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ALASKA
Ke hoʻomau nei kēia kūlana i kahi ʻano weliweli. ʻOiai aia kekahi manaʻolana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka Capital Budget, ʻaʻole nui ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i manaʻo no ka hopena maikaʻi. Ma ke kakahiaka Poʻalima, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF i kahi ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa i nā kaila media a me nā papa inoa leka uila e hoʻonohonoho i kona kūlana a me kona kūpaʻa e pili ana i ke kūlana. I ka wā o kā mākou State Arts Agency Professional Development Session ma Denver i ka pule i hala, ua hoʻokipa mākou i kahi hālāwai Q&A i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ASCA Chair Ben Brown a me ASCA limahana Keren Lowell. ʻOiai ʻo Keren lāua ʻo Ben i hoʻopā aku i nā ʻano he nui o kēia kūlana paʻakikī a paʻakikī, ua aʻo pū mākou e pili ana i ka luna o Alaska's Office of Management and Budget, ʻo Donna Arduin, ka mea e hoʻomohala nei i kahi puke pāʻani no nā ʻano hana like ʻole, moʻomeheu, olakino a lawelawe kanaka. Inā ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma kou mokuʻāina, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻolohe! He hōʻike pololei a ʻike nui kēia o ke anatomy o kēia kūlana no kā lākou mau hoa SAA ma nā mokuʻāina komohana he ʻumikumamālua. Ua hoʻopaʻa mākou i kēia kau a e unuhi ʻia ia no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana. 
 
HAWAII
Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi mau lā maikaʻi loa ma Honolulu me ke kahu o WESTAF ʻo Jonathan Johnson a me kāna hui, a hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike i ka papa komisina o SFCA. ʻO nā hālāwai kaulana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka manawa me Georja Skinner, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mahele Creative Industries o DBEDT, ka mea lobbyist noʻeau o Hawaiʻi ʻo Jon Okudura, ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo FestPac ʻo Vicky Holt Takamine, ka Luna Hoʻokele kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Donne Dawson, ka mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Meleanna Myer a kipa aku i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii. a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Honolulu. Ua hauʻoli ka hoʻi ʻana i kahi wahi aʻu i hoʻolilo ai i kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o koʻu ola.
 
HOOLAHA PALAPALA
Ma hope o ka nui o nā hana maikaʻi loa mai ka hui, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi helu kaulike 2 o kā mākou waihona kālā FY20 i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa. Aia kekahi mana maikaʻi a me ka manaʻo LTR i kūkulu ʻia i loko o kēia pūlāwai.
 
HOOLAHA
Ke hana nei ʻo Leah ma ka WESTAF's FY20 Master Marketing and Communications Plan a ke hui nei me nā hui huahana i nā pule ʻelua e hiki mai ana e wehewehe i nā pahuhopu ʻoihana a me nā loaʻa kālā e hoʻomaopopo i nā pahuhopu kūʻai aku a me nā hoʻolālā no kēlā me kēia huahana. Ua hōʻike hou aku ʻo ia me kāna hui i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kā lākou mau wehewehe hana i hoʻopau ʻia, e mana ʻia ʻo ʻOkakopa 1. Ke hoʻonohonoho nei ʻo ia i kahi palapala no nā papahana comm e hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hui ma Q1. E hoʻomaka ana ka hui MarComm i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā hana kūʻai aku no nā papahana ʻenehana i ʻAukake, ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā hui i ke kaʻina hana OKR a Seyan i ka hopena o Iulai. Ua hoʻopuka ʻia ka paʻi o Iulai o ka Update Notes i ka pule i hala, a ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF i kahi pane kūhelu i ka veto kālā ma Alaska. E hele aku ia ma nā wahi kaiapuni WESTAF āpau a me kā mākou papa inoa leka uila nui.
 
HOOLAHA HOOLAHA HOOLAHA
Ke hana nei ka hui Kūkākūkā i kekahi hana loiloi branding no nā huahana ʻenehana a me nā papahana a me nā lawelawe a WESTAF. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kā lākou palapala hōʻailona me ka Business Strategy a me ka hui MarComm i mea e kōkua ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kūʻai aku no kēlā me kēia huahana a me ka hoʻolālā kamaʻilio no nā kikoʻī WESTAF hou ma BAR CAT. Ke neʻe nei ka hoʻolaha CVSuite Top 20—ke hana nei mākou i nā mea kikohoʻe a ua hoʻoponopono i ka manawa no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻAukake. Ua lawe ʻo Kelly i ka CVSuite quarterly newsletter a me ka blog a hoʻouna i nā paʻi Iulai no nā mea ʻelua. Ke hana nei ʻo GO Smart i kahi hoʻolaha kūʻai ʻo Iulai-ʻAukake no ka hahai ʻana i nā alakaʻi e kū nei a e hana pū ana ʻo Leah me Kelly e hoʻolālā i kahi hoʻolālā kūʻai FY20 no GO Smart e kōkua i ka pahuhopu pāʻoihana FY20 o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku.
 
