{"id":9346,"date":"2020-05-05T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westaf.org\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2024-07-31T07:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:36:36","slug":"bi-weekly-recap-may-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.wearecreativewest.org\/haw\/bi-weekly-recap-may-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho\u02bbopa\u02bba hou i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia pule: Mei 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aloha hou WESTAF Board of Trustees:<\/span><\/p>\n

Aia kekahi mau hanana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi ma WESTAF i n\u0101 pule i hala iho nei, no laila, mahalo no ka h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbana i k\u0113ia \u02bbelua pule i ka n\u0101n\u0101 k\u016bikaw\u0101! He l\u014d\u02bbihi k\u0113ia mea hou (e kala mai), ak\u0101 aia kekahi mau mea maika\u02bbi ma \u02bbane\u02bbi, \u02bb\u014dlelo ho\u02bbohiki!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ke ho\u02bbomau nei n\u0101 l\u0101l\u0101 o ka hui WESTAF hiki ke ho\u02bbokele pono i ka hana o ka hui. Ke ho\u02bbomau nei ka Leadership Resource Team (LRT) me 30 mau minuke i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia l\u0101 i ka n\u0101n\u0101 \u02bbana i ke kakahiaka e ka\u02bbana like i n\u0101 mea ma luna o k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia ke\u02bbena WESTAF. Hui pinepine n\u0101 hui p\u0101\u02bboihana a me n\u0101 hui papahana, e like me n\u0101 po\u02bbe me n\u0101 h\u0101l\u0101wai ho\u02bbokahi. Ke ho\u02bbomau nei n\u0101 mea hana e like me Slack, Zoom a me G Suite no n\u0101 p\u0101kaukau, n\u0101 h\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu kanaka a me n\u0101 lumi k\u016bk\u0101. \u02bbOiai m\u0101kou ka\u02bbawale kino, ua hiki i\u0101 m\u0101kou ke noho pili i ke kama\u02bbilio \u02bbana, a \u02bbo ka mana\u02bbo ho\u02bbohiwahiwa no ka hana e ho\u02bboikaika mau i n\u0101 papahana, n\u0101 papahana a me n\u0101 \u02bboihana. \u02bbO n\u0101 mea hou a\u02bbe e pili ana i ke k\u016blana o k\u0113ia manawa o k\u0101 m\u0101kou papahana hana-mai-home, a me ka flicker mua o kahi ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 ho\u02bbi i ke ke\u02bbena e h\u014d\u02bbano hou \u02bbia ma lalo nei. Eia m\u0101kou e hele ai:<\/span><\/p>\n

HANA MAHALO A HOI I KA PALAPALA KEENA<\/span><\/h1>\n

You may recall that our current WESTAF Working-from-Home (WFH) directive lasted until Thursday, April 30. As that date approached, we determined that the health and safety of the team would continue to be our number one priority. One important source of information for us is the State of Colorado, and Governor Polis recently announced the Safer-at-Home<\/a> program. This Level 2 phase is intended to incrementally reopen Colorado after the Level 1 Stay-at-Home order was lifted on Sunday, April 26. At WESTAF, we\u2019re developing our own Back-to-the-Office plan with these directives in mind. We are developing this plan on the premise that staying at home as much as possible in these first Safer-at-Home days keeps us healthy and also contributes to the overall public good. We are also fortunate to be a company that is able to work from home relatively efficiently. For these reasons, we extended all current WESTAF WFH protocols for an additional two weeks, until Friday, May 17<\/strong>. We have begun work on a Return-to-the-Office plan, and we will start reviewing on a weekly basis the possibility of returning to our physical office space. We\u2019ll do this with a close eye on all of the available data and only if it indicates a promising, steady and consistent decline in new cases over time. Our situation does not require us to be early pioneers in this effort, or to return hesitant WESTAFers to our physical office space. Our Back-to-the-Office planning kicked off with two detailed staff surveys (one for all staffers and one for supervisors) that went out this week to develop a clearer sense of our collective appetite around a return to the office. Our in-development plan may include voluntarily phasing in team members, developing alternate day in-office schedules, maintaining social distancing, and requiring masks, hand washing and other safety measures in our workplace for an extended period.<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF COVID-19 RESPONSE<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

