26 de julio de 2021<\/p>\n
Saludos Comunidad WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n Wowza \u2014 already time for another biweekly! So much outstanding activity in all corners of the organization these past few weeks. This time of the year, we\u2019re deep in planning for FY22, and the Mackenzie Scott gift we received recently has added a wonderful, if complex, dimension to our thinking. In addition to the planning that we\u2019ll be doing in various upcoming meetings and retreats (see below),<\/span> this article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/span><\/a> by Bianca Casanova Anderson has also kept us grounded and inspired. Additionally, we\u2019ve been thinking a lot about mission-aligned investing and what that means to our organizational values, and we have also drawn valuable direction from<\/span> this 2018 Grantmakers in the Arts blog post<\/span><\/a> about their investing journey. Some more comings-and-goings at WESTAF as well. We\u2019re thrilled to have some new WESTAFers to the SRI team (but we\u2019re holding off on the official welcome for now until they begin the week of August 2 \u2014 more below!). We\u2019re also excited to welcome Tim Carmichael to the ZAPP coordinator role, as well Raymond Wilson and Sara Graydon, who will start this week in part-time roles that provide customer support to CaFE and ZAPP customers. Welcome, Tim, Raymond, and Sara; we\u2019re so glad to have you! I\u2019m kicking off this biweekly, though, with news of a departure from the leadership team:<\/span><\/p>\n EL DIRECTOR DE TECNOLOG\u00cdA E INNOVACI\u00d3N, ADAM SESTOAKS, SE DESPIDE DE WESTAF (CG)<\/b> ANUNCIO DE REGISTRO Y L\u00cdNEA DE SOCIOS Y ORADORES DE CREATIVE VITALITY SUMMIT (DH)<\/b> Hay catorce invitaciones pendientes para oradores, panelistas y facilitadores. 57% de los oradores, panelistas y facilitadores invitados son BIPOC y 66% son mujeres. En breve, el equipo de Convenings, dirigido por Leah Horn, lanzar\u00e1 el registro para el evento a trav\u00e9s del sitio Aventri creado por Natalie Scherlong. Kelly Ernst ha proporcionado direcci\u00f3n de dise\u00f1o para el desarrollo de la identidad visual de la convocatoria. Sam Ortega ha desarrollado una estrategia de redes sociales para la conferencia. Moana HoChing est\u00e1 realizando una investigaci\u00f3n de antecedentes para el documento previo a la conferencia y organizando recursos y activos escritos para la conferencia. David est\u00e1 desarrollando la agenda de la conferencia, invitando y confirmando a los oradores, creando una lista de invitaci\u00f3n prioritaria de l\u00edderes de opini\u00f3n, redactando el documento previo a la conferencia y planificando reuniones con cada socio y panel de la conferencia en las pr\u00f3ximas semanas trabajando en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con el codirector de Summit, Randy Engstrom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n CONFIRMADA LA SESI\u00d3N DE ARTES RURALES DE LA CUMBRE DE INDUSTRIAS CREATIVAS DE COLORADO (DH)<\/b> INVITACI\u00d3N A LA CONFERENCIA MAGISTRAL DE LA CUMBRE DE ECONOM\u00cdA CREATIVA DE ARTS GREENSBORO (DH)<\/b> WESTAF PARTNERS, MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE, INSPIRE WASHINGTON Y CULTURAL ADVOCACY COALITION OF OREGON HAN SIDO INVITADOS AL GRUPO DE DEFENSA CULTURAL (DH)<\/b> \u00a0<\/span>LOS DEFENSORES DE LAS ARTES OCCIDENTALES HAN CONSEGUIDO HASTA LA FECHA M\u00c1S DE $830,000,000 EN FINANCIACI\u00d3N ESTATAL DE ALIVIO Y RECUPERACI\u00d3N PARA EL SECTOR DE LAS ARTES Y LA CULTURA (DH)<\/b> GERENTE DE B\u00daSQUEDA DE POL\u00cdTICAS P\u00daBLICAS Y ABOGAC\u00cdA (DH)<\/b> ACTUALIZACI\u00d3N DE LA SOLICITUD: FONDO DEL PLAN DE RESCATE AMERICANO (ARP) DE WESTAF PARA ORGANIZACIONES (AK)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> NOMINACIONES DE LOS PANELISTAS: FONDO DEL PLAN DE RESCATE AMERICANO (ARP) DE WESTAF PARA ORGANIZACIONES (AK)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> B\u00daSQUEDA DE DIRECTORES DE ISR COMPLETADA (AK)<\/b> PR\u00d3XIMAS CONVENCIONES DE LRT, RAO Y BOT (CG)<\/b> RECAUDACI\u00d3N DE FONDOS DE LA FUNDACI\u00d3N (CG)<\/b> FINANZAS Y ADMINISTRACI\u00d3N (AH)<\/b> MARKETING (LH)<\/b> COMUNICACIONES (LH)<\/b> COHORTES DE PLANIFICACI\u00d3N ESTRAT\u00c9GICA (CGREEN)<\/b> TECNOLOG\u00cdA (AS)<\/b> NEGOCIOS GENERALES (CV)<\/b>
