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Talofa paaga a le WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n E fa'apu'upu'u teisi atu i vaiaso ta'ilua lenei ta'amilosaga, ae o lo'o tele lava fa'amatalaga mata'ina mai tulimanu uma o le fa'alapotopotoga a le WESTAF-fa'afetai i tagata uma na tu'uina mai se fa'afouga i lenei lua vaiaso! Tatou oso sa'o i totonu:<\/span><\/p>\n PISINISI LAUTELE (CV)<\/b><\/p>\n Ua amata ona galulue le aufaipisinisi i paketi ma OKRs mo le isi tausaga faaletupe. I le avea ai o se vaega o lenei faiga, o le a matou fa\u02bbafouina a matou fa\u02bbasologa o galuega ina ia fa\u02bbatupuina e pisinisi sini autu a le matagaluega. O oloa a le SaaS o le a fausia ai le 2-3 fa'ai'uga autu ile sini. Ole mea lea ole a fesoasoani ia i tatou e fa'aoga lelei ma WESTAF fuafuaga atoa ma fausia se auala e sili atu ona taula'i, pulea lelei. Sa nofo toatasi Natalie ma Blair i tafaoga ma sa pisi e galulue faatasi ma 'au eseese e fa\u02bbagasolo galuega fa\u02bbapitoa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n CAF\u00c9 (RV)<\/b><\/p>\n CaF\u00c9 worked with the MarComm team on a mini-promo targeting inactive customers. On June 7 a list of 100 past customers received an invitation to come back to CaF\u00c9. As an incentive, we’re waiving the $175 setup cost until the end of July. For the month of June, we’re running a banner ad on the <\/span>Eugene Scene<\/span><\/a> website. On the road ahead, CaF\u00c9 will be releasing the ability for artists to submit linked audio and video work samples. Up until now, artists have had to upload limited-sized media files to their portfolios. Now they can link to their Vimeo or YouTube full version videos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n CVSUITE (KE)<\/b><\/p>\n O lo\u02bbo galue le CVSuite i le fa\u02bbafouina o fa\u02bbamatalaga o lo\u02bbo lumana\u02bbi, 2022.1. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona matou tauivi ma taimi e le fa\u02bbatuatuaina ma feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga mai le matou atina\u02bbe, Zing, i le mae\u02bba ai o a latou suiga talu ai nei. E foliga mai o le fa\u02bbafouina o fa\u02bbamaumauga mo Iuni 16 o le a mana\u02bbomia nei ona siitia i le fa\u02bbai\u02bbuga o le masina, talu ai e tatau foi ona tatou mafaufau i fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalauga o isi SaaS platforms. I isi tala fou, ua fa'ailoa mai e le CVSuite o le a amata ona sui ese Keli mai lana matafaioi o le pule o oloa ma avea ma se vaega faufautua tau tamaoaiga, fa'aauauina pea le lagolagoina o galuega fa'aauau a le CVSuite ma le lagolagoina o galuega a le CVS a'o fesoasoani i le fa'atulagaina o fuafuaga mo le lumana'i. CVSuite. O le aso 1 o Iulai ua fa'ailogaina ai le suiga aloa'ia a Keli i se faufautua.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ALU LOTO (JG)<\/b><\/p>\n GO Smart na fa'atuina mai se fa'amaufa'ailoga e fa'asa'o ai se pusa na taofia ai tusi fa'aputu mai le imeli i le pule fa'ameaalofa talafeagai. Na faia e Sam ni fe'au se tolu mo a tatou paaga a le WESTAF ma o imeli o le a lafoina i le aso 15 o Iuni. GO Smart ma CVSuite na mafai ona tapunia se konekarate fa'afouina tele ma Kentucky Arts Council. Na matou ofoina atu se fa\u02bbaitiitiga loloto i luga o le CVSuite ma se fa\u02bbaitiitiga la\u02bbititi mo le fa\u02bbapipi\u02bbiina ma le sainia o se konekarate lua tausaga, ae o i latou ia na muamua sainia i lalo o la matou tau fou ma filifili e alu ma le matou Unlimited package mo le $14,500 i le tausaga pe a mae\u02bba le fa\u02bbaitiitiga. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona tuai San Antonio i a latou totogi mo le tautua mai ia Oketopa 2021 ia Mati 2022 ma se fa\u02bbafouga fa\u02bbaletausaga atoa mai ia Aperila 2022 ia Mati 2023, ae o totogi ua fa\u02bbamoemoeina i le faaiuga o Iuni.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (LG)<\/b><\/p>\n O lo'o fiafia le 'au a le PAA e amatalia atina'e ma le kamupani fa'atekonolosi Bilberrry pe a mae'a a latou su'ega fa'atekinolosi ma mamanu mo atina'e ma UI\/UX o lo'o iai nei a le PAA. O Christina ma Paul o le a tu'uina atu ulua'i fa'aupuga\/faigaluega i le fonotaga a le BOT o lo'o loma i le fa'ai'uga o le masina - ma matou te fa'atalitali e fa'afofoga fa'afofoga mai le komiti fa'afoe i nei atina'e fa'afiafiaina o le a fa'aalia ai le PAA o se tasi o ituaiga. O le vaega a le PAA ua sauni e tu\u02bbuina atu auaunaga i fa\u02bbatonu i le Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority-o se ta\u02bbita\u02bbi vevela fou e ono sainia ia Iulai. Lori o le a auai i le Bernalillo County, NM arts advisory meeting ia Setema ma le WESTAF-er Madalena Salazar muamua e tu\u02bbuina atu fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga sili ona lelei i le tulaga o faatufugaga lautele. O fa\u02bbamatalaga o lena mea na tupu o lo\u02bbo o\u02bbo mai.<\/span><\/p>\n ZAPP (MB)<\/b><\/p>\n O le 'au a le ZAPP e iai le aufaigaluega atoa! Faatasi ai ma Lia (o le matou sui fou o le au faipisinisi) ua a\u02bboa\u02bboina, ua amata galue tumau Sara i lana matafaioi feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga ma lagolago. Ua taula'i o ia i le a'oa'oina o le faiga o suiga i le webinar, tusia o se pepa fa'amatalaga o fa'atauga, ma fa'amae'aina lona malamalama i le fa'agasologa o le puipuiga o le e-blast, ma i le Aso Tofi, Iuni 16, na te ta'ita'ia ai lana ulua'i pule webinar.<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF MA KALIFONIA MO FAIGA FA'AVAE E FA'AIGA FA'AIGA MA LE OFISA O KOMONGRESITA O BARBARA LEE I SE WEBINAR MA FA'ALAUAIGA FA'AALIGA MO LE FA'AGA'IINA O LE FA'ASA'OGA E ALA I LE TULAFONO FA'ATASI MA FA'ATAUINA (DH)<\/b><\/p>\n O le a faipa'aga le WESTAF ma le CFTA i luga o se webinar e fa'alauiloa ai le Advancing Equity Through Arts and Humanities Act i sui o Setete i Sisifo ma o lo'o fa'atalanoaina i le atina'eina o se ta'iala mo le pili o lo'o galulue ma le ofisa o le Congresswoman Lee.<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF MA THOMA FOUNDATION E FEILOAI MA US MATAGALUEGA O FA'ato'aga ta'ita'i e uiga i le galulue faatasi i nuu i tua (DH)<\/b><\/p>\n Ua faatulagaina e WESTAF ma Thoma Foundation se fonotaga ma Farah Ahmad, le pule o le Aufaigaluega ma Justin Maxson, sui i lalo o le failautusi, o le USDA ia Iulai e talanoaina ai a latou faiga faavae i nuu i tua ma se faiga faapaaga e mafai ona faia i se fono i nuu i tua i le 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n FAIGA FAAVAE MA LE TA'ITA'I FAIGA FA'AVAE O BAY E FA'A'AU IA IUNI MA FA'AILOA AI ASO FA'ATASI (CC\/DH\/MPH)<\/b><\/p>\n O lo'o fa'aauau pea le feso'ota'iga a le WESTAF ma le Bay Area Arts Policy and Leadership cohort ia Iuni ma se fonotaga fa'apitoa e faia ia Iuni 14th. O lenei vasega o le a taula\u02bbi i le talanoaga o le "Power and Policy." O le a iai se taula'iga fa'apitoa i mataupu e lua na fa'ailoa i le ulua'i fa'atasiga a sui o le 'au: fa'atupega gafataulimaina ma tutusa ma le saogalemu o fale. O aso o totoe mo le semina o Iulai 19 (virtual), Aokuso 23 (i le tagata), ma Oketopa 18 (i le tagata).