WESTAF continues to revise the COVID-19 Update<\/a> and N\u0101 kumuwaiwai<\/a> web pages on our website, and a presentation\/resource<\/a> that provides deeper insights is also being revised on a weekly basis and continues to be shared with arts service organizations and arts funders in the West and nationally as we discuss ways to provide relief to the field. Hundreds of responses have been received for the WESTAF COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey, and this report<\/a> analyzes the initial survey findings. The survey closed on May 1 and full findings will be released later that month.<\/p>\n

WESTAF CARES \u2014 KUKULU KOKUA NO NA AHAHUI<\/span><\/h1>\n

As previously shared, WESTAF has been working closely with the Arts Endowment as well as our sister RAOs on the development and implementation of a COVID-19 relief program for arts organizations in the western states. Led by Chrissy Deal and David Holland, and with input from key stakeholders, including the WESTAF Executive Committee as well as our western states arts agencies, we\u2019re pleased to say that the program will begin accepting applications this Wednesday, May 6. Not that it\u2019s a competition (it isn\u2019t, of course), but it\u2019s worth mentioning that we will be the first RAO to launch our CARES relief program, thanks to our team’s dedicated and driven efforts to get this program set up. The application, panelist review, grantee notification, agreement execution and funds disbursement process will happen between now and mid-July. Here\u2019s a rough draft<\/a> of the press release scheduled to go out this week, for more information.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF CARES \u2014 COMMONWEALTH O KO MARIANA Akau<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ua noi \u02bbia \u02bbo WESTAF e ka Arts Endowment (a ua \u02bbae m\u0101kou!) e ho\u02bbokele p\u016b i ke k\u0101l\u0101 CARES Act no n\u0101 hui \u02bboihana nonprofit ma Northern Mariana Islands no ka mea \u02bba\u02bbole hiki i k\u0101 l\u0101kou \u02bboihana hana, \u02bbo ka Commonwealth Council of Arts and Culture (CCAC), ke hana. E ho\u02bbok\u014d pono i k\u0113ia kumu ma muli o n\u0101 pilikia i ho\u02bbomaka \u02bbia e COVID-19. Ua ho\u02bbopili m\u0101kou me Parker Yobei, ka luna ho\u02bbokele o CCAC, ma ke kelepona i ka pule i hala aku nei a ua kahakaha m\u0101kou i kahi ka\u02bbina noi e pili kokoke loa i k\u0101 m\u0101kou papahana WESTAF CARES nui, \u02bboiai \u02bboko\u02bba ka manawa a me ke ka\u02bbina hana panelist. Mana\u02bbo m\u0101kou ma kahi o \u02bbewalu hui k\u016bpono i ka CNMI e noi.<\/p>\n

MELLON REGIONAL ARTS RESILIENCE FUND (*FIDENTIAL*)<\/span><\/h1>\n

For the past month, the six Regional Arts Organization (RAO) executive directors have been in touch with the Mellon Foundation, which has been interested in developing a relief and recovery fund for national arts organizations, utilizing the RAOs as a national network for this process. As you might know, Mellon has already committed significant funds to both a New York-based and a national relief fund for artists. This past Friday, we had a final meeting about this possibility, and I am very excited to report that the Mellon Regional Arts Resilience Fund will be a $10MM fund, apportioned between the six RAOs in a similar method to Arts Endowment funding, so it\u2019s likely that WESTAF will receive around $2MM for redistribution to arts organizations in the western states. Rather than an open call for funding like WESTAF CARES, the consensus among Mellon and the RAOs seems to be to work with individual SAAs in each state to put forward recommendations based on eligibility criteria that would include a balance of urban vs. rural orgs, equity and a focus on marginalized communities, survivability of orgs, etc. They are mindful that each RAO will have an independent administrative process based on capacity, timing of CARES disbursement and some other factors, but that we\u2019re together in philosophical unity and conceptual alignment. Mellon had originally expressed an interest in a 25% regional match, but upon further conversations, its interest is more about providing RAOs with an incentive to help raise more dollars regionally using the Mellon imprimatur, rather than as a hard requirement or obligation. Over the next week, RAOs will be working together to craft a concept paper to present to Mellon, which will present that for final approval at a June 3 Mellon Foundation board of trustees meeting, with funds disbursed to RAOs not long after. This will be the first time that WESTAF has ever worked with the Mellon Foundation. The funds will provide further welcome relief and recovery assistance to arts organizations in western states and will also open up the possibility for additional fundraising for ongoing regional recovery funds. Because we\u2019re still developing this program, I am asking that you please keep the news of this new program especially confidential until you receive a notification that it\u2019s public \u2014 thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