\nWe\u2019re saddened to report that Adam Sestokas, director of technology and innovation, will be leaving WESTAF. Adam\u2019s last day will be Thursday, August 12. Since arriving at WESTAF in March 2013, Adam successfully migrated the organization to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and led the change to Atlassian\u2019s technology-management ecosystem. Adam completely transformed and stabilized the technology infrastructure of our business platforms and the IT infrastructure of the organization as a whole. We all have loved watching Adam and his partner Trish become such wonderful parents to their son Ryder (who is beyond adorable), and we\u2019re really going to miss the Sestokas family in our WESTAF community. Adam has big plans, and his wide range of technical competencies and experiences make him an extremely attractive and highly sought-after prospect within the technology sector, so watch out, world! Our search for Adam\u2019s successor has already begun, but in the meantime, please join me in wishing him all the very best in the next chapter of an illustrious career! Read more about Adam <\/span>aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a>, and see below for more updates from the Technology department. Thanks for everything you have done for WESTAF, Adam!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLos siguientes socios, oradores, facilitadores y panelistas han sido confirmados para la Cumbre de Vitalidad Creativa:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nDavid will be moderating a case study workshop \u201cArts and the Rural West – Regional trends and Colorado leadership\u201d with Mandy Ritter, program manager of the Sterling Creative District, and Richard Saxton, founder and director of <\/span>M12 Studio<\/span><\/a> (an artists collective), at the Creative Industries Summit organized by Colorado Creative Industries in October. Both Ritter and Saxton are creative entrepreneurs who have gained local, statewide, and national recognition for their work to advance arts, culture, and creativity in rural communities. Ritter is an artist and creative entrepreneur who has designed and managed a downtown beautification grant learning the ins and outs of community projects. Ritter has also been a part of the Sterling Creatives Cooperative and the Creative District from their early planning stages. The M12 Collective founded by Saxton\u00a0 is an interdisciplinary group based on Colorado\u2019s American High Plains that creates context-based art works, research projects, and education programs. M12 is known for groundbreaking and award-winning creative projects that explore the aesthetics of rural cultures and landscapes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFollowing a conversation with Laura Way, executive director of Arts Greensboro and Nate McGaha, executive director, Arts North Carolina in May, David has been invited as a keynote speaker for a creative industries summit in October\/November being organized by this local arts agency and a number of university partners in North Carolina\u2019s Triad. Inspired by the NASAA Creative Economies and Economic Recovery report and conversations with WESTAF, Laura has developed <\/span>an advocacy platform for a $7.5 million arts and culture recovery investment in the Triad.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nDavid y sus colegas de CAG, Heather Noonan y Najean Lee, de la Liga de Orquestas Estadounidenses, han invitado e incorporado al copresidente de WAAN, Manny Cawaling, y a la directora de marketing y comunicaciones de Mid-America Arts Alliance, Margaret Keough, a CAG. Impulsados por las discusiones iniciadas por WESTAF sobre la expansi\u00f3n del grupo para incluir a los defensores de las artes estatales, Americans for the Arts ha extendido una invitaci\u00f3n a la State Arts Action Network para que se unan otros grupos de defensa de las artes estatales. Sue Hildick, directora ejecutiva de la Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon; Nate McGaha, director ejecutivo de Arts North Carolina; Quanice Floyd, directora ejecutiva de Arts Education in Maryland Schools; Anne Katz, directora ejecutiva de Arts Wisconsin; y Matthew Henry, director ejecutivo del Arts Council of Central Louisiana \/ Louisiana Citizens for Culture se han ofrecido. Ann S Graham, directora ejecutiva de Texans for the Arts tambi\u00e9n se une al grupo junto con Claire Rice, directora ejecutiva de Arts Alliance Illinois y Julie Baker, directora ejecutiva de California Arts Advocates, quienes hab\u00edan sido invitadas previamente por WESTAF. Esta ampliaci\u00f3n de la membres\u00eda del CAG para incluir a defensores de las artes estatales representa una nueva direcci\u00f3n para el grupo y promete ser transformadora.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCon un proyecto de ley de cl\u00e1usulas presupuestarias recientemente firmado por el gobernador Newsom de California que inclu\u00eda $600 millones en inversiones en programas art\u00edsticos y culturales para apoyar la recuperaci\u00f3n del sector, el total de fondos estatales de ayuda y recuperaci\u00f3n obtenidos por los defensores de las artes en el Oeste ahora se estima en m\u00e1s de $830 millones. (Esto no incluye el nuevo programa inmobiliario creativo de $65 millones anunciado en Colorado). Nuestros socios, Californians for the Arts y California Arts Advocates, fueron fundamentales para el nivel sin precedentes de inversi\u00f3n en California como parte de una coalici\u00f3n de organizaciones de defensa de las artes y la cultura.