Aloha WESTAF Trustees:
 
Ua hele au ma ke alanui ma Kaleponi i kēia manawa ʻelua pule hope loa. Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi a mahalo i ka WESTAF Leadership Resource Team (Adam, Amy, Christina, Chrissy, Leah and Seyan) no ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā lākou hana koʻikoʻi hoʻolālā kālā, hoʻolālā, holo ʻoihana, mālama ʻana i ka ʻenehana, nīnauele i nā moho DoPP a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka hui i koʻu wā haʻalele. Ua noʻonoʻo nui lākou, hui pū a hoʻohua, a mālama iaʻu i ka hana a me koʻu mau manamana wāwae i koʻu wā ma waho o ke keʻena. Hoʻolaʻa ʻia kēia ʻelua pule iā lākou!
 
HOOLAHA WESTAF
Ua hoʻopau mākou i kahi hoʻolālā mua - a me ka paʻakikī o ka waihona kālā WESTAF FY20! Ke hana pū nei ka hui alakaʻi me nā luna hoʻokele kālā e hoʻoponopono i ka waihona kālā no ka lā palena ma ʻAukake. A hiki i kēia manawa, manaʻo mākou e hana ma nā mana he nui, akā ke holo wikiwiki nei kēia hana a aia ma ke ala. Mahalo nui iā LRT no ka piʻi ʻana i kēia manawa i kēia manawa huikau a maopopo ʻole.
 
LUNAHOOPONOPONOPONOPONO KANAWAI
Ma hope o ka nānā mua ʻana o ʻeiwa mau moho, ua hoʻopau ka LRT i ka pule i hala e nīnauele ai i ʻehā mau moho kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ma hope o ka lā hoʻomaha o Iulai 4, manaʻo mākou e hoʻopau i kēia kaʻina hana a hāʻawi i kahi makana i ka moho kūleʻa.
 
KOMITE HOOLAHA LAHUI
Loaʻa ka hoʻokipa a me ka neʻe ʻana i ke keʻena no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kōmike manawaleʻa (e like me kā mākou Kōmike Ola) nāna e ʻike a e ʻimi i nā ala no ka hui WESTAF e komo hou aku i loko o ke kaiāulu hoʻomohala Denver. Ua komo mua kekahi mau lālā o ka hui i nā hana kaiāulu Denver ma nā ʻano like ʻole - e kōkua kēia komite i ke kākoʻo ʻana a kākoʻo i kēia mau hana e kū nei a no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hana hou, e hoʻokomo i nā lālā hou aʻe a kōkua i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka ʻike o WESTAF a me kāna hana i loko o ka ikaika. kūlanakauhale a mākou i noho nui ai. Mahalo iā Leah no ke alakaʻi ʻana i kēia!
 
HUAKAI KALIFORNIA
ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi koʻi maikaʻi ma Kaleponi i kēia mau pule i hala iho nei - ʻo ka mua ma ka Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit ma Los Angeles (he mea maikaʻi loa ke hoʻolimalima manawa liʻiliʻi me ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Roy Agloinga, ʻo ia hoʻi i hele mai!), a laila he kipa nani me WESTAF kahu ʻo Nikiko Masumoto ma ka ʻohana ʻohana ʻo Masumoto kokoke i Fresno (mahalo iā ʻoe, Nikiko no ka hoʻokipa ʻana!), a laila hele i ke Kalana ʻo Calavaras no kahi hui ʻo California Arts Council kahi aʻu i hāʻawi ai i kahi hōʻike i manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia e nā lālā ʻaha kūkā o CAC, a laila kekahi mau halawai huahua ma Sacramento. Hoʻonui i ka pilina me CAC ED Anne Bown-Crawford a me nā lālā o kāna mau limahana, a me CFTA ED Julie Baker, kahi ʻaina awakea hoʻolālā huahana me ka Hope Chair Tamara Alvarado (mahalo iā Tamara no ka hele ʻana i San Andreas!). ʻO nā hālāwai maikaʻi ma ke ala me nā hoa WESTAF ʻo Shannon Daut, a me Lucero Arrellano (nāna i lawe iaʻu i kahi wahi hui ʻoihana hoʻoikaika i Sacramento - Sol Collective) a me Sacramento CFTA lobbyist Jason Schmeltzer (nāna ka hana i kākoʻo ʻia e WESTAF). Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia huakaʻi ʻoihana e kekahi manawa pilikino — ʻo ka pāʻina lā hānau 90th o koʻu makuakāne (ua hele me ka pilikia ʻole!) a i kēia hopena pule e hele ana au i ka male ʻana o kahi hoaaloha ma ke Kai Ranch kaulana ma Kaleponi. Hoʻi i ke keʻena ma ka Pōʻakahi.
 