PAPA PALAPALA OLA<\/span><\/h1>\n

This week, CVSuite released its first Creative Vitality List \u2014 The 30 Most Creative Small Cities in America<\/a> We worked with destination marketers in each city on the list, and provided them with social media kits to give the list some traction. We were really pleased with this launch. You can read the complete press release here<\/a>. I am particularly excited about this project because it gets us a major step closer to a WESTAF strategic goal \u2014 telling stories about the projects, people and places that manifest every single day through our data, policy, technology and advocacy work. The Creative Vitality List project also looks really good \u2014 good information, nice design, interesting pictures and a bold social media thumbnail finish that sets the bar high for future communications efforts similar to this. In a future biweekly, we\u2019ll get you some hard data on how this campaign performed on social media, but we immediately saw some great share-outs from Boulder, Missoula, Santa Fe, Iowa City and other cities on the list, as well as super-strong open rates on the email campaign. We expect to release 3-4 new lists like this per year \u2014 each giving a voice to and taking us to places that our CVSuite data represent. Leah Horn, Kelly Ernst, Ben Casalino and Sam Ortega among others did a great job here, and we\u2019re excited about the future of this program!\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

KAIKAI<\/span><\/h1>\n

With the advent of COVID-19, Chrissy Deal, Lani Morris and Madalena Salazar have worked diligently to review and refine our existing TourWest program<\/a> \u2014 extending both the application deadline date until May 1, as well as extending the grant\u2019s performance period to December 31, 2020. Seyan Lucero, who owned this project in previous years, has also lent her valuable advice and expertise to making sure this goes as smoothly as possible. This past Friday, May 1 was the deadline for TourWest applications and the total number of applications to the program has been on par with previous years. Kudos to this team for modifying this program in light of COVID-19 and for keeping it on the rails, even while prepping the WESTAF CARES program simultaneously!<\/p>\n

HALAWAI AHAHUI AHAHUI KOMOHANA<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ua ho\u02bbolilo \u02bbo WESTAF i kekahi manawa i n\u0101 hana ho\u02bbolaha no ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina a me ke aupuni pekelala, a ma ka l\u0101 24 \u02bbApelila, ua h\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu \u02bbo WESTAF i n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi o n\u0101 hui ho\u02bbolaha no ka \u02bb\u0101ina no kahi h\u0101l\u0101wai Western Arts Advocacy Network ma Zoom. Ke no\u02bbono\u02bbo nei \u02bbo WESTAF e hui p\u016b i n\u0101 po\u02bbe k\u0101ko\u02bbo no\u02bbeau a puni ka \u02bb\u0101ina no kekahi manawa no ka mea e p\u014dmaika\u02bbi ana k\u0113ia \u02bboihana i n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi a\u02bboa\u02bbo no\u02bbeau moku\u02bb\u0101ina i ko l\u0101kou pane \u02bbana i n\u0101 pono ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi o k\u0113ia manawa a n\u0101n\u0101 i ka w\u0101 e hiki mai ana. E \u02bbike \u02bbia kahi h\u014d\u02bbike \u02bboi aku ka maika\u02bbi i n\u0101 pule e hiki mai ana, ak\u0101 ua hana maika\u02bbi \u02bbo David Holland i ka hui \u02bbana a me ka ho\u02bboponopono \u02bbana i kahi hui e h\u014d\u02bbike ana i kahi kokoke i ko m\u0101kou mau moku\u02bb\u0101ina komohana, a aia n\u0101 mana\u02bbo maika\u02bbi, collegiality a me ka hoihoi nui no ka ho\u02bbomau \u02bbana i k\u0113ia hui e k\u0101lele ana n\u0101 pilikia pili aupuni komohana.<\/p>\n

HOUR HAPPY COACHING\/TEAM<\/span><\/h1>\n

I\u2019ve mentioned Val Atkin of Well Street Consulting<\/a> before in previous biweeklies, and she was instrumental in helping us to launch our strategic planning process in May 2019. Val was able to drop in during a WESTAF Zoom Happy Hour last Friday, April 24 and provide some good coaching and pointers around physical, emotional and mental resilience during the time of coronavirus. The LRT will also be spending more time with Val between May and September in five 90-minute sessions that will consider topics like awareness, trust, leadership, trust and productive conflict. It\u2019s important to continue with our professional development efforts \u2014 perhaps more important than ever \u2014 during this challenging time. Thanks also to Tamara for joining us on the call \u2014 it was truly great for the whole team to have the WESTAF chair be a part of this cathartic happy hour!<\/p>\n