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFollowing the announcement of the new Manager of Public Policy and Advocacy position on 7\/14, WESTAF has already received 72 applications for the position. The application deadline is 8\/20\/21. Please share <\/span>the job posting<\/span><\/a> with your networks if you know of people who may be interested in applying. This position is partially funded by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust over the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLas solicitudes para el programa WESTARP cerraron el jueves 15 de julio. A continuaci\u00f3n, se detallan algunos datos sobre las solicitudes:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\nWESTAF has received more than 90 nominations for its upcoming review panels for the<\/span> Fondo del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (ARP) para Organizaciones<\/span><\/a>. Panels will take place on August 23 – 26, with a total of four panels and each panelist reviewing approximately 75 applications. Panelists will receive a stipend of $750 each, and WESTAF anticipates approximately 25 panelists.\u00a0 Invitations have gone out to 20+ nominees with a deadline of August 2 to confirm their participation.\u00a0 All 90+ nominees will be kept on a database for consideration in future panels and to broaden our networks.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWESTAF ha contratado a un gerente de subvenciones y acceso y a un gerente de subvenciones y equidad. Ambos nuevos empleados comenzar\u00e1n a trabajar el 2 de agosto. Durante esa semana se enviar\u00e1 un anuncio conjunto con las biograf\u00edas de los dos empleados. El proceso implic\u00f3 un proceso s\u00f3lido de seis semanas en el que participaron m\u00e1s de 40 candidatos diversos para cada puesto de toda la regi\u00f3n de WESTAF y m\u00e1s all\u00e1. El proceso de b\u00fasqueda incluy\u00f3 dos rondas de entrevistas y revisi\u00f3n de grabaciones realizadas por empleados de WESTAF de varios departamentos. Entre los cuatro finalistas se encontraban tres miembros de la Red de L\u00edderes de Color. Esperamos compartir m\u00e1s detalles una vez que los nuevos empleados hayan comenzado oficialmente sus puestos.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNos esperan unos meses muy ocupados con varias reuniones presenciales (\u00a1sorpresa!) del equipo de liderazgo, el liderazgo de RAO, el comit\u00e9 ejecutivo de WESTAF y la junta directiva completa en octubre:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nNot a whole lot new to report on this fron<\/span><\/a>t, except to say that David, Anika and Christian are working on around four funding concepts for the Satterberg Foundation, following our great meeting with CC Gardner-Gleser. For FY22, we have put a placeholder of $300K (up from $200K) in the FY22 planning budget for new foundation funding. We\u2019re also monitoring closely the areas that can be funded through new fundraising sources, as opposed to areas currently restricted through other funding sources.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLa versi\u00f3n 1 del presupuesto se ha compilado y el equipo de liderazgo ahora est\u00e1 haciendo los ajustes necesarios para la versi\u00f3n 2, que se entregar\u00e1 a fines de la pr\u00f3xima semana. Como parte del proceso de elaboraci\u00f3n del presupuesto, los supervisores se reunir\u00e1n para analizar las pautas que deben seguir para defender a sus equipos en relaci\u00f3n con los ajustes de compensaci\u00f3n de fin de a\u00f1o. A partir de este viernes, la mayor\u00eda del personal ha recorrido nuestro nuevo espacio de oficina compartido en el Alliance Center. Estamos entusiasmados de ser parte de esta nueva y vibrante comunidad: nuestro personal ha sido invitado a cuatro eventos presenciales que se llevar\u00e1n a cabo en julio, \u00a1junto con un desaf\u00edo de bienestar virtual! Amy y Christian hablaron sobre inversiones de impacto con nuestro corredor, Tim Schott, quien brindar\u00e1 m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n al comit\u00e9 ejecutivo sobre este tema. Los c\u00e1lculos del proyecto totalmente asignado del tercer trimestre se han compartido con el liderazgo junto con las cifras del a\u00f1o fiscal 20 como contexto. Amy y Becca contin\u00faan tomando numerosas sesiones de capacitaci\u00f3n para el nuevo sistema de informaci\u00f3n de RR. HH., Paylocity. Becca utilizar\u00e1 el nuevo sistema para incorporar a los nuevos miembros del equipo de subvenciones y experiencia del cliente a partir de agosto. Adem\u00e1s, estamos volviendo a contratar a alguien para el puesto de coordinador de finanzas despu\u00e9s de que John Carpenter renunciara durante su per\u00edodo de capacitaci\u00f3n: este puesto no era adecuado para \u00e9l, por lo que hemos vuelto a publicar el puesto. Amy est\u00e1 procediendo con los c\u00e1lculos del cr\u00e9dito fiscal para empleadores y est\u00e1 comenzando la presentaci\u00f3n de la solicitud de condonaci\u00f3n del pr\u00e9stamo #2 del programa de protecci\u00f3n de cheques de pago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe MarComm team just launched a new <\/span>GO Smart Features