Aloha mai e ka Papa Kahu o WESTAF:
Aloha hou mai Denver! Eia kahi hōʻano hou i kēlā me kēia pule ma mua o ko mākou hele ʻana i Utah i kēia pule aʻe no kā mākou hui mua ʻana o 2019. Manaʻo wau e ʻike hou iā ʻoe! Lana ka manaʻolana, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu Buke Papa i kēia manawa - mahalo iā Samantha Ortega no kāna hana nui i ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia. Mai hoʻokaʻulua e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai inā he nīnau kāu e pili ana i ko mākou manawa hui ma Salt Lake City.
Nā Keʻena Noi Mokuʻāina
Ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopili aku i kēlā me kēia o kā mākou ʻumikūmākolu lālā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina (SAA) i kēia pule. Ua hana au i kēia me ka memo ākea o ke aloha a me ka hoʻolauna ʻana a me nā memo hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia Luna Hoʻokele, e kono ana i ke kelepona a me kahi kipa pilikino i nā mahina 2-3 e hiki mai ana. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau pane maikaʻi a me kekahi mau mea hoʻoikaika i hope a i mua. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi pāʻina awakea 'n' greet me Margaret Hunt (Colorado) i ka pule i hala a ua hoʻonohonoho wau i nā kelepona me Jaime Dempsey (Arizona) a me Ann Bown-Crawford (California), Jenice Gharib (interim, New Mexico) me nā mea ʻē aʻe e kali ana. . "Ke helu nei au" iaʻu iho me kēlā me kēia ED mai ka 0 (ʻaʻole wau i hālāwai me lākou, ʻaʻole wau i kamaʻāina i nā pilikia kūikawā a i ʻole nā hopohopo o ko lākou mokuʻāina) a hiki i ka 5 (loaʻa kahi pilina ikaika, a kamaʻāina wau i ko lākou mokuʻāina). Ma waho o ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o 65 (13 x 5), aia wau i kēia manawa ma 37/65 ʻo ia hoʻi… ʻae wau, a e hana ana wau i ka huki ʻana i kēia helu i nā mahina 1-2 e hiki mai ana.
E kipa me Brownrice Internet
Ua kipa i kā mākou mea hoʻomohala pūnaewele lōʻihi ʻo Brownrice Internet ma Taos, New Mexico me nā hoa hana WESTAF ʻo Adam Sestokas lāua ʻo Seyan Lucero. He ʻahaʻaina maikaʻi loa ka hui 'n' aloha me ka hui Brownrice, a laila he hālāwai huahua i ka lā aʻe. E noʻonoʻo ana mākou i kēia hui WESTAF lōʻihi i nā mahina 3-6 e hiki mai ana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o kēia pilina me ka mea kūʻai nui loa o WESTAF (ma kahi lōʻihi) e like me ka hiki.
Halawai Telephone Panel Regional NEA
I kēia pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻuluʻulu ka NEA i kā lākou mau panelists i kahi kūkā kelepona e nānā a ʻōlelo i nā noi kālā mai nā ʻeono Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs), ʻo ia hoʻi me WESTAF. Hoʻouna ʻia kēia mau noi kālā i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu makahiki, a ua hoʻouna koke mai ʻo WESTAF i kā mākou. He manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻolohe ai i nā panelists, akā ʻaʻole ʻōlelo. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana he maikaʻi loa nā ʻōlelo a ka poʻe panelists e pili ana i ka noi a WESTAF, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana no ka nui o kā mākou papahana (e like me ELC a me TourWest). Ua mahalo pū lākou i kā mākou kumu hoʻohālike kālā kū hoʻokahi. He kelepona maikaʻi ia, ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, no laila mahalo i ka hui (ʻoi aku ʻo Seyan lāua ʻo Amy) nāna i hana i kēia noi!
Noʻonoʻo hou i ke kūkulu ʻana o ka hui WESTAF
Ma mua o ka wāwahi ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana mua o ka Plan Strategic, ua hana ka hui alakaʻi WESTAF i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano o kā mākou ʻike iā mākou iho he hui me nā ʻāpana neʻe like ʻole e like me mākou. I nā pule i hala iho nei, ua puka mai kekahi kumu hoʻohālike e hōʻike mua mākou i ka hui lōʻihi ma ka Pōʻakahi ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka BOT i ka Pōʻalima ma SLC. ʻAʻole kēia he "hoʻoponopono hou" o ka hui, akā he ala e noʻonoʻo ai pehea mākou e hoʻokokoke ai i ke ʻano kumu o kā mākou hana, i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo e hiki ai iā ia. Nā mea hou aʻe e hele mai ma ka hālāwai papa!
Hoʻolālā hoʻolālā
Pēlā nō, ma hope o kā mākou mau hālāwai nui i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Pepeluali me Erin a me Tamara, e kūkulu pū mākou i ka ʻaelike me ka hui ma ka Pōʻakahi e pili ana i ke ʻano o kā mākou hele ʻana a wāwahi i nā mea mua o kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻolālā. E hōʻike pū ana au i kēia i ka BOT i ka hālāwai i kēia pule aʻe. He hana hoihoi loa ia a ke kakali nei au i kāu mau nīnau a me kāu manaʻo manaʻo!
Halawai Lyrasis
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ua komo mākou i loko o kahi hui hoʻolālā i kekahi manawa i hala aku nei me Lyrasis, kahi mea waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi ana i nā hoʻonā kikohoʻe a me nā lawelawe ʻikepili i nā waihona, nā hale waihona puke a me nā hale waihona puke. ʻO kā mākou pilina o kēia manawa me lākou e pili ana i kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i ka Public Art Collection Management tool i loko o kā mākou pono hana Public Art Archive. ʻO ka Pōʻalima i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hālāwai me nā alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻo Lyrasis, me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e pili ana i waena o kā mākou mau hui ʻelua (ʻaʻole like ʻole i kā lākou mau ʻano kālā maʻamau, BTW) e puka mai ana mai ka hālāwai. ʻO nā mea hou aʻe e hiki mai ana ma kēia hui hoʻolālā a me nā ala e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻokō i ka pono o WESTAF.
Kekahi Misc. Halawai o ka Noke
Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau ʻaina awakea hana maikaʻi me Margaret Hunt (no kēlā me kēia ma luna) a me Anthony Radich (ua hoʻomau mākou i ka manawa a me ka pili pili ʻana no ka mea he nui mau kaʻu mau nīnau iā ia i kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele!) a me Tony Garcia, ka mea kahiko. ʻO WESTAF kahu, he mea kupanaha loa. Ke kali nei i ka ʻaina awakea i kēia lā me Todd Stein, Luna Nui o ka Mid America Arts Alliance (he RAO) a me ke kelepona ʻana me Teniqua Broughton a me kahi kelepona me kahi kahu WESTAF hou e kū nei ma Colorado.
 
Hoʻopuka hou ma 3/8. E ʻike iā ʻoukou a pau i kēia pule aʻe, a mahalo hou iā ʻoukou no ka hāʻawi ʻana mai iaʻu e alakaʻi i kēia hui nani.
 
ʻO kaʻu mea maikaʻi loa,
 
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