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Monday, October 30, 2017, Statewide Conference Call Scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST
Agenda and Materials Below
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Who is participating
on this morning's statewide call?
Go here for a list of call participants.
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Guest Speaker is Florida Deputy Secretary of State Christie Fitz-Patrick
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Deputy Secretary
Christie Fitz-Patrick
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Christie Fitz-Patrick is Florida Deputy Secretary of State for Divisions of Cultural Affairs, Historical Resources & Library and Information Services.
1.b.
Review what the Florida Department of State requests in its
2018-2019
Legislative Budget Requests (page 15) for the grants'
programs
for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and why these
appropriation amounts.
Discuss why the field is so critical in its advocacy efforts with
legislators to secure the actual appropriations needed to fully
fund the grants recommended on the DOS ranked lists.
When will the Florida Department of State (DOS) release its
2018-2019 book that lists all the ranked 2018-2019 DOS
recommended grants?
1.c.
If reductions need to be made in DOS budget, what does
impact on the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
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1.d.
Questions?
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The 2018
Florida Legislative Session is around the corner and committee meetings are underway. Get ready. Get set. Go. Advocate for
funding and policies that matter to Florida's
arts, arts education, and culture industry.
2.a. Interim Florida Legislative Committee Schedule:
October 9 through October 13 (completed)
October 23 through October 27 (completed)
November 6 through November 9
November 13 through November 17
December 4 through December 8
2018 Florida Legislative Session Dates:
January 9 through March 9
2.b.
Fall Action Calendar: Here is the
Suggested-Advocacy-Action Calendar with three simple and easy action steps we suggested you take each month from August through December -- have you taken these steps?
2.c. Status of 2018-2019 Lists of Recommended DCA Grants:
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs' (DCA) grant-review panels are now over. They have reviewed and ranked all the DCA 2018-2019 applications. The
Florida Council on Arts and Culture will review the panels' recommendations on its November 16 conference call meeting. Once the Council meets, its recommendations will go to
Secretary of State Ken Detzner
for his review and approval. The ranked 2018-2019 recommended DCA grant lists, along with the DOS 2018-2019 Grants Lists Book, should be available in November.
2.d.
Here is a
preliminary look at a 2018-2019 county-by-county list of those DCA applicants
that received panel scores high enough to be funded. The recommended grant amounts are not included. This county-by-county list will be updated and revised to include recommended grant amounts when released by the Secretary of State in November.
2.e.
Number of DCA Grants Growing:
The demand for these DCA grants has grown substantially over the last few years and continues to increase each year; however, the total appropriations to fund them have decreased, especially for the Cultural and Museum Grants.
2.f.
Legislative Project Requests for 2018-2019 Are Now Over $50 Million and Counting:
As you know, we encourage the Florida Legislature to honor and fund the ranked lists of vetted and recommended grants from the Florida Department of State before they fund local legislative projects. To date, over 65 legislative project requests have been filed; and it goes up every day.
2.g.
2017-2018 Funded and Not Funded
List
of All 2017-2018 DCA Qualified, Funded, Partially Funded, and
Not Funded Grant Amounts Organized by Applicants and Counties
2.h. Quick Look at Final
Analysis of 2017-2018 DCA Grants by Counties
Please write these thank you letters on personal and/or organizational stationery and mail them to their district offices this month.
2.j. Goals of Thank You Campaign:
Here
a
re a few goals for our statewide thank you campaign -- please add some of your own personal, organizational, and community goals.
Always check for legislative staff and address changes by
going to the legislators' linked websites on your downloaded Excel file.
2.l. TED Appropriations Subcommittees: There are changes in legislative membership in 2018 for both the Florida House and Senate TED appropriations' subcommittees.
As you know, the two appropriations
subcommittees that deal with appropriation discussions and recommendations for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs' grants programs are the
2.n.
Florida 2018 Legislative Leadership in
Senate
and
House
. Do you or any of your board members know any of these legislative leaders?
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Arts & Culture Day 2018
January 24 at State Capitol
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| Terry Olson |
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3.a.
Terry Olson's self-imposed title at the Office of Arts & Cultural for Orange County is "Chief Arts Instigator." Terry has successfully organized advocates from central Florida to travel to Tallahassee each year to participate in Arts & Culture Day.