HOOLAHA HALAWAI O KA PAPA PULE MEI<\/span><\/h1>\n

Planning continues on the agenda for our 2.5 hour Zoom board of trustees meeting, scheduled for Thursday, May 21 from 2pm \u2014 4:30pm MDT<\/a>. Our plan is to move through the agenda as efficiently as possible, while also leaving plenty of time for discussion around some key issues. For example, May is traditionally the time at WESTAF for the first organizational budget narrative, which will help to inform the construction of a FY21 budget which then is formally adopted at our October meeting. Is there something that you believe we need to talk about, or something specific you would like to add to the agenda? While the chair has final authority, trustees may always request items to be placed on the agenda.<\/p>\n

HOOLAHA HALAWAI O OKETOBA PAPA<\/span><\/h1>\n

I k\u0113ia manawa, ke ne\u02bbe nei m\u0101kou me ka mana\u02bbo maka\u02bbala a kia\u02bbi \u02bbia i ka ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 \u02bbana i ka hui \u02bbana o ka papa m\u0101lama m\u0101lama h\u0101\u02bbule ma Denver, i ho\u02bbonohonoho \u02bbia no \u02bbOkakopa 28-29, 2020. Ke hana hou nei m\u0101kou me ka Brown Palace e ho\u02bbolako i n\u0101 hale no n\u0101 kahu a me kahi lumi h\u0101l\u0101wai. no k\u0101 m\u0101kou mau komite, me ka h\u0101l\u0101wai ho\u02bbomaka o ke K\u014dmike Equity and Inclusion Committee (EIC), i ho\u02bbonohonoho mua \u02bbia no Mei, ua ho\u02bbopanee \u02bbia a hiki i \u02bbOkakopa. Ke hana nei m\u0101kou i ka maika\u02bbi loa e ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 me ka hiki ke pivot i kahi h\u0101l\u0101wai virtual in\u0101 \u02bba\u02bbole i lawa ka hilina\u02bbi i ka huaka\u02bbi ma ia manawa. Mai hopohopo - \u02bba\u02bbole m\u0101kou e hana i\u0101 \u02bboe i kekahi mea \u0101u e \u02bbolu\u02bbolu \u02bbole ai e hana!<\/p>\n

OP-ED a ka mea hilina\u02bbi \u02bbo VICKI BOURN MA SALT LAKE TRIBUNE<\/span><\/h1>\n

WESTAF trustee Victoria Panella Bourns offered a heartfelt Op-Ed in the April 23 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune<\/a> on the resilience and the importance of the arts during these unprecedented times. Thanks, Vicki!<\/p>\n

PALAPALA ME KA KAUKAUKAU PAPA KARMEN ROSSI<\/span><\/h1>\n

WESTAF Chair Alvarado, Secretary Rossi and myself had a really productive meeting about the roles and responsibilities of the secretary of the WESTAF board of trustees<\/a>. Thanks, Karmen for assuming these responsibilities and making our board processes even more organized and efficient!<\/p>\n

KA KANAWAI KANAWAI AUPUNI I KA WA O COVID-19<\/span><\/h1>\n

While our state arts agency executive directors on the board are recipients of NASAA bulletins and also immersed in these matters, I wanted to make sure I shared this recent update from Kelly Barsdate at NASAA<\/a> to the nation\u2019s state arts agencies on COVID-19 trends facing the arts community as well as some pointers on how to prepare a compelling response to the economic fallout. In particular, there is a sharpening of this important idea of the arts as “a recovery asset.\u201d The arts will be critical to the recovery from COVID-19. In our April 24 Zoom meeting of our region\u2019s state arts advocates convened by David Holland (referenced above), California\u2019s Julie Baker referred to artists and arts organizations as \u201cSecond Responders\u201d which is a term that resonated with me. This is a great reminder that in order to stay effective, advocacy must always adapt to a changing environment, and it may be facing its greatest challenge yet.<\/p>\n

