Aloha mai e nā kahu mālama WESTAF,

Eia ka mea hou loa, e uhi ana i na pule elua i hala iho nei! E hele kākou i ia:
HOOLAHA HANA VIRTUAL (CG)
ʻAʻole paha kēia he mea kahaha nui, akā e noho mau ana ʻo WESTAF ma ke ʻano hana mamao a hiki i ka hopena o 2020. E hoʻihoʻi hou mākou i kēia kūlana i loko o Ianuali 2021. Ua makemake maoli mākou e noho maikaʻi a mākaukau i kēlā me kēia manawa no kahi e hoʻi i ke keʻena, akā haʻahaʻa ka makemake e hana pēlā, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka huahana WFH a ke hoʻomau nei ka maʻi maʻi i kahi pilikia nui. E hoʻomanaʻo paha ʻoe ua hoʻololi hou ʻo WESTAF i kāna hoʻolimalima keʻena no hoʻokahi makahiki - a hiki i Dekemaba 2021.
I KA ILI ANA NO KA HOOKO HOU RAO (CG)
E neʻe ana ʻo Mary Margaret Schoenfeld, ka luna hoʻoponopono o ka ʻĀpana ʻĀina lōʻihi (RAO) mai kona kūlana i ʻOkakopa. ʻO Mary Margaret he mea hoʻoponopono maikaʻi loa, a nalo mākou iā ia. Ua noi mai ka luna RAO ʻo Susie Sukamer iā mākou e kaʻana like i kēia wehewehe hana no ke kūlana ʻo RAO National Coordinator. Nīnau ʻo ia e ʻoluʻolu ʻoe e hoʻouna i kēia i nā moho kūpono a hoʻopaʻa/kaʻana ma nā wahi āpau e loaʻa ai nā mea noi maikaʻi. He "kūlana hapa manawa paʻa" e pono ai ma kahi o 8-15 mau hola i ka pule - maikaʻi loa no kahi ʻano loea aʻoaʻo. ʻO ka manawa kūpono e noi ai no ke kūlana e hiki koke mai ana - ʻAukake 31.
KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo WESTAF i kahi kulekele no nā luna e hoʻokele nei i nā kahu mālama kahi e hōʻoia ai mākou i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea mālama i kēia manawa paʻakikī, me ka poʻe i kuleana no ka mālama ʻelemakule a i ʻole nā mākua he mau keiki e hoʻomaka ana i ke kula virtual. Ua noi ʻia nā luna e hoʻokipa i nā mea mālama i ka mea hiki loa a e hana pū me Amy inā makemake lākou i ke kōkua no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kā lākou mau kumuwaiwai. Ua hele ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Becca i kā mākou hālāwai kūkā HR virtual mua i kēia pule a e hoʻohui i nā mea a mākou i aʻo ai i nā hana kūloko o WESTAF i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. E hoʻolōʻihi ʻo Becca i kāna mau hana hoʻokele keʻena no ke keʻena WESTAF virtual a hiki i ka hopena o Dekemaba. E hoʻomau ʻo Lauren me kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻololi i nā moʻokāki WESTAF a me ZAPP i uku ʻia i kahi kaʻina pepa ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hana pūnaewele Concur. E kōkua nui kēia i ka hana ʻoihana. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Amy i ka puʻupuʻu ma ke ala e hoʻolālā i ke kahe kālā ma ZAPP - ʻo ia ka mea paʻakikī loa i nā lula ʻoihana a ZAPP.
PLAN STRATEGIC (NS)
Ua holo maikaʻi ka hālāwai hoʻolauna no ka hui ʻoihana a me kā lākou mau kahu kahu. Ua hoʻolauna ka cohort iā lākou iho a me nā huahana ʻenehana a lākou i hana pū ai. Ua kūkākūkā pū lākou i ka pili ʻana o kā lākou cohort i ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā 10 makahiki ma mua o ka luʻu ʻana i kā lākou mau hana i kēia manawa. Ke hana nei ka hui Kumukānāwai i kahi palapala hoʻonohonoho no kā lākou mau kākāʻōlelo a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā manaʻo o ka hālāwai e hiki ai ke hoʻokomo i nā TA i kā lākou hana i mua. E kūkākūkā ana lākou i nā lā hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻolauna mua aʻoaʻo kumu i ka manawa kūpono. Me nā mea hou aʻe e hiki mai ana i ka pūnaewele WESTAF, e hele ana ʻo Natalie i nā kākāʻōlelo o ka hui kamaʻilio e kiʻi i ko lākou mau manaʻo a me nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka papa inoa o nā inoa kūpono no ka nūhou WESTAF i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia.