LTR MINI-RETREAT
Ua alakaʻi ka Hui Pūnaehana alakaʻi (LTR) i ka hapalua lā hoʻolohe a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka pule i hala no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā loli i hana ʻia e BAR CAT a me ka Plan Strategic. Ua hui pū ʻo Chrissy Deal i kahi papahana ikaika loa a ʻo ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa mai ke kau he maikaʻi maoli a makemake nui ʻia.
 
NATIONAL CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SUMMIT
Ua kono ʻia au e lawelawe ma ke Kōmike Hoʻolālā o ka National Creative Placemaking Summit, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma Phoenix, AZ mai Nowemapa 14-16.
 
SAA HANA HOOLAHA HANA
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ʻoi aku ma mua o iwakālua mau hoa hana mai State Arts Agencies ma ke Komohana i hele mai i Denver no ʻelua lā e komo i kahi hālāwai hoʻomohala ʻoihana a e launa pū me kā lākou mau hoa i kahi lewa. Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻano hou o Alaska (i hōʻike ʻia ma luna), ua loaʻa i ka hui kahi papa hana i piha i ka hana a ʻo ia kaʻu manawa mua e hele ai i kēia ʻaha kūkā, kahi aʻu i ʻike ai he mea hoʻomālamalama a pono hoʻi (a ʻo ka hui pū me he mea ikaika a hauʻoli pū kekahi!)
 
HOOLAHA HALAWAI O OKETOBA BOT e hiki mai ana
Ke hana nei i ka hoʻolālā a me ka papahana no ka hālāwai BOT e hiki mai ana ma Denver mai ʻOkakopa 23-24. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi leka i ka MAC o kēia manawa a kono iā lākou i Denver i kēia manawa e komo i ka hapa hope o ka hālāwai e hāʻawi i nā noʻonoʻo a me nā manaʻo o ko lākou manawa ma ka MAC i ko mākou hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻolālā komite EIC hou i Ianuali.
 
2020 RAO RETREAT PLANNING OPPORTUNITY
E alakaʻi ana nā Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs) i kā lākou hoʻi hope ʻana mai Malaki 30-ʻApelila 1, 2020. Aia kēia me nā ED a me nā noho o kēlā me kēia o nā RAO aupuni ʻeono. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia au no ka ʻike ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i kahi wahi kūpono ma ke Komohana. He mau manaʻo?
 
HOOLAHA PAPA
He mau pule liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka papa. Ua hoʻokokoke ʻia ʻo Amber-Dawn Bear Robe lāua ʻo Paul Nguyen a komo i ka hiki ke komo i ka papa. Loaʻa iā Dana Bennett kekahi mau manaʻo no ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi kahu mālama Nevada. Ua hoʻokokoke pū ʻia ka hui Burning Man a ua hana ʻia. Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou i ke kaʻina hana hou i ke kūlana SAA e paʻa nei e Vicki Bourns. I mea hoʻomanaʻo, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻulua e komo i kekahi mau moho BOT i loko o ka waihona Trustee inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā manaʻo manaʻo hilinaʻi!
 
ZAPP
Ua hōʻano hou mākou i kā mākou mau kikowaena i Amazon Aurora, kahi ʻikepili hou i hāʻawi ʻia e Amazon, pono e hāʻawi i ka wikiwiki a me ka hilinaʻi nui no ka ʻōnaehana ZAPP. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lā hoʻomaka no ka ʻaoʻao kiʻi kiʻi kelepona o ZAPP i kekahi mau pule ma muli o ka lohi ʻana mai kā mākou mea hoʻomohala. 
 
CaFE
Ua hōʻano hou ʻo CaFE i kāna mau kikowaena iā Amazon Aurora. Ma ke aupuni kūʻai, ua kamaʻilio kūhelu mākou i ka mea kūʻai kūʻai lōʻihi ʻo CaFE ʻaʻole mākou e hōʻano hou i kāna ʻaelike e pau ana i ka lā 30 Kepakemapa. 
 