Terry will share how he organizes advocates for this annual event and encourages your area to do the same.
reasons to participate, hotel information, registration, etc.
3.d. Attention: Florida Local Arts Agencies -- we're re-establishing
our
annual dinner networking meeting for Florida's local arts
agencies the evening before Arts & Culture
Day. So, please plan
to join your LAA colleagues for networking, drinks, dinner, and
sharing from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on January 23 at a restaurant
right behind the Quality Inn where we have a group rate. Details
will be emailed to the local arts agencies next week.
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Are you using the latest AEP5 information
in your advocacy efforts?
4.b.
Quick Access to Highlights of All 41
Florida AEP5 Studies:
Access a two-page document that is an overview of the economic arts and culture impact and also the revenue generated for local and state government treasuries as documented in the
forty-one Florida AEP5 Studies by participating cities, counties, and regions
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4.d.
Here are some
highlights from the Florida AEP5 Study
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Florida's nonprofit arts and culture sector
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-- is a $4.68 billion industry;
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-- supports 132,366 full-time equivalent jobs;
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-- generates $492.3 million in local and state government revenue;
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-- attracts tourists;
46.1 percent of the nonresident survey respondents were asked about the
purpose of their trip and they indicated that the primary purpose of their visit
to the State of Florida was "specifically to attend this arts/cultural event." |
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-- and retains local dollars.
44.8 percent of resident attendees said they would have "traveled to a different
community to attend a similar cultural event."
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Federal Arts & Culture Updates
and Action Requests
5.a.
Status of Florida's Members of Congress:
Know who in
Congress
represents your county and if they are members of the arts or cultural or STEAM caucuses.
Check. Thank. Ask.
Thank them if they are members of any of these caucuses.
If they are not, please ask them to please join and send them the appropriate form to easily join:
Form to Join Congressional Arts Caucus for U.S. House Members
Form to Join Cultural Caucus for U.S. Senate Members
Form to Join STEAM Caucus for U.S. House Members
5.e.
Have you joined the Americans for the Arts' Arts Action Fund yet?
If so, thank you; if not, please quickly and easily
join now -- it's free.
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Deadline Extended to November 3 to Complete Hurricane Irma Damage Assessment Survey for Florida's Arts & Cultural Organizations
6.a.
Go
here
to quickly complete this short
Hurricane Irma 2017 Preliminary Impact Assessment Statewide Cultural Damage Report Online Survey.
6.b.
Preliminary results
, to date, of damages to Florida arts and cultural organizations. If your organization suffered damages caused by Hurricane Irma and you have not completed the online assessment survey, please complete it before November 3. Many thanks to the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs for making their staff available to help with this survey and for making this survey possible.
6.c.
Americans for the Arts, as part of the National Coalition of Arts Preparedness Response, provides the
following resources
. If you have additional resources, please share them with
edorman@artsusa.org
; so, we can all continue to grow these resources for current and future disaster responsiveness.
Please also spread the word that arts recovery resource information is gathered on a page on the Americans for the Arts website:
www.americansforthearts.org/irma.
6.d. The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs also has
resources and is working on the development of a post-hurricane recovery grants' program with additional funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. As soon as details are finalized, we'll notify you.
6.f.
Other resources or information you want to share?
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Arts Education Updates and News to Use
7.j.
On November 4, the Florida Alliance for Arts Education is partnering
with Bay Arts Alliance and Gulf Coast State College to host a
FREE
workshop designed to inspire and guide middle and high school
students in the
pursuit of creative careers
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7.k. Infographic that shows the enrollment in fine arts courses in Florida
public schools from 2011 through 2017 -- enrollment is declining.
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Other News You Should Know About:
Mark your calendars for both state and national
arts & culture days for 2018, and
join us in Tallahassee and Washington, DC.
January 24, 2018
-- Arts & Culture Day in Tallahassee
March 12 & 13, 2018 -- Arts Days in
Washington, DC
You can sign up to receive them
here.
Do you have announcements you want to share that impact our arts, arts education, and culture industries?
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Please join us for 2017 Monthly FCA Advocacy and Information-to-Use
Statewide Calls:
Please mark your calendars and plan to participate.
All calls are on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST:
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Florida Cultural Alliance
Post Office Box 2131
West Palm Beach, FL 33402-2131
info@FLCA.net
www.FLCA.net
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