E nā kahu mālama WESTAF:
 
Ke poʻo nei mākou i ka hāʻule (OMG! ʻOiaʻiʻo?), ua paʻakikī mākou i ka hana ma WESTAF, me nā ʻano hana like ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao a hiki i luna. Mahalo iā ʻoe no kou alakaʻi mau ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ma ke ʻano he kahu WESTAF! Eia mākou e hele ai:
 
KANAWAI ALAKAI NASAA
Ua hoʻi mai nei māua ʻo David Holland mai ka NASAA Leadership Institute ma Providence, RI. ʻO kēia ka hālāwai kūkā liʻiliʻi a pili loa i hōʻike ʻia e NASAA i nā makahiki ʻokoʻa. He manawa kūpono ia e launa pū me WESTAF EDs (ma ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Alaska, Arizona, Kaleponi, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington a me Wyoming). Aia kekahi mau kumuhana i koho maikaʻi ʻia, e like me Mindful Leadership (he mea maikaʻi loa!), ka hana hoʻolaha mokuʻāina (a i ʻole ka nele) i alakaʻi ʻia e NASAA's Kelly Barsdate, a me Inclusive Leadership. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Ben Brown lāua ʻo Andrea Noble i kahi hālāwai hoʻoneʻe "Pehea ʻo Alaska i hoʻi mai ai" a ua paʻa pū ka Arts Endowment, me Michael Orlove lāua ʻo Andi Mathis e noi ana i nā manaʻo manaʻo a me kahi kūkākūkā hui pololei e pili ana i ke kaʻina noi mokuʻāina a me ka ʻāina. Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Mary Anne Carter i nā ʻōlelo pumehana a me ke kula i nā ED i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia. ʻO ka mea nui, he ʻaina kakahiaka i mālama ʻia e Pam Breaux mai NASAA e noʻonoʻo i nā ala e hana like ai nā panalāʻau US a me nā RAO. Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona WESTAF, ʻo Guam, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Marianas. Aia ma ka papa ʻaina ka US Virgin Islands a me Puerto Rico (kahi e mālama ʻia ai ka ʻaha NASAA ma ʻOkakopa 2020). I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, me he mea lā inā a pehea e hoʻokomo ai ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻāina i loko o kona ʻāina e lilo ia i kumuhana kūkākūkā ma ka papa WESTAF BOT. ʻO ka hui holoʻokoʻa he manawa kūpono loa ia no Christian lāua ʻo David e hoʻonui a hoʻopilikino hou i nā pilina me NASAA, SAA a me ka Arts Endowment.
 
HALAWAI KOMITE HOOKO
Ua hālāwai ke Kōmike Hoʻokō ma Sacramento, CA i ka lā 11 a me 12 o Kepakemapa. Ma waho aʻe o ka loiloi kālā, ka loiloi hana ED a me nā kau hoʻoponopono hoʻokō, ua nānā ke komite i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā ala e hiki ai i ka BOT ke kōkua nui i ka holomua ʻana i nā mea nui o ka hui. i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO kahi pāʻina hana pū kekahi me nā malihini WESTAF mai Kaleponi: Anne Bown-Crawford, Luna Hoʻokele o ka CAC, Julie Baker, Luna Hoʻokele o Kaleponi no nā ʻĀpana, ʻo Lucero Arellano, lālā MAC a me Jason Schmelzer, ka lobbyist CFA ma Sacramento. Ua hoʻouna ʻo Crawford i kahi leka hoʻomaikaʻi i ka lā aʻe e ʻōlelo ana: “ʻO ia ka ʻike WESTAF koʻikoʻi loa i loaʻa iaʻu i koʻu wā pōkole ma CAC's ED. ʻO ke kamaʻilio ʻana he moʻoʻōlelo, ʻoiaʻiʻo, a hui pū. Ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi kiʻi ʻoi aku ka maopopo o nā mea e hiki mai ana ma waena o mākou a pau e hānai i ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā wahi intersection he nui aʻu e manaʻo nei e hoʻomau mākou e ʻimi ma ke ʻano like.
 