WAIWAI A ME KA HOOPONOPONO<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ua waiho \u02bbia ka palapala noi a WESTAF no ka lua o ke k\u0101l\u0101 no ka Paycheck Protection Program i ka SBA i ka ho\u02bbomaka \u02bbana o ka pule i hala. I k\u0113ia P\u014d\u02bbaono, ua loa\u02bba i\u0101 m\u0101kou ka leka ho\u02bbomaopopo mai k\u0101 m\u0101kou panak\u014d ua waiho \u02bbia k\u0101 m\u0101kou h\u014d\u02bbai\u02bb\u0113 a ua \u02bbae \u02bbia e ka SBA a ua loa\u02bba i\u0101 m\u0101kou kahi helu h\u014d\u02bbai\u02bb\u0113 e h\u014d\u02bboia\u02bbi\u02bbo ana i ke k\u0101l\u0101, e pili ana i ka pani \u02bbana, no laila ke m\u0101lama nei m\u0101kou i ko m\u0101kou mau manamana lima. Ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbia ka hui k\u0101l\u0101 i n\u0101 ka\u02bbina hana o ka mahina e ho\u02bbomaka ana i k\u0113ia P\u014d\u02bbalima me ka ZAPP a me CaFE check runs a me ka ho\u02bboponopono panak\u014d. Ke ho\u02bbomau nei ka ho\u02bbiho\u02bbi \u02bbana no ka ho\u02bbopau \u02bbana i ka ZAPP a ke k\u014dkua nei ka hui i\u0101 Jessica e ho\u02bboponopono i n\u0101 hoihoi in\u0101 pono. Ke hana nei \u02bbo Amy me Christian ma ka palena manawa k\u0101l\u0101 FY21 a ke n\u0101n\u0101 nei \u02bbo Becca i n\u0101 limahana e \u02bbike i ko l\u0101kou \u02bbolu\u02bbolu e hana ana mai ka home a me ka makemake e ho\u02bbi i ke ke\u02bbena. E ho\u02bbololi ana \u02bbo WESTAF mai Google docs a i Paychex online portal e like me k\u0101 m\u0101kou mea hana manawa. \u02bbO k\u0113ia ka mea k\u016b\u02bbai aku n\u0101na e ho\u02bbokele i k\u0101 m\u0101kou uku uku no laila e lilo ia i mea k\u014dkua k\u014dkua i k\u0101 l\u0101kou lawelawe ma ke kumu k\u016b\u02bbai ha\u02bbaha\u02bba.<\/p>\n

HOOLAHA HOOLAHA<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ua hele aku \u02bbo Natalie i\u0101 David Holland e \u02bbohi i ka \u02bbike a me n\u0101 kumu waiwai ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101. E hui ana l\u0101kou i k\u0113ia pule a\u02bbe e k\u016bk\u0101k\u016bk\u0101 i n\u0101 ala maika\u02bbi loa e ne\u02bbe ai i n\u0101 pahuhopu ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101. Ua h\u0101\u02bbawi manawale\u02bba \u02bbo Natalie e hana p\u016b me ka hui Marketing and Communications me n\u0101 papahana e hiki mai ana a ke hui nei me Leah e \u02bbike a ho\u02bbonohonoho i n\u0101 hana a\u02bbe. Me Jessica Gronich, aia n\u014d \u02bbo Natalie ma ka papa i ka pule a\u02bbe e k\u014dkua i ka hui Tour West i ka ho\u02bboponopono \u02bbana i n\u0101 noi a me n\u0101 hana \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe.<\/p>\n

KAFE<\/span><\/h1>\n

Along with ZAPP, the CaFE team started using PandaDoc, a digital solution for sending and signing annual client contracts. In addition, Raquel has been working on a process to automate renewal reminders in our CRM platform, Zoho, for our clients who we\u2019re in the process of transitioning to annual contracts. Justine has started an #artoftheday campaign on CaFE\u2019s Instagram<\/a>, using artwork submitted by artists in the West as part of the Way out West call.<\/p>\n

CVSUITE<\/span><\/h1>\n

As previously reported, CVSuite launched the WESTAF’s 30 Most Creative Small Cities<\/a>, the first of a series of lists that the CVSuite team will be developing. Our goal was to highlight the work you can do with CVSuite as well as bring positive focus on the arts during these stressful times. We are encouraged with the feedback we have received so far. A marketing campaign has launched to align with the Top 30, list providing press kits for these amazing cities to share the good news.<\/p>\n