NUI WESTAF HOU (CG)
Hauʻoli ka māhele MarCom i ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka nūhou WESTAF's Update Notes i kēia manawa no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā nūhou hou aʻe i ka hana maikaʻi a kā mākou hui a me ka hana a kā mākou hui kupaianaha. E hāʻawi ka nūhou hou i kā mākou mau hoa hana i ke kiʻi piha loa o nā ala e hāʻawi ai ʻo WESTAF i nā pilina a me ke kākoʻo no ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke Komohana a ma waho. ʻO ko mākou manaolana e kōkua kēia mau mea hou i kā mākou poʻe koho e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka hopena o ka hana a mākou e hana nei. Hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻolaha i ka pukana mua o ka nūhou hou ma ʻAukake 19.
HOU MA WESTAF REGIONAL ARTS RESILIENCE FUND NOMINATIONS (CD)
ʻO ke kaʻina koho no ka WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, ka $1.7 miliona regranting program i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Mellon Foundation, i hoʻopau ʻia ma Iulai 31, 2020. Ua loaʻa iā WESTAF nā koho koho 462 ma ka inoa o nā hui ma ka ʻāina komohana. ʻO ka pae aʻe o ke kaʻina hana, ʻo ia ka loiloi limahana a me ke koho ʻana i kahi papa ma kahi o 75 mau hui e loiloi ʻia e nā kākā'ōlelo Resilience Fund a laila kono ʻia e waiho i kahi noi piha no ka manawa kūpono i ka waena o ʻAukake. ʻO ke kaʻina hana koho, he ala hou no WESTAF no kēia haʻawina, ua loaʻa i kekahi mau manaʻo koʻikoʻi mai nā hui e ʻimi nei e noi a me nā alakaʻi noʻeau e kākoʻo ana i nā hui ma ko lākou kaiāulu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono kālā $250K – $10M. ʻOiai e hana ana i loko o nā palena o ka papahana e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka Mellon Foundation, ʻike ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo e kū nei ma ko mākou ʻāina kahi, ma nā kaiāulu he nui, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hui me ka manaʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia i nā kaiāulu marginalized loaʻa nā kālā i hāʻule ma lalo o ka paepae $250k. . Hoʻokipa ʻia kēia mau kūkākūkā, ʻike, hoʻomau a hoʻomau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kā mākou hoʻokele ʻana i kēia a me nā papahana regranting e hiki mai ana. E like me ka WESTAF CARES, ua noʻonoʻo mākou i nā alakaʻi no kēia waihona e kūlike me ke kuleana o WESTAF e kākoʻo i nā hui i ʻike ʻia ka pilina me nā kaiāulu i ʻike ʻia i kā lākou misionari, limahana, alakaʻi a me nā papahana. Paʻa mākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻokō ʻia kēia pahuhopu.
Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo WESTAF i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mau pae a me ka hana i kēia manawa ACTS (DH)
Ua pane aku nei ʻo WESTAF i kahi noi mai kahi hui kākoʻo moʻomeheu hou ma Minnesota e hoʻolaha ana i nā ʻōlelo kākoʻo mai ke keʻena ʻo Senatoa Amy Klobuchar no ʻelua mau ʻāpana kānāwai e hiki ke hoʻololi i kā mākou kaiāulu hana a me ka ʻoihana ʻole i ka ʻāina. Ua ʻae ʻo WESTAF i ka Save Our Stage Act, he bila bipartisan e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina ʻoihana liʻiliʻi no nā mea hoʻokele mele ola kūʻokoʻa i hoʻopilikia ʻia e COVID-19 noho ma ka home kauoha, a me ka WORK NOW Act, kahi ʻāpana o ke kānāwai e hana ai. he papahana hāʻawi kālā hou e kōkua i nā hui ʻoihana ʻole e lawelawe ana nā limahana i nā pono lehulehu e ulu nei ma muli o ka pilikia o kēia manawa e mālama i kā lākou limahana, hoʻonui i kā lākou lawelawe lawelawe, a hāʻawi i nā ʻAmelika hana ʻole i nā hana hou e lawelawe ana i kā lākou. kaiaulu. ʻO ka hoʻolaha #saveourstages i alakaʻi ʻia e ka National Independent Venues Association (NIVA) ua loaʻa i ka traction koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina e hōʻiliʻili i kahi pūnāwai o ke kākoʻo no ka Save our Stage Act i hoʻokomo ʻia e Senatoa Klobuchar (D-MN) a me Senatoa John Cornyn (R-TX). 
KĀkoʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia i ka hiki ke kūkulu ʻia ma MEXICO HOU (DH)
Ma ka pane ʻana i nā pono o New Mexico Arts, kā lākou ʻoihana makua ʻo New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, a me WAAN lālā Creative New Mexico, ke kākoʻo nei ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa aʻoaʻo noʻeau ma New Mexico i kēia makahiki. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei e New Mexico Arts a me Creative New Mexico a hāʻawi ʻia e ka hui hoʻolaha bipartisan, statewide nonprofit advocacy hui New Mexico First, e hoʻopili kēia aʻo ʻana i nā lālā Creative New Mexico, nā ʻāpana hana a me ka moʻomeheu, a me nā keʻena noʻeau kūloko. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa aʻoaʻo ʻo ia ka pae mua o kahi hoʻoikaika e ʻimi nei e "kākoʻo i ka hana hui ʻana i nā hana hoʻolaha a kūkulu i ka mākaukau no ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu."
HUI WESTAF ME COLORADO CULTURAL PARTNERS MA COLORADO ARTS ACTION DAY (DH)
Mai Malaki, ua komo ʻo WESTAF i ka hui ʻo Colorado Cultural Partners me Colorado Creative Industries, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA), ka Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), Denver Arts & Venues, City of Boulder Office of Arts + Culture , Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Arts for Colorado, RedLine, Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR), Corona Insights, Creativity Lab of Colorado, City of Fort Collins Cultural Services, Think 360 Arts, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Denver Nature & Science. Ua hui pū ʻia kēia hui e ʻimi i nā hana hui e hoʻoponopono i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma ka mokuʻāina. Ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻAukake 6, ua hoʻouna ʻo WESTAF i kahi makaʻala hoʻolaha ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui pū ʻana me kēia mau hoa e paipai ana i kā mākou pūnaewele e hoʻopili i kā lākou ʻelele Congressional e kākoʻo i ka Save our Stage Act and Restart Acts a i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kākoʻo no ka noʻeau ma o ke aupuni federal e hiki mai ana. ke kūkākūkā ʻia nei ka pūʻolo kōkua ma ka ʻahaʻōlelo. Mahalo nui i ka hui MarComms - Leah Horn, Laurel Sherman, a me Sam Ortega - no kou hui ʻana i kēia hana.
ʻImi ʻo CVSUITE BLOG i ke kaulike o ka lāhui ma ka hana noʻeau (DH)
Ua hui pū ka CVSuite, Alliances, Advocacy, and Public Policy, and Social Responsibility and Inclusion teams i ke kākau ʻana i kahi pou blog CVSuite e ʻimi ana i ka ʻikepili demographic i loko o CVSuite a pehea e hiki ai i ia ʻikepili ke kākoʻo i nā mea hoʻoholo i ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu i ka ʻike ʻana i nā āpau i ka hōʻike. a hoʻolaha i kā lākou kulekele a me nā papahana papahana. Mahalo iā Sam Ortega no ke alakaʻi ʻana i kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana a iā Trevor McElhaney no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka ʻikepili noʻonoʻo. 
PAA ANA I KA HUI CVSUITE I KA HUI KAUKAU A ME KA KAUKAU HANA ME KE KOMISINA ARTS SOUTH CAROLINA A ME KA ART OF COMMUNITY: RURAL SC PARTNERS (DH)
Ua mālama ka hui CVSuite i kahi hōʻano hou a me kahi hui hana me Susan DuPlessis, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kaiāulu ma ke Kōmike ʻĀpana o South Carolina, ʻo Bob Reeder, ka luna o ka papahana ma Rural LISC a me ka luna hoʻomalu o The Art of Community: Rural SC, Laura Marcus Green , loea papahana no Community Arts & Folklife, a me Abigail Rawl, Art of Community: Rural SC initiative assistant at the South Carolina Arts Commission. Art of Community: ʻO Rural SC kahi hana alakaʻi alakaʻi e kākoʻo ana i nā hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu alakaʻi i ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai ma nā kalana kuaʻāina a me nā lāhui ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma South Carolina. Hōʻike ka hui CVSuite i ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana a me nā ala e hiki ai ke kālailai ʻia ka pūʻulu ʻikepili maka piha e kākoʻo i ka hoʻoholo papahana no ka papahana Art of Community: Rural SC. 
HANA HANA (CV)
Ua hui a nānā mākou i kā mākou holomua Q3 OKR a hana pū me kēlā me kēia hui e hoʻonohonoho mua i nā hoʻolālā no ka hapahā ʻehā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi hōʻuluʻulu o ka hana kūʻai ʻekolu hapaha a me ka holomua OKR ma ka palapala i hoʻopili ʻia.  
KAFE (CV)
Ua ʻike ʻo CaFÉ i kahi hewa me ka nānā ʻana ma mua o kēia pule ma muli o nā pilikia me PayPal Payflow. Ua hoʻomau nā hewa no nā hola ʻelua akā ua liʻiliʻi ka hopena i nā mea pena. Ua hiki nō iā mākou ke hoʻomaka i nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ka jury scorecard i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka mea hou i hala. Ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻelima mau kūʻai hou i ka mahina o Iulai, ʻo ia ka 58% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Iulai i ka makahiki 2019, ʻoiai aia mākou i ke kūkākūkā ʻaelike me ʻekolu mau mea kūʻai aku a loaʻa iā mākou he 15 mau alakaʻi i ka mahina o ʻAukake. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Raquel i kahi kaʻina hana no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ua hoʻololi mākou i kā mākou mau ʻaelike e hoʻokumu ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. 