HOOLAHA HOOLAHA
Hui Kaulike:
Ke hana nei ka Equity Cohort e hoʻonohonoho i ka ʻike kaiāulu a me nā manaʻo i loko o nā hui kamaʻilio a me nā ʻoihana. Ua mālama kā mākou hui i ʻehā mau hālāwai ma ka lā 06/26/2019 e hoʻomaka i nā kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi a me nā kūlana e lawe ai i nā cohorts ʻē aʻe. Ua hana mākou ma o nā papahana WESTAF o kēia manawa a me nā hana e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā DEI a ua kūkulu pū mākou i kahi pūʻulu o nā ʻaelike pūʻulu e kaʻana like ʻia i Iulai me kēlā me kēia cohort. Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana a me ke komo ʻana i nā hui kamaʻilio a me nā ʻoihana, e hōʻuluʻulu hou ka hui Equity i Iulai e luʻu i ka palapala scoping. Roles (accur on a rotating basis): Alakaʻi: Lani Morris; Kalena "Creep": Lauren Wilson; Ka mea lawe memo/mea kakau: Julia Alvarez; Luna Pilina / Space - Janae.
Pūʻulu pāʻoihana:
Ma ka halawai mua o ka Hui Pakihi, ua kohoia he alakai a me ke kakauolelo a ua hooholo ia, mamuli o na papa kuhikuhi, e halawai makou i kela a me keia hapaha me ko makou halawai hou ana no ka la 7/18/19. No kēia hālāwai, ua noi mākou e hele mākaukau nā lālā a pau e kūkākūkā i nā manaʻo / mau pahuhopu no ka Cohort me ka manaʻolana e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomohala i kahi misionari a hoʻolālā i kā mākou mau hana e hiki mai ana. Scribe - ʻo Matt Virlee ka mea i haʻalele i ka hui no laila ua hakahaka kēia kuleana; Alakai – Rebecca Brown. 
Pūʻulu kamaʻilio:
I ka hui mua o ka Communications Cohort, ua wāwahi mākou i kā mākou Palapala Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā a hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻoponopono iā ia ma o nā pae ʻehā o ka hoʻokō. E hoʻomaka ana mākou i kā mākou hana mua - ka noiʻi a me ka ʻike - ma hope o kā mākou hālāwai aʻe ma 7/1/2019. I kēia wā, e loiloi ana mākou i ke kūlana o ka hōʻailona a me nā kamaʻilio ʻana o WESTAF ma o ka SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā manaʻo mai nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻohana o ka hui. E hoʻoholo ana mākou i nā kuleana o ka hui a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hālāwai e hiki mai ana ma muli o nā pono i ʻike ʻia no ka pae mua. 
 
KA HOʻOPIʻI O KA MARKETING/KOMUNIKASI
Nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa: Ua pili ʻo Leah me nā hoaaloha he nui o WESTAF ma ka Hui AFTA makahiki (Matt Wilson, Teniqua Broughton, Shannon Daut, Mitch Menchaca, Rusty Foley, Tom Simplot, Mary Ann Carter, Michael Orlove, Ann Bown-Crawford, a me Pam Breaux, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) a me kekahi mau mea kūʻai CVSuite o kēia manawa a me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi. Hoʻokumu mākou i kahi lima o nā alakaʻi hou no CVSuite mai ka ʻaha kūkā, a ua nui ka hoihoi e pili ana i ka PAA hou o ka Collection Management Tool ma Pre-Con. Nui nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kipa ana i kā mākou papa hōʻikeʻike i ʻōlelo i ko lākou makemake nui i nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou o CaFE. FY20 Marketing Communications Planning: Leah is plugging away on WESTAF's FY20 Master MarComm Plan, which outlines marketing initiative and goals that aligned with the FY20: Earned Income Product Expenses Business Strategy. Hōʻike ka papahana i nā pahuhopu kūʻai a me nā hoʻolālā no kēlā me kēia huahana ʻenehana (koe ʻole ZAPPlication), a me ke kūʻai aku a me nā kamaʻilio no nā papahana a me nā lawelawe a WESTAF. 
 