HOOLAHA AIKI O KA AHAHUI
E hoʻi ana ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o WESTAF ʻo Val Atkin i WESTAF no kahi kau hahai me ka LRT a me ka hui holoʻokoʻa e hoʻomau i kāna hana e pili ana i ke alakaʻi, ka pane a me ke kamaʻilio. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka manawa maikaʻi loa i ka hāʻule, akā i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā mākou ka hoʻolālā o ka hoʻolālā Performance Management i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomohala ai i nā mea hana e hoʻonui ai i kēlā ʻano hana me nā ala maikaʻi aʻe. e loiloi, mahalo, hoʻomaopopo a aʻo i ka neʻe ʻana i mua.
 
BUDGET & WAIWAI
Ua nānā a ʻae ke komite hoʻokō i ka waihona kālā FY20 a me ka puke lima limahana hou ma kā lākou hālāwai ʻo Kepakemapa i kēia pule i hala. E hōʻike ʻia ka waihona kālā i ka papa ma ʻOkakopa no ka ʻae hope loa. I kēia pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokipa ka hui kālā iā Jessica Martinez i ka hui - he hapa manawa ʻo ia a e kōkua ana ʻo ia iā Lauren Wilson i nā kaʻina hana o kēlā me kēia lā o ka ʻoihana, me ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka nui o nā kālepa no nā CaFE a me ZAPP.
 
HOOLAHA & KUAI
E kū ana ʻo David Holland i ka WESTAF ma kahi hui ʻAmelika no ka Arts Creative Economy Advisory Group a e komo ʻo ia i kahi hālāwai wehe ma Wakinekona, DC ma Kepakemapa 26th. Ua lawe ʻia kēia hui i ko mākou manaʻo e Susan Soroko o ka National Creative Economy Coalition a me Arlington Economic Development, kahi pilina me David e ʻimi nei e ʻimi i ka hui pū ʻana o WESTAF me ke komo ʻana i ka Coalition. E hōʻike ana ʻo David i ka WESTAF ma ka hui ʻo Western Governors' Association's Reimagining the Rural West workshop ma Fargo, ND ma ʻOkakopa 1st a ke kūkākūkā nei me Lauren DiNinno, Kūkākūkā Kūkākūkā ma ka WGA, e pili ana i kēia hoʻolālā a me ke komo ʻana o WESTAF. Ua loaʻa iā David nā kelepona hoʻolauna me ʻumi o ka ʻumikūmākolu o nā luna hoʻokele o ka ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina (me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke kaʻina hana) a ke hoʻonohonoho nei i nā kipa mua i ʻehā o nā mokuʻāina he ʻumikumamākolu. Nui ka lokomaikaʻi o nā luna hoʻokele i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā lākou mau mea nui, nā luʻi nui a me nā nānā ʻana e pili ana i ke kulekele a me ke kaiapuni aʻoaʻo no kā lākou hana ma ko lākou mokuʻāina, a na kā lākou ʻike e hōʻike i ka WESTAF's SAA Advocacy & Services strand o ka hana.
 
KA HOʻOPIʻI & KĀNĀWAI KĀWAI
Ma ka lā 16 o Kepakemapa, ua hōʻike pū ʻo Chrissy Deal me ʻelua mau alumni ELC ma Utah - ʻo Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez lāua ʻo Moana Palelei HoChing - a me Jorge Rojas mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Utah no nā ʻoihana maikaʻi ma kahi hālāwai e pili ana i nā pilina kaiāulu a me ka hoʻopili ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he mau alakaʻi moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi ma ke kaiāulu ʻo Salt Lake City, ua haʻi ʻo Renato, Moana a me Jorge i ko lākou manaʻo i nā ala e hiki ai i ka Zoo, Arts & Parks ke kūpaʻa kaulike e hoʻokomo i nā mea kuleana nui mai nā kaiāulu ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ke kūkākūkā hohonu e pili ana i ke kuleana ākea o ZAP ma ke kaiāulu ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana aupuni a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi e pono ai e lilo i hui kaulike. ʻAʻole i hele wale ʻo Trustee Vicki Bourns ma ke ʻano he lālā ʻo ZAP Equity Task Force akā ua kono pū ʻo ia i ʻelua mau limahana limahana o ka mokuʻāina e komo i ka hālāwai kūkākūkā.
 
