi.
Hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā noi huakaʻi no 2021-2022 GRANT CYCLE (LM)
Ma muli o nā hopena like ʻole o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka hui WESTAF's TourWest i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hiki ke hiki ke hoʻokipa i kā mākou kaiāulu o nā mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā mea pena kiʻi i kēia manawa paʻakikī. I ka ho'āʻo e hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia maʻalahi, ua hoʻoholo ka hui SRI e hana i nā hoʻoponopono i ke kaʻina hana noi a me nā alakaʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pōʻai noi hou e lawelawe maikaʻi aku i nā mea hōʻike i ko mākou ʻāina. No ka hana ʻana i ka noi noʻonoʻo a pili pono, ua hoʻopanee ʻia ka lā hoʻomaka a hiki i Pepeluali 2021. ʻAʻole pili ka lā hoʻomaka hou i ka manawa o ka pōʻai hāʻawi. Pono e hoʻokō ʻia nā papahana kūpono ma waena o Kepakemapa 1, 2021 a me ʻAukake 31, 2022. E mau nō hoʻi ka palena manawa noi o ʻApelila 1, 2021. E hiki mai ana kahi hoʻolaha me ka lā hoʻomaka o ka noi a me nā kikoʻī o nā loli a me nā hale i hana ʻia i ka noi 2021-2022 e hōʻike ana i nā hopena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a me kā mākou kahua hoʻololi.
HOOLAHA HOOLAHA WESTAF ELC21 (MS)
Ua ʻike ʻo Ianuali 8 i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka noi papahana WESTAF ELC 2021. Hana ʻia kēia papahana ma Denver, akā hāʻawi ʻia i ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻomau nei, e mālama ʻia ka papahana ma ka pūnaewele 18-24 Malaki 2021. Aloha mākou i kā mākou mau kumu kula lōʻihi, ʻo Salvador Acevedo lāua ʻo Margie Reese. ʻO Madalena Salazar lāua ʻo David Holland e hoʻomau i ka hana ma ke kumu, ma kahi o ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka papahana. Paipai mākou i nā kahu e ʻōlelo aku i nā mea noi kūpono a kaʻana like i ka hoʻolaha me kā lākou pūnaewele. Loaʻa nā noi ma ka hola 5:00 pm Wā mauna, Pōʻakahi, Pepeluali 1, 2021. No ka ʻike hou aku, e kelepona iā Madalena (madalena.salazar@westaf.org).
KĀMĀ SRI e hele ana i ka APAP|NYC+ 2021 CONFERENCE (DH)
ʻO ka Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), ka lawelawe aupuni, ka hoʻolaha a me ka hui lālā no ka ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike hana hana, ke mālama nei i kahi hālāwai kūkā mai Ianuali 8-12, 2021, a ua hāʻawi aku ka Pelekikena hou a me Luna Nui o APAP ʻo Lisa Richards Toney iā WESTAF a noho hoaloha ma ke ano he hoa. E hele ana ʻo Lani Morris lāua ʻo David Holland i ka ʻaha kūkā a e kālele ana i ko lākou komo ʻana i ka hele ʻana i nā hālāwai e pili ana i ka hana kaulike ma ke kahua (me ka hiki ke komo) a me nā kumuhana aʻoaʻo a me nā kulekele. Hoʻolālā pū mākou e hele i kekahi mau hōʻikeʻike kūʻokoʻa e aʻo hou e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā mea pena kiʻi i kā lākou hana ma nā wahi kikohoʻe i kēia manawa.  
LUNA o ke kuleana pilikanaka a me ka huli komo ana (DH)
Ua hoʻopau ʻia nā hālāwai ninaninau mua, me ʻeono mau moho i koho ʻia no ke alakaʻi o ke kuleana pilikanaka a me ke kūlana hoʻokomo. E hui ana ke Kōmike Nānā Moho i kēia pule no ke koho ʻana i nā nīnauele hope loa.
KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Mahalo iā Lauren, Jess lāua ʻo Becca no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka pā kālā a me HR i ka wā hoʻomaha i hiki ai iā Becky lāua ʻo Amy ke hoʻomaha ma hope o ka hana loiloi! I kēia manawa ke hoʻi nei mākou a pau i ke ala no ka makahiki hou. Paʻa ʻo Becca i ke kaʻina hana no ka luna SRI hou, a me nā pono e kū mai ana. Ua komo ʻo Janae i ka hui a e hāʻawi ʻia i ka heluhelu wale nō i ka ʻōnaehana kālā a me ka ʻōnaehana panakō pūnaewele i hiki iā ia ke kākoʻo i nā hui kālā a me nā hui ZAPP e hoʻomaka ana i kēia pule aʻe (me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kākoʻo kōkua HR & hana ʻē aʻe). Mahalo e Janae!! Ke paʻa nei ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Becky i ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā palapala i koi ʻia no kā mākou waihona ʻauhau makahiki, e mālama ʻia e Plante Moran. Ke lawe nei ʻo Becky i nā ʻae coding hou aʻe e hoʻomaka ana i kēia mahina: he hana mua kēia i kahi hoʻololi kahi e hoʻokele piha ai kona kūlana i ke kaʻina hana pani o kēlā me kēia mahina. Ke neʻe nei ʻo Lauren lāua ʻo Jess me ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku o ZAPP i nā uku EFT (hoʻololi kālā uila), e koi ana i nā hoʻoponopono i kā lākou kaʻina kālā, e hoʻomaka ana i kēia mahina. 
PLAN STRATEGIC (NS)
Ua hui hope ka hui Policy i ka waena o Dekemaba me kahi hālāwai i alakaʻi ʻia e kāna kākoʻo, ʻo David Holland. Ua loiloi ka hui i kā mākou mau palapala scoping ʻekolu me ke alakaʻi ʻana a David a ʻike i nā mea a ka hui e hana mua ai. E hui nā alakaʻi o ka hui, ʻo Justine lāua ʻo Janae, me David i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Ianuali e kūkākūkā i nā hana e hiki mai ana no ka cohort, a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i ka hui pū ʻana me nā Kūkākūkā Trustee. ʻO kahi lanakila nui no ka Hui Pāʻoihana e hoʻopau ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā mahina ʻē aʻe ma Zoho e hana i ka CRM o WESTAF i ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka hui. Ua kālele pū ka cohort i ka hana ʻana i nā hana hou aʻe me ka pahuhopu e hoʻonui i ke kūʻai aku a me ka loaʻa kālā. ʻO kāna pahuhopu aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi papahana Artist Desktop hou kahi e hiki ai i nā mea pena ke hoʻokele i kā lākou ʻoihana āpau ma kahi kahua hoʻokahi.
MAKEKE A ME KA HUI (LH)
I kēia pule, ua hoʻolaha ka hui MarComm i ka pōʻai hāʻawi i hoʻopanee ʻia no ka papahana 2021 TourWest a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka noi Emerging Leaders of Color 2021. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i nā mea hou i ka pūnaewele WESTAF, me kahi ʻaoʻao ʻenehana hou a me kahi ʻaoʻao Nūhou i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia a hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hele ola i Ianuali. Ke hoʻopau nei ia i ka hana ma ka pūnaewele alakaʻi o ke kala, i kēia manawa e hoʻomaka i Pepeluali. Ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā huahana ʻenehana, ua hoʻolaha ka hui i kahi ʻaoʻao Hōʻike a Demo hou ma ka pūnaewele kūʻai aku ʻo GO Smart a hoʻomaka i kāna huakaʻi kūʻai mua GO Smart no ka makahiki kālā, he leka uila i kahi papa inoa o nā mea hana hāʻawi e pili ana i kā mākou huahana personas . Ke hana nei ka hui i kēia manawa i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kahi papa inoa o 2,800 mau mea hiki no CaFE i loaʻa i ʻehā CaFE personas, me kāna pahuhopu mua: nā alakaʻi hale kiʻi. Hoʻolālā ka hui e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolaha CaFE Galleries ma o ka leka uila a me ka media media (me nā hoʻolaha wikiō) i ka hopena o Ianuali. Ua hoʻolaha hou aku ʻo CVSuite i kahi hoʻolaha hou e pili ana i kāna Specialized Impact Reports i kahi papa inoa kūʻai kūʻai hou, a hiki i kēia manawa ua hoʻokumu i ʻewalu mau alakaʻi. Ua hoʻouna ka hui i nā ʻike no ka January National Endowment for the Arts Newsletter a ke hana nei i kēia manawa ma ka paʻi Pepeluali o WESTAF Now. Ma ka hālāwai a me ka hoʻolālā hanana, me ka hana nui a Natalie Scherlong, ua koho ka hui i kahi polokalamu hoʻokele hanana hanana pūnaewele (Aventri), kahi e hoʻomaka ai ma ka 2021 Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka hopena o Pepeluali. Ke hana nei ka hui MarComm (+Natalie) i kahi hoʻolālā e kau i ka hui hui ma Aventri a e hoʻomaka i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻaoʻao hoʻopaʻa inoa (a laila kahi pūnaewele i hoʻonui ʻia) no ALAS '21. Ua komo ʻo Kelly Ernst (ka hui hanohano MarComm!) e kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka logo ArtX, āna i hana ai me nā manaʻo mai ke komite ArtX. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻolālā i kahi pūʻulu waiwai kumu ma ka hopena o ka mahina. 