HALAWAI HOOLAHA HANA O WESTAF SAAPAD
ʻO kahi hui WESTAF ikaika o Madalena Salazar, Chrissy Deal, Seyan Lucero a me Sam Ortega i mālama i ka lā 3-4 o Iune, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo WESTAF i 20+ mau luna hoʻokani pila a me nā poʻo o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā consortia mai ka ʻāina no kā mākou hālāwai SAAPAD makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui me ka huakaʻi a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ke alakaʻi a me nā limahana ma Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, kekahi o nā ʻoihana moʻomeheu o Denver a me ka hui hula kaulana i hoʻokumu ʻia i ke kaiāulu ʻeleʻele/ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Ua kaʻana like ʻo Caitlin Strokosch, Luna Hoʻokele o ka National Performance Network (NPN) i nā ala e hoʻokō ai ka hui i ke kaulike ma o kā lākou mea pena kiʻi a me nā hoa hana, nā hālāwai a me nā hālāwai kūkā. ʻO Oregon ELC15 alum Candace Kita, Luna Hoʻokele Moʻomeheu ma Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO), ua hoʻokomo pū i ka hui i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa e nānā ana i ka pāʻani ʻana o ka mana i nā misionari o kā mākou hui/ʻoihana. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Chrissy e kūkulu i ke kumu hoʻohālike o kēia makahiki ma waena o nā mea hele a me ka kipa pūnaewele no 2020.
 
KA HOʻOPIʻI & KĀNĀWAI KĀWAI
Ua hui pū ʻo Chrissy me nā limahana ʻelua a me ka Equity Task Force ma Zoo, Arts & Parks ma Salt Lake County, Utah mai ka hopena o 2018 i kā lākou hoʻokomo ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā kaulike. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia a me Madalena Salazar i kā lāua hoʻoikaika ʻana me kahi papa hana ma Ianuali i ukali ʻia e ka loiloi hāʻawi kālā a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana o nā kaʻina hana hāʻawi kaulike ma Mei. E hoʻi mai ʻo Chrissy i Kepakemapa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kahi papa hana e pili ana i ka hopena o nā kaiāulu maʻamau e nā papahana a me nā kulekele o kahi hui. E hui pū ʻo ia me 2 mau lālā o ka ʻoihana alumni Utah ELC – Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez a me Moana Paelei Hoching – a me ke alakaʻi moʻomeheu a me ka mea pena kiʻi, ʻo Jorge Rojas no ke kūkākūkā. He lālā ikaika ʻo WESTAF Trustee Vicki Bourns no ka Task Force a ua mākaukau ʻo Moana, no ka mea, ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e komo i ka papa Tier I o ZAP i kēia kauwela. E hoʻopau ka papahana i ka hāʻule me kahi hōʻuluʻulu papahana a manaʻo i nā ala i mua no ZAP ma kēia hana koʻikoʻi.
 
HANA HANA HANA
Ua nīnauele ka hui ʻenehana i nā moho e hui pū me kā mākou hui. Nui nā alakaʻi hoʻohiki a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hiki ke hoʻouna i nā makana i kēia poʻe kūpono akā he mākeke hoʻokūkū loa ia. Ua hōʻailona ʻo Iune a me Iulai i kā mākou loiloi PCI makahiki a ke holo nei kēia. Ua hana mākou i kahi hoʻopaʻa ʻana a e nānā mākou e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Paypal Braintree he hoʻololi koʻikoʻi a e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kēia kaʻina hana i mua. Ua hui a kūkākūkā mākou i kahi ʻaelike mua me kahi mea kūʻai naʻauao ʻoihana i hoʻopili ʻia a e hana mākou e hoʻonui i kā mākou mau hana e hāʻawi i nā papahana i ka ʻike a me ka ʻike i kā lākou ʻikepili.
 
NA MEA HOU O KA FEDERAL AVOCACY
Ma Iune 25, ua ʻae ka Hale ʻAmelika i ka $167.5 miliona ma ke kālā FY2020 no ka National Endowment for the Arts—he piʻi o $12.5 miliona ma mua o ka pae kālā FY2019 ($155 miliona). Ke poʻo nei ka bila i ka US Senate no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana (hiki i ka Senate ke lawe i kā lākou mana ponoʻī o kēia bila hāʻawi). Hoomaha ka Ahaolelo i keia pule ae; e hoʻi hou ana ka Senate ma Iulai 8.
 
ZAPP
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo ZAPP i kahi mea kūʻai maʻamau, hōʻike nui (e hōʻiliʻili ana ma mua o 500 mau polokalamu) e hoʻokipa i nā ʻahaʻaina 6 ma ka pūnaewele. Hoʻonui kēia i kā mākou kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻaelike maʻamau e 300% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me FY18. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka uku i Braintree ma Iune 27; Loaʻa i nā mea hoʻohana i kēia manawa nā koho e mālama i nā ʻano uku no ka maʻalahi o ka nānā ʻana a ua hana ʻia nā ʻano palekana hou aʻe e hoʻololi i ka helu zip a me CVV. 
 