<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF MA WAAN TU'UINA MAI MOLIMAU I FAFO MO LE SOA KOMITI O TUPE FA'ATAUINA A LE SENETE A US I LOTO, SI'OSI'OSI, MA LE LAFAGA FA'AFEAGAI I LE LAGOLAGO O LE FA'AOAOGA A LE ATUNUU (CC)<\/b><\/p>\n WESTAF and WAAN submitted a joint <\/span>testimony<\/span><\/a> to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in support of the budget proposal of $203.55 million for the NEA. (For reference, the FY22 budget of the NEA was $180 million.) The testimony urges Congress to support the budget request put forward by the Biden Administration and parity in funding between the NEA and NEH. It also urges Congress to build a specific path to index funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) at $1 per capita as well as continue support for COVID recovery funding.<\/span><\/p>\n FONOTAGA SRI MA LE KOMITI AD HOC A WESTAF MO FAIGA FA'AATUNUU (AK\/AM\/JEC)<\/b><\/p>\n Anika, Jade Elyssa, ma Ashanti na feiloai ma le WESTAF's Ad Hoc Committee for Equitable Grantmaking e tuuina atu le TourWest Assessment Findings. O fa'amatalaga na tu'uina atu i le komiti na maua ai le fa'amalamalamaga e uiga i le TourWest su'esu'ega foa'i na tali atu i se su'esu'ega lata mai e talosagaina ai fa'amatalaga e uiga i fa'alapotopotoga fa'apitoa e aofia ai le nofoaga fa'afanua, faitau aofa'i o tagata tautua, ma le va'aiga o le a'afiaga atoa o le TourWest Grant. Na maua foi e le komiti se lipoti a le TourWest focus group panels na faia i le tautotogo nei, lea na fesiligia ai e le vaega a le SRI le tele o fesili e uiga i le aafiaga o le TourWest Grant, ma le auala e mafai ai e le WESTAF ona fa\u02bbaauau pea ona lelei le tautuaina o fa\u02bbalapotopotoga o faatufugaga i Sisifo e ala i tupe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF LAGOLAGO FA'AFONO I LE AUAI I LE QWOCMAP'S 18TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (JEC)<\/b><\/p>\n From June 10-12, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project – recipient of both the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund and WESTAF American Rescue Plan grants- hosted their 1<\/span>8th Annual International Film Festival<\/span><\/a> which combines film, art, activism, and community building to engage communities to think critically about their relationship to our movements for social justice. The 2022 Festival Focus, \u201cLove, Embodied,\u201d transmits networks of liberatory intimacy and collective care that traverse time and place. Jade Elyssa represented WESTAF throughout the festival as well as at a funders reception alongside Zellerbach, Hewlett and San Francisco Foundations, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the Center for Cultural Innovation and additional community partners. The grantee expressed gratitude for the funds which supported the resilience and longevity of the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF GALUEGA MA SOUTH ARTS I LE TULAFONO FA'AVAE (JEC)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Faatasi ai ma le suiga o Ethan Messere, o le sa pulea muamua sootaga ma le South Arts ELC network, o le WESTAF's Jade Elyssa Cariaga ma le South Art's Jessyca Holland sa galulue vavalalata e fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbia le feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga ma le South Art's ELC Alumni i le FY23. O fuafuaga fa'atalitali e aofia ai le auai i le fono a le Komiti Fa'atonu a le South Arts ma le tu'ufa'atasia i avanoa i le South Arts fa'apea fo'i ma le fa'ataunu'uina o vaega o totoe o polokalame fa'apolofesa ua fuafuaina. Ua faia e Jessyca le tele o le fausiaina o fanua ma le fautua mo faatufugaga i Atlanta ma o le a avea ma paaga malosi i le isi mataupu o le polokalame ELC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL MA MONTANA TOURWEST\/ELC ASASI (CG)<\/b><\/p>\n Christian has been in Montana this