WESTAF & EQUITY MA DENVER
No ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana pū ʻo Chrissy me Kauka Patricia Baca a me kahi hui ākea o nā lālā o ka papa kala mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Denver Art, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver Museum of Nature and Science a me ka Zoo Denver ka poʻe e kākoʻo nei no ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ke komo ʻana, ka hōʻike ʻana a me ke komo ʻana i loko o ke kaiāulu noʻeau a moʻomeheu. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo SCFD Tier I Cultural Leaders of Color (SCFD ʻo ia ka apana ʻauhau kūikawā i ʻāpono ʻia e ka poʻe koho pāloka e hoʻokaʻawale i 1 keneta no kēlā me kēia $10 i hoʻohana ʻia ma kahi ʻāpana 7-kalana), ʻo kā lākou pahuhopu ke kākoʻo i ka holomua o ka ʻokoʻa, ka hoʻokomo ʻana, ka kaulike. , a me ka hiki ke komo i loko o nā hui hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu SCFD Tier I. Ma Sepatemaba 25, ke kākoʻo pū nei ka hui, me WESTAF a me Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, kahi hui me Kimberly Wilson, Hope Luna Hoʻokele no Human Resources, Volunteers, & Community Service of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, nāna e hana. e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke komo ʻana o ka VMFA a me ka huakaʻi kaulike. Hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Chrissy i ka hui pū ʻana me nā alakaʻi kūloko i kēia hana koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi e hoʻokumu i kahi kahua noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu hou aʻe ma kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo WESTAF i ka home. 
 
NA MEA HOU O NA HANA
Ua hoʻokomo ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i nā OKR (Nā Pahuhopu a me nā Hua Hua), he mea hana e kōkua i kēlā me kēia huahana ʻoihana e hoʻonohonoho i nā pahuhopu, hoʻonohonoho mua, a hoʻonui i ka alignment no FY20. Ke loiloi nei ka hui alakaʻi ʻoihana (Seyan, Christina a me Adam) i nā OKR no ka ʻike ʻana i nā hakahaka waiwai a me nā hana overlapping. Eia hou, ke hana nei ka Hui Pūʻoihana i ka hana ʻana i nā palapala scoping no ʻekolu mau pahuhopu koʻikoʻi: Technology Infrastructure, Operational Excellence and Investment Strategy. ʻO ka hui ʻoihana, ʻo ia ka pūʻulu nui loa a loaʻa ka nui o nā pono, ua hoʻoholo e kūkulu i nā pūʻulu sub-cohort e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau wahi ʻekolu. No ka akaka ʻana, pono e kūkulu ka Hui Pūʻulu i kahi hoʻolālā no nā pahuhopu lōʻihi (hoʻonui hoʻolālā ʻekolu makahiki). He mau papahana kēia e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ka ʻoihana ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā hoʻololi hoʻololi hoʻomalu e hānai ai i nā pahuhopu hana huahana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ʻo ka OKR kahi hoʻolālā hana a me ka makahiki no kēlā me kēia huahana. 
 

KAFE
Ke kau nei ka hui CaFE a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kahi lālā hui hou, ʻo Annie Wiegel, a ke hoʻomākaukau nei hoʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā Shaya lāua ʻo Brandon e hoʻomaka ana i kēia pule aʻe-ʻo kā mākou mea hoʻonohonoho ʻike mea kūʻai aku ʻelua. E pani ʻo CaFE i ka FY me kahi kokoke i 200 mau mea kūʻai aku, a ma luna o 1,100 mau papa inoa kelepona.
 