CVSUITE (KE)
Ua loaʻa iā CVSuite nā uku mai nā mea kūʻai aku ʻelua, Wyoming Arts Alliance a me Austin Department of Cultural Affairs. Loaʻa iā Austin kahi ʻaelike multiyear a ke komo nei i kā lākou hana hou me mākou. Ua hoʻouna ʻo CVSuite i kahi noiʻi ʻoluʻolu o ka mea kūʻai aku ʻaʻole i hoʻopuka i kahi pane kiʻekiʻe, no laila ua hoʻouna mākou i kahi hoʻomanaʻo ʻelua e hoʻoikaika i nā pane. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ka CVSuite quarterly newsletter i ka pule i hala aku nei i hoʻolaha i kā mākou hoʻonui hou (hoʻohui ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻike ʻikepili hou aʻe i ka hāmeʻa), ka Creative Vitality List aʻe, a me kekahi mea hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i kā mākou mea kūʻai. He hui kūleʻa ka hui i ka pule i hala me kahi mea kūʻai nui, South Carolina Arts Commission. Hoʻopau ʻia kā lākou hana hou i ka hopena o ka makahiki aʻe a ua kūkākūkā mākou i nā ala e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka hāmeʻa me kā lākou papahana kiʻi kūwaho kūleʻa maikaʻi loa, ʻo Art of Community- Rural SC.
E hele akamai (JG)
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo GO Smart i ka loaʻa kālā mai nā hōʻano hou o ke kauwela i manaʻo ʻia a me ka loaʻa kālā hou no nā lawelawe hou no nā mea kūʻai aku. Ke hana nei ʻo Ben i kahi hōʻano hou bootstrap i ka pūnaewele e lawe mai i ka hōʻailona GO Smart a me ke ʻano hou i ka admin a me ka panelist portals. Ke hōʻano hou nei ʻo Jon lāua ʻo Adam i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e like me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hōʻike ʻana o nā media i hoʻopili ʻia a maʻalahi i nā panelists ke komo a me kahi ākea nui o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana leka uila i hiki ai i ka admin ke hopu i nā leka uila, bounce, a me nā ʻikepili ʻē aʻe. 
PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ke hoʻopau nei ʻo PAA i kahi manaʻo hoʻopukapuka e hōʻike aku iā Upstart CoLab, kahi ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka hoʻomohala hana i hiki aku iā PAA me kahi hoihoi. Ke hoʻopau nei ka hui i kāna papahana hōʻike kikohoʻe mua me Mural Arts Philadelphia, i hoʻomaka ʻia no ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma hope o kēia mahina. Ke ʻike mau nei ʻo PAA i ka hoihoi i nā lawelawe CMS a me Showcase, akā ʻo ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lohi i ke kaʻina hana kālā ua hoʻopaneʻe i kekahi mau hui a mākou i manaʻo ai e holo ma FY20.
ZAPP (CV)
Ua hoʻololi hou aku ka hoa ZAPP ʻo Celebrate Fairfax i kā lākou māhele lālā o 2.04% iā WESTAF, e lawe ana i ka mana o WESTAF iā ZAPP a hiki i 83%. Hoʻopau maikaʻi kēia i ka hui pū ʻana o Celebrate Fairfax me ZAPP. ʻO kahi manawa ʻawaʻawa, ua hoʻopau kā lākou hui i nā hana no ke koena o 2020 ma muli o COVID-19 a me ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻokipa i nā ʻahaʻaina kaiāulu nui i kā lākou ʻohi kālā. Mahalo i ka hana ikaika mai Julia, Ben, Natalie, Adamu, a me Laurel, ua hoʻokumu mākou i kahi kikowaena kōkua WordPress i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia no nā luna me nā ʻike hou a me nā ʻatikala i haʻi ʻia i nā ʻāpana, e kūʻē i nā alakaʻi lōʻihi a me nā kumu aʻo PDF. Ke hana nei nō hoʻi mākou ma ZAPP Connections, he pūʻulu kūkākūkā no nā luna hoʻomalu e uhi ana i nā kumuhana koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana hana kiʻi a me ka ʻoihana ʻahaʻaina. Hoʻomaka ka kūkākūkā mua e ʻimi i ke kumuhana o nā hana kiʻi virtual. 

Haʻaheo ke alakaʻi ʻana i kēia hui nui. E haʻi mai iā mākou inā he nīnau a hopohopo paha kāu! Aia wau no ʻoe.

Waihoia me ka mahalo.

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