page<\/span><\/a>, a paid social media campaign on Facebook, another Google Ads campaign, and its<\/span> newest blog<\/span><\/a> on arts, culture and the American Rescue Plan. We also sent out a Q4 Public Art Archive newsletter that highlighted PAA\u2019s newest features, functionality, and collection spotlights, and launched our first-ever Google Ads campaign for PAA, which got 459 clicks in its first week. We are also working towards launching a new paid social media campaign that will start at the beginning of August. The team continues to work on the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit social media strategy and toolkit and is finalizing the main event pages on the Aventri site as we prepare to officially open summit registration on July 30!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe MarComm team has also been working on numerous communications for the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit as well as other announcements. We are heavy into the build phase of the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit website, with the team collaborating on final touches to be added throughout the site. The team <\/span>recently announced Adri Norris<\/span><\/a> as the artist for the Women\u2019s Suffrage Mural Project, a collaborative project between the Social Responsibility & Inclusion team and Public Art Archive. We are also in the process of compiling a list of items to be included in next month\u2019s NEA newsletter. The team also launched <\/span>a brand new News page<\/span><\/a> on <\/span>westaf.org<\/span><\/a> with a fresher, more modern layout and a new search feature so that our many audiences can easily get to the content that is most relevant to them. We are also finalizing a communications plan for a mailing address change, as along with our transition to a fully distributed workplace, we are shifting to a mail service that will open and scan our mail and deposit our checks.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe communications cohort has outlined the discovery report and worked out a timeline to finish the report before the October board meeting. They are moving into phase 2 of our brand analysis project and preparing for our July 29th meeting. The next steps are compiling the<\/span> Discovery Report<\/span><\/a> and all of the research we have been collecting<\/span> into one cohesive deck. The cohort has broken down into groups to complete outstanding action items and research to accomplish for the first draft of the report. The policy cohort met on July 22 to discuss the next steps for the Regional Partner Handbook project. Once they receive feedback from our survey to state art agencies and state art advocacy groups, they will begin outlining the handbook itself. Meanwhile, the cohort is embarking on a discovery phase by researching existing resources, compiling feedback about said resources, and brainstorming new ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nEl proyecto CaFE est\u00e1 llegando a su fin y el equipo ha trabajado arduamente para facilitar el lanzamiento de esta iniciativa. Se lanzar\u00e1 la finalizaci\u00f3n de los procesos de integraci\u00f3n continua para ZAPP y CaFE, as\u00ed como una actualizaci\u00f3n de PHP. La semana pasada se revel\u00f3 una vulnerabilidad que afectar\u00eda a la mayor\u00eda de los servidores de WESTAF; se solucion\u00f3 con el equipo de BRI varias horas despu\u00e9s de su anuncio a la comunidad de seguridad. Mientras esto sucede, el equipo de tecnolog\u00eda, el equipo comercial y los proveedores de tecnolog\u00eda se est\u00e1n preparando para la partida de Adam Sestokas. Se est\u00e1n realizando capacitaciones de desvinculaci\u00f3n y \u201cvolcados de ideas\u201d y se est\u00e1n programando con diferentes miembros de los equipos de BRI y WESTAF. Se est\u00e1 redactando la documentaci\u00f3n y se est\u00e1n transfiriendo tareas y responsabilidades.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChristina cre\u00f3 recientemente pautas m\u00e1s definidas para que los gerentes de programas completen sus res\u00famenes comerciales trimestrales (QBR, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) y estamos trabajando para finalizar el QBR para el tercer trimestre para fines de mes. Con la partida de Adam, Blair, Natalie y Christina participaron en reuniones y ayudaron a priorizar las tareas t\u00e9cnicas y comerciales que deben completarse o reasignarse. Tambi\u00e9n completamos la contrataci\u00f3n para nuestro equipo de experiencia del cliente y daremos la bienvenida a Sara Graydon y Raymond Wilson a partir de la semana del 26 de julio. Natalie y Blair contin\u00faan enfoc\u00e1ndose en las pruebas y la preparaci\u00f3n para el lanzamiento de la interfaz de usuario de administraci\u00f3n de CaFE (cosas como ayudar a agregar y dar formato al nuevo contenido del centro de ayuda en WordPress) y en las pruebas para una actualizaci\u00f3n de PHP para ZAPP, CaFE y GO Smart requerida para la seguridad y el cumplimiento.<\/span><\/p>\n