past week, and it has been great! In addition to meeting with and giving a WESTAF <\/span>presentation to Montana Arts Council<\/span><\/a> council members, Christian visited with 2012 ELCer <\/span>Brooke Swaney<\/span><\/a>, and visited the rural community of Eureka, MT with MAC ED and WESTAF trustee Tatiana Gant, spending time with representatives of the arts nonprofit <\/span>Sunburst Arts and Education<\/span><\/a>, a small but dynamic organization, and a regular recipient of TourWest funding for their popular music series. Special thanks to Tatiana\u2014it was a great trip, and we can\u2019t wait to go back to Montana soon!<\/span><\/p>\n FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (CG)<\/b><\/p>\n Anika, David ma Christian sa faia muamua se feiloaiga ma le Margaret Cargill Philanthropies. Ose talanoaga amata manuia, lea na matou saunia ai se fa'amatalaga manino i le WESTAF ma a'oa'oina atili e uiga i polokalame o faatufugaga ma aganu'u a Cargill, ae maise o le latou fa'amamafa i tufuga fa'aleaganu'u, fa'aleaganu'u ma le atunu'u. O Cargill e i ai le fiafia faapitoa i le faatupeina o fuafuaga ma le faatinoga, ma o loo i ai pea le WESTAF i le aoaoina ma le sailiga i tulaga o le mea e ave i ai lana polokalame faatufugaga, o lea o lenei talanoaga na maua ai le tele o mea e mafaufau i ai. Ua vala'aulia fo'i i matou e le Ford Foundation e tu'uina mai se LOI mo le tatou Cultural Equity and Resilience in the Rural West programme, o se mea manaia tele. O le RAO tu'ufa'atasia ua tu'uina atu se talosaga felagolagoma'i i le NEA mo le Pilot Equity Initiative, ma South Arts o le a avea ma ta'ita'i felagolagoma'i.<\/span><\/p>\n LIPOTI FAALETAUSAGA MUAMUA IA MACKENZIE SCOTT MA DAN JEWETT (CG)<\/b><\/p>\n Christian completed <\/span>the first annual report to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett<\/span><\/a>, based on this very basic instruction: “we ask for a simple and brief report annually from the date of your award letter for the next three years, so we can understand how you are doing and how the grant funds are being used. The report should be a narrative of no more than three pages and share progress on key initiatives, including lessons learned and the critical path for the next year. Along with the report each year, please send your audited financial statements, if any, and an updated organizational budget for the following year. Please note that the three years of reporting doesn\u2019t create any expectations as to timing for when you spend the funds \u2013 that is completely up to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n FA'AMATIKA (LH)<\/b><\/p>\n With the quarter soon coming to a close, the MarComm team will be busy working on gathering metrics for our Q3 marketing activities and initiatives, including social media metrics for the 2022 Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar. The team recently completed the final round of revisions for the interim WESTAF website and are excited to share the new site with staff in a special preview. The team is also working on two email marketing campaigns for CaF\u00c9 and GO Smart and developing a social media strategy for an announcement around our partnership with the Pacific Jurisdictions. We\u2019re also excited to share that we have released our third CVSuite <\/span>DataEd video: Methods of Evaluating the Creative Economy!<\/span><\/a> If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about how to analyze and interpret creative economy data, please share<\/span> this resource<\/span><\/a> with them!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n FESOOTAIGA (LH)<\/b><\/p>\n