HELE MAKEMAKE<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ke ho\u02bbomau nei n\u0101 mea k\u016b\u02bbai aku e wehe a lawelawe i n\u0101 polokalamu k\u014dkua k\u014dkua COVID hou. Ke ho\u02bbohana nei \u02bbo WESTAF i\u0101 GO Smart e ho\u02bbokele i ka papahana TourWest makahiki a me WESTAF Cares, kahi papahana k\u014dkua COVID hou. \u02bbO ka l\u0101 palena pau \u02bbo TourWest \u02bbo Mei 1, 2020, a aia ka hui \u02bbo GO Smart ma ka papa no ka pule a\u02bbe e k\u014dkua i n\u0101 n\u012bnau mai n\u0101 mea noi a me n\u0101 hana ho\u02bbomalu ma mua o ka papa. Wehe ka waihona k\u0101l\u0101 CARES ma Mei 6, 2020, a ke hana p\u016b nei \u02bbo Jessica me ka hui Social Responsibility and Inclusion e ho\u02bbopau i ke k\u016bkulu.<\/p>\n

PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU<\/span><\/h1>\n

Hau\u02bboli \u02bbo PAA i ka h\u014d\u02bbike \u02bbana, \u02bboiai n\u0101 lohi i ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbia e COVID-19, ua ho\u02bbopau ka hui i ka invoice a me ke ka\u02bbina hana \u02bbaelike no Bartholomew County, Indiana, ka mea k\u016b\u02bbai CMS hou loa o PAA. Eia hou, e ho\u02bbololi hou \u02bbo Broward County Public Art & Design a me Texas Tech University i k\u0101 l\u0101kou mau inoa inoa PAA CMS, e ne\u02bbe ana i ka PAA i kahi helu hou 100%. E hana p\u016b \u02bbo PAA me ka hui k\u016b\u02bbai aku ma Q3 e hana i kahi ho\u02bbolaha Google Ad Words i mea e hiki ai ke \u02bbike hou a\u02bbe i ka p\u016bnaewele ke ho\u02bbomau nei \u02bbo ia i ka ho\u02bbonui \u02bbana i ka ho\u02bbopili \u02bbana ma ka p\u0101paho p\u016bnaewele.<\/p>\n

ZAPP<\/span><\/h1>\n

As noted above, ZAPP has also transitioned to PandaDoc for sending new and renewal client contracts, a task slated for FY20 but moved up in priority because of staff and clients working remotely. We\u2019re still working through cancellations and postponements of 2020 events<\/a>, and expect to need our team to focus on that significantly throughout the third quarter. We dedicated our monthly admin webinar to discussing how ZAPP can help events that are canceled or postponed and had at least 70 attendees, our largest audience to date. We also started a 50% off e-blast campaign to help shows reduce advertising costs in light of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

IMTOUR<\/span><\/h1>\n

At WESTAF, our programs and platforms are always being evaluated. Since 2012, IMTour has evolved from a pilot touring program to a WESTAF web platform supporting independent roster musicians by offering grants to nonprofit presenters. Given the priorities and capacities of the WESTAF organization and the significant investment required to make IMTour a player in a competitive landscape, as previously reported, IMTour will be sunsetting shortly. As of April 1, 2020, all of the grant funds have been dispersed and the grant program has now closed. The IMTour.org<\/a> website is no longer accepting new sign-ups, and on May 15 the site will shut down completely. As you know, this is the second business platform (along with YouJudgeIt) that WESTAF has sunsetted in the last year in order to focus, streamline and resource its most viable and mission-aligned web platform businesses.<\/p>\n

\u02bbO ia wale n\u014d i k\u0113ia manawa \u2014 mahalo i\u0101 \u02bboe e like me ka m\u0101lama mau \u02bbana i ka hana a WESTAF a no ka h\u014d\u02bbike \u02bbana i k\u0101 m\u0101kou \u02bboihana k\u016bloko a me ka \u02bb\u0101ina o ke komohana o n\u0101 ke\u02bbena, n\u0101 hui a me n\u0101 mea k\u016b\u02bbai aku. Mahalo m\u0101kou i\u0101 \u02bboe!<\/p>\n

E like me ka w\u0101 ma mua,<\/p>\n

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Hello again WESTAF Board of Trustees: There have been some significant developments at WESTAF in the past few weeks, so thanks for giving this biweekly some extra special attention! This update is a bit lengthy (sorry), but there\u2019s some great stuff in here, promise! 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