KAFE
Ke hana nei ka hui CaFE i nā kikoʻī no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kahi ʻaelike hoʻopaʻa inoa 12 mahina, e hoʻohui ana i nā huaʻōlelo komo a me nā ID aelike i ka ʻōnaehana CaFE, me ka hiki ke komo pololei i nā uku a loaʻa i ka ʻōnaehana CaFE e helu i kēlā mau uku ma kahi o ka manual. helu ʻia i kēia manawa. Ke hana nei ka hui i ka helu helu ʻana i kāna palapala noi kelepona a hoʻoponopono hou i ke kaʻina hana hoʻonohonoho kelepona hou. 
 
PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
Ua hoʻokumu ka Public Art Archive i kāna pūnaewele hou a me ka hōʻano hou ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao Collection Showcase i ka waena o Mei a ua loaʻa iā ia nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai nā hoa hana ma ke kula. I Iune, ʻo Lani Morris o ka hui CaFE i pani i ka PAA ma ka AFTA public art preconference ma Minneapolis, a ua loaʻa i ka hui nā nīnau he nui e pili ana i ka Pūnaehana Hoʻoponopono Kohi mai ka hanana. Hoʻomaka ʻia kahi pānaʻi kūʻai nui no nā lawelawe uku hou a PAA no ka hopena o ke kauwela a me ka hāʻule mua.
 
HELE MAKEMAKE
He 10 mau mea kūʻai aku (kahi hapaha o kā mākou waihona) i hoʻohou i kēia mahina, ua hāʻule ka zero, e kali ana i nā hana hou 4 i manaʻo ʻia. Aia ma luna o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Telluride; Ua kūkulu mākou i kā lākou noi a mākaukau lākou e hoʻomaka ma hope o kēia kauwela. Ke uku nei ʻo San Antonio i ka $3,800 i ka $5,600 no ke kaʻina hoʻokomo ʻikepili. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻekolu mau mea hou kaʻina hana panel i ka pule i hala: wehe a pani i nā mahina lā i hoʻohui ʻia i Panels > Configure Panel tab. ʻO kekahi mau mea hou: e ʻae i ka admin e hōʻike a hūnā i nā panela mai nā panelists i hāʻawi ʻia i nā lā i koho ʻia; hoʻokomo i ke pihi Criteria i hoʻohui ʻia i nā Panels > Panel Scoring tab. Hāʻawi i ka admin e kope i nā pae hoʻohālikelike i loko o nā panela hou; hoʻonui i ka helu o nā pae hoʻohālike i ʻae ʻia mai ka 20 a i ka palena ʻole. FY19 Loaʻa nā loaʻa: $105,578.87; FY19 Hoʻohou hou e kali ana i ka uku (akā ua pūlima ʻia nā ʻaelike): $67,600.00, FY19 Nā hana hou a me nā uku ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia no ke koena o ka makahiki: $47,400.
 
CVSUITE
Ke hana nei ʻo CVSuite me Western Colorado University e hāʻawi i ka ʻikepili no kāna noiʻi mākeke noʻeau. Ua loaʻa i ke Kulanui o Western Colorado kahi haʻawina noiʻi NEA e hana i kēia mau hōʻike no nā mokuʻāina 50 āpau.    
 
CVSUITE HOU A HOI HANA HANA
ʻO Kelly Ernst kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono pāʻoihana hou no GO Smart a me CVS, e kālele ana i ka ʻike kūʻai aku, ka luna ʻaelike, nā hōʻikeʻike a me ke kākoʻo mea kūʻai māmā. Ua hui pū ʻo Kelly me WESTAF i Mei o 2019 ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonohonoho ʻoihana no CVSuite a me GO Smart, kōkua i ka ʻikepili a me nā lawelawe ʻaelike, nā kamaʻilio o nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ke kūʻai aku. He ʻano hana ʻo Kelly ma ka lehulehu a me ka pilikanaka a ua paʻa i nā kūlana ma ke kālepa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana no nā hui e like me Santa Fe Opera, Creative Time ma New York City, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Contemporary Art (MCA Denver). He lālā kōmike hoʻolālā ʻo ia no ka RedLine Art Center's 48-Hour Summit. ʻO ka mea i hala aku nei, he mea kākau ʻo Kelly no ka makasina ʻo Colorado ʻo Boulder a me Cherry Creek Lifestyle, e uhi ana i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua loaʻa iā Kelly kona kēkelē laepua ma ka mōʻaukala noʻeau a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka lehulehu ma ke Kulanui o Colorado Boulder. He mea hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻo Kelly i ka hui a hauʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia!
 
Mahalo iā ʻoe no kāu hana maikaʻi a me kou kūpaʻa iā WESTAF!
 
E like me ka wā ma mua,
 
Keristiano