KAFE (RV)
Ua mākaukau ka hui CaFE (me ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku) no 2021 me kahi kickoff ma ka holomua OKR Q1, kahi hui Zoom e noʻonoʻo ai i ka webinar hou, blog, a me nā kumuhana nūhou, kahi hoʻolaha kūʻai kūʻai hou e kuhikuhi ana i nā hale kiʻi a me nā hale moʻomeheu. e hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ʻo admin UI, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā alakaʻi hou he 40 mai ka mahina i hala.
CVSUITE (KE)
Ua hoʻopau ʻo CVS i nā pahuhopu hapaha makahiki a me nā hopena koʻikoʻi (OKR) kahi i kūkākūkā ai a hoʻoponopono i nā pahuhopu. Aia nā OKR ma ke ala me ke kahua kūʻai a me ke alakaʻi mea hoʻohana. Ke hoʻopau nei ʻo Trevor i nā hoʻololi i ke alakaʻi mea hoʻohana no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā loli hou a ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ke kahua kūʻai a me ka papahana neʻe alakaʻi alakaʻi hoʻohana ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana ma muli o ka palena kumu. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo CVSuite i ʻekolu hōʻike hopena kūikawā, me kahi hōʻike COVID-19 i hana ʻia, e waiho ana ma 75% o kāna mau pahuhopu kūʻai aku no ka kūʻai ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻolaha kūhelu ka hui i ka ʻaoʻao hoʻolaha Specialized Impact Report a me kahi hoʻolaha leka uila a puni ia. Ua loaʻa ka hoʻolaha i ka helu wehe 29% a me ka helu kaomi 9%, ma luna iki o ka awelika CVS. ʻElua mau alakaʻi kūʻai wela, ʻo Asheville Area Arts Council a me Nevada Arts Commission, aia nō i ka pipeline.
E hele akamai (JG)
E hoʻouna ana ka hui kūʻai aku i ka leka uila hoʻolaha i kēia pule i kahi papa inoa o 200 ma kahi o 200 mau mea hoʻolale kālā, moʻomeheu, a me ke kūlanakauhale. Ua ʻoki ʻia ka papa inoa mai GrantStation a he hui hou o nā mea kūʻai aku i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Aia ka pūnaewele kūʻai aku ʻo GO Smart i kahi ʻaoʻao hōʻailona demo hou e hiki ke nānā pono i ka hana malihini. E hoʻomaka ana ka hui hoʻomohala i ka noiʻi ʻana i ʻehā mau mea hoʻonui i ka nui e manaʻo nei e ʻōwili ʻia i nā mahina ʻeono e hiki mai ana.
PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ua ʻaelike hou ka pūʻulu PAA i kahi huaʻōlelo hoʻomohala hou e kūkulu hou i ka ʻimi i loaʻa a e ʻimi i ka hana i nā pule ʻehiku e hiki mai ana. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka hoʻomohala hou i ka hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i loko o nā ʻāpana hopena hulina e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka ʻike mea hoʻohana. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo PAA e hoʻopau i ke kūʻai ʻana o ka CMS i ʻekolu mau mea kūʻai aku ma Ianuali. Eia hou, ua kūkulu ʻo PAA a hoʻokuʻu i kahi ʻaoʻao Huli Popular hou e kōkua i nā mea hoʻohana i ka ʻike PAA.
ZAPP (CV)
Mahalo i ka hana nui i alakaʻi ʻia e Julia a me Natalie V., ua hoʻokumu ʻo ZAPP i kahi kahua kūʻai hou ma ka hopena o Dekemaba. ʻO ka paena kūʻai ka mua no ZAPP a e kōkua i ka hui i kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻonui i ka noho pūnaewele o ZAPP a hoʻonoho maikaʻi iā ia i nā hopena hulina. Hoʻokumu pū ka hui i ka hoʻonui e hiki ai i nā hanana ke hōʻiliʻili i nā noi mai nā mea kūʻai aku ʻole - kahi mea i manaʻoʻiʻo hiki ke hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā a hoʻohui i ka waiwai i ka ʻōnaehana. ʻO ka mea hope loa, hauʻoli ka hui i ka hōʻike ʻana he ʻehā wale nō ka helu o ka hoʻohou hou ʻana o ZAPP i kā mākou helu Kekemapa 2019, kahi hōʻailona e manaʻo nui ana nā hui e hoʻi i nā hanana pilikino i 2021. 

Hāʻawi ʻia me ka mahalo.

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