HELE MAKEMAKE
Ua kūleʻa loa nā hana hou o ke kauwela, koe wale nō ka nūhou e pili ana iā Alaska. $78,450.00 o ka loaʻa ʻana mai 12 mau kau hou ʻana. Loaʻa iā $28,750 a hiki i kēia lā. Ke ʻaelike nei ʻo South Arts iā mākou e kūkulu i kā lākou papa a me ka hōʻike hope no ka loaʻa kālā liʻiliʻi. Hāʻawi ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lewisville i nā manaʻo kōkua e pili ana i kā lākou mau pono SaaS a ke kamaʻilio nei ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Santa Monica me mākou i ka Pōʻakahi. ʻEkolu mau ʻāpana kūʻai ikaika i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻAukake 2019 e hoʻopili hou i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi 25-50 a mākou i launa pū ai mai Nowemapa i hala. ʻO ka leka uila ʻo #1 kahi noi maʻamau no kā lākou pono hoʻokele hāʻawi. Ke ʻohi nei ʻo Jessica lāua ʻo Kelly i nā papa inoa no nā moho maikaʻi loa. Ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hoʻolālā FY20 a Leah no ka mālama ʻana i ka mea kūʻai aku a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka brand ʻoiai e hana pū ana i kahi pipeline kikohoʻe no nā mea kūʻai aku. I ka huina, i kēia manawa he 36 mau mea kūʻai aku ma nā kahua GO āpau. 
 
NA HUAKAI A ME NA HUAKAI e hiki mai ana
mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona. Ke nānā nei i mua e hoʻolimalima i kekahi manawa ma Yakima a me Tieton, WA me ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Karen Hanan. Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo ArtsWA a me kāna papa komisina i kahi kipa ma ʻAukake. Ma waho aʻe o ke kōmike noʻeau mokuʻāina e noho ana ma ke kaona, ʻo Tom Simplot o NEA (Kūkākūkā Kūkākūkā Arts, Office of the Senior Deputy Chairman) a me Josh Mauthe (Senior Advisor, Office of the Senior Deputy Chairman) pū kekahi me mākou. ʻO ia ka nui o nā hui lawelawe ʻoihana ma Yakima i ka manawa hoʻokahi a ma kahi hoʻokahi. E hui pū nā kuanaʻike mokuʻāina, ka ʻāina a me ka pae aupuni i ka kuanaʻike kūloko. Ua hoʻonohonoho pū ʻia kahi papa hana hāʻawi NEA. E wehe ʻia kēia i nā hui a me nā mea hoihoi a pau. E ukali ʻia ka papa hana e kahi papa e hōʻike ana i nā reps mai nā pae mokuʻāina, ʻāpana, ʻāina a me nā pae kūloko. ʻO ka manaʻo e kiʻi i nā hui noʻeau a me nā mea pena kiʻi e ʻākoakoa no kēia manawa; e ʻae i ka poʻe mai ka ʻāina i komo i ka ʻoihana noʻeau/hoʻokele waiwai e komo i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka poʻe panelists a e kau a loaʻa nā pane i nā nīnau.
 
Kanaka Puhi. E hele ana au i kekahi o na hanana noeau nui loa ma na mokuaina komohana a ma ka honua—Burning Man, ka pule o Augate 26. I keia manawa, e komo ana au i ka huakai huakai hookahi la no ka US Conference of ʻO nā Meia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mary Anne Carter, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka NEA, i hele mai.
 
Sacramento no ke Komite Hooko Mtg. Ma Sepatemaba 11-12, e hui ana ke Komite Hooko o WESTAF ma Sacramento. Ma waho aʻe o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hana a WESTAF, e mālama pū ana mākou i kahi pāʻina liʻiliʻi no kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa Sacramento, ʻo Lucero Arellano, Jason Schmelzer (ka mea hoʻokipa o Kaleponi), Anne Bown-Crawford (ke poʻo o ka CAC) a me Julie Baker (poʻo. o CFTA) a me ke kipa ʻana i ka hui hana noʻeau, Sol Collective.
 
Ahaolelo Emsi. ʻO Seyan, ʻo Kelly a me māua e hele ana i ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Emsi ma Idaho i Kepakemapa.
Hui Alakaʻi NASAA. E hele mai ana mai Kepakemapa 18-20 ka NASAA Leadership Institute.
Pilikino: Bhutan Expedition. Mai Nowemapa 1-11, e lilo wau i ʻāpana o kahi hui liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe huakaʻi e hele ana i Bhutan ma Asia Hema kahi e hele ai mākou i ka huakaʻi, rafting a kipa aku i ka monastery Tiger's Nest kaulana. 
 
Mahalo nui no kāu hana maikaʻi me WESTAF!
 
E like me ka wā ma mua,
 
Keristiano