CVSUITE
Ua hele ʻo Kelly Ernst lāua ʻo Seyan Lucero i ka hui ʻikepili CVSuite ʻo Emsi ma Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Ua kālele ka ʻaha kūkā i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa kula kiʻekiʻe / hoʻomohala haʻawina a me nā ʻaha kūkā limahana. He nui nā hōʻikeʻike nui e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili e hōʻike i nā āpau i ka poʻe hana a me ka hana pū ʻana me nā koleke a me nā kulanui e hoʻopiha i kēlā mau āpau. No ka mea, ua hoʻohana ʻo CVSuite i kāna ʻikepili mākeke hana - akā ʻaʻole ia he huahana hoʻomohala limahana - pono nā limahana e hoʻonui i ka pili ʻana o kēlā ʻikepili me nā pahuhopu o CVSuite a pehea e hiki ai i nā limahana ke hoʻohana i kā lākou kumu hoʻohālike no ka nānā ʻana. ʻO kekahi hoʻomohala hou mai Emsi he mea hana mākaʻikaʻi no ka hana ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao o ka limahana, kahi i wehe ʻia a hiki ke kōkua iā WESTAF e kālailai i ka ʻikepili kiʻi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai CaFE, ZAPP, a me GO Smart. Ua hui nā limahana me kahi ʻelele mai ka Colorado Rural Economic Development board nāna i ʻike ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ka ʻikepili Emsi no nā ʻoihana kuaʻāina a i ʻole nā wahi, a hui pū lākou me Josh Wright, ka hope pelekikena hoʻokō ma nā ʻike kaiāulu no Emsi. Ua kākoʻo ʻo Wright i ka hui WESTAF/Emsi a hōʻike i ka makemake e hoʻopaʻa hou i ka hoʻonohonoho hui ʻana i ka pūnāwai o 2020. 
 
HELE MAKEMAKE
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo GO Smart iā Arts Huntsville, he mea kūʻai aku ʻo ZAPP a me CaFE pū kekahi. Ua ho'ōki ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Seattle, kahi mea kūʻai mai 2015, i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā GO Smart. ʻAʻole pono ka ʻoihana i kahi ʻōnaehana SaaS no ka hoʻokele hāʻawi kālā no ka mea ke hoʻemi nei ia i kāna hoʻokele hāʻawi. Manaʻolana hoʻi e hana i kāna polokalamu hāʻawi ponoʻī i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻomohala hale nui no GO Smart, me ka nānā ʻana i nā loli UX/UI liʻiliʻi. E hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hoʻonui e hiki mai ana e hoʻohuli i nā PDF i HTML ma mua o ka pau ʻana o Kepakemapa. 
 
PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Lori Goldstein, PAA Manager, ma kahi LYRASIS Community Spotlight webinar i 40 mau loea no ka lehulehu. E hōʻike pū ana ʻo ia i ka LYRASIS Member Summit ma Chicago, ma kahi o ka California Public Art Consortium. Ke kau nei ka hui PAA ma Metro Arts, ka hui e lawelawe ana i ka hana kiʻi lehulehu no Nashville a me Davidson County, i ka Pūnaehana Hoʻoponopono Kohi. Ua hōʻike ʻo Metro Arts i ka hoihoi nui i ka ʻōnaehana.
 
ZAPP
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ZAPP i kāna kahua kiʻi i hoʻolālā hou ʻia ma Sepatemaba 12. Ua loaʻa i ka hui nā manaʻo maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o ka pane mua mai nā mea pena kiʻi (emi iho ma mua o 1% o nā mea hoʻohana holoʻokoʻa) i kālele ʻia i ka huikau ma luna o ka hoʻolālā hou a i ʻole ka huhū no nā loli. ʻO nā pahuhopu mua o kēia hoʻolālā hou ʻana, ʻo ia ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka paena, mālama i nā kūlana hiki ke komo, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke code a me nā ʻōnaehana kumu. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻo ZAPP i kahi hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā hana ʻoihana mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana akā e hoʻomau ʻia ka nānā ʻana i nā manaʻo manaʻo a me nā metric ʻoihana. 
 
KA HUAKAI KARISTIANO e hiki mai ana
9/29 - 10/2 Anchorage, AK no nā Komisina ASCA "nā ʻanuʻu aʻe" e ʻākoakoa ana
10/31 - 11/11 Bhutan no ka huakaʻi pilikino
11/14 – 16 Phoenix, AZ no ka National Creative Placemaking Summit
11/19 - 20 Wakinekona, DC no ka hālāwai RAO
11/21 - 22 Portland, OR no nā hālāwai, kaʻapuni me Oregon Arts Commission
 
Mahalo hou iā ʻoe no ka hilinaʻi nui! Inā he nīnau a manaʻo paha kāu e pili ana i kekahi o kēia mau mea, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai.
 
E like me ka manawa mau, me ka mahalo,
 
Keristiano