IMPORTANT: February 13 statewide advocacy call agenda and materials

February 13, 2017, Florida Cultural Alliance Agenda and Materials
for Advocacy and Information-to-Use Statewide Conference Call

February 13, 2017, Advocacy & Information-to-Use Statewide Conference Call Agenda and Materials

Thank you for registering to participate on this month's statewide call organized by the Florida Cultural Alliance (FCA). Each month, FCA organizes these calls to keep you informed and engaged in state and federal issues and other information that matter to you and Florida's arts, arts education, and culture industry.

Go here to review who registered to participate on today's call.

G uest Speakers are Jocelyn Bogen and
Tom McClimon with the
U.S. Conference of Mayors

Tom McClimon is a Managing Director of the United States Conference of Mayors. His responsibilities include staffing the Tourism, Arts Parks, Entertainment and Sports Committee (TAPES), Mayors Professional Sports Alliance, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Task Force, and the Mayors and Metro Universities Task Force. He is also responsible for the Conference of Mayors partnerships with universities, including Harvard University and New York University. His other duties include handling some of the Conference's international relationships, such as with Japan and China. He has been with the Conference for over 30 years.

Jocelyn Bogen is the Director of the City Livability Awards Program for The United States Conference of Mayors. Her responsibilities include staffing the Tourism, Arts Parks, Entertainment and Sports Committee (TAPES), Mayors Professional Sports Alliance, Vacant and Abandoned Properties Task Force, She is responsible for the Conference of Mayors Community WINS Grant Program, Major League Baseball Play Ball Initiative and has duties that also include staffing and coordinating mayoral delegations to Saudi Arabia. She has been with the Conference now for 15 years.

Topic: Jocelyn and Tom will share with us how arts and culture policies and resources are incorporated into the work of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. They will also share ideas on how we as arts and culture advocates can strengthen our partnerships with our mayors and cities to advance our local arts and culture resources for citizens and tourists.

FCA Tallahassee Updates -- FCA's face-to-face February meetings with key legislators and staff

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What you and others can do to help secure 2017-2018 appropriations to fund DCA grants:

STEP 1 -- invest the time:

Know that to secure millions of state appropriation investments that benefit your community requires an
investment of time to learn, follow through, and monitor.

STEP 2 -- question for you:
Did you follow up on the tailor-made Action Alert email sent to you over the last two weeks? If so, thank you; if not, please follow the steps below now.

STEP 3 -- review, learn, inform:

Please review, learn from, and use the following materials in your advocacy communications to inform staff, board members, and patrons, and in your communications with your legislators -- click the images to access documents
:


2017 Florida Legislative Platform for Arts & Culture


Florida Department of State Grant Lists and Information 2017-2018


County-by-County List of 2017-2018 Recommended DCA Grants


	AFTA Creative Industry Reports for Florida Counties

STEP 4 -- action steps and sample letter:

Follow these steps, and please do not put them off. Recruit others to join you in this letter-writing campaign to legislators. Help secure now these DCA appropriations.

STEP 5 -- please register now for Arts & Culture Day 2017 scheduled for March 22 in Tallahassee.

Together, in large numbers, let's demonstrate that arts, arts education, and culture matter to Floridians. It's important you and other advocates who care SHOW UP and SPEAK UP in Tallahassee on March 22.

Here are Arts & Culture Day 2017 details, hotel information, and registration.

STEP 6 -- please pay attention and follow through on action alerts in a timely manner.

Issues move through the legislative process quickly, and all of us must pay attention throughout this process. Please make sure that info@FLCA.net is an acceptable email address in your address books. When you receive an alert, please take the time to follow the steps in a timely manner -- it does make a difference.

Legislative Resources for Your Use

1. 2017 Florida Legislative and Appropriations' Leadership Excel worksheets

2. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and

Economic Development ( Senate TED )

3. House Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee ( House TED )

4. Combined list of TED subcommittee members
a. by counties represented and how many DCA 2017-2018 grant requests

b. contact information by counties represented and

c. by pictures, counties, and quick emails

5. Your state senator and representative -- access here.

6. Senate Directory and House Directory in Excel format with staff contacts

and emails, links, telephone numbers, addresses, and committee assignments.

7. Amy Baker, director of the Florida Office of Economic & Demographic Research

Report that she presented to the Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development last week. Please note that
many of the points she made align with what Florida's arts and culture resources
bring to the table.

What are some of the challenges

we face in our efforts to secure
our 2017 Florida Legislative asks?

What are some of the key challenges we face to meet our 2017 Florida Legislative Platform for Arts & Culture ?

3.a. State-budget challenges this year and next: Dr. Jim Zingale's "Florida's
Budget and Financial Outlook 2017" report.

3.b. Governor recommends $6 million for Cultural and Museum Grants and

does not recommend appropriations for other DCA grants-program
budget line items: Governor's proposed 2017-2018 state budget -- refer to
pages 330 & 331.

3.c. Florida Department of State (DOS) recommends

$6 million for Cultural and Museum Grants
$2,320,109 for Culture Builds Florida Grants

Refer to pages 56-58 in DOS Legislative Budget Requests.

DOS submitted to all members of the Florida Legislature its 2017-2018 List
of Ranked and Recommended Grants for Libraries, Cultural Affairs, and
Historical Resources.

3.d. The table below reflects the number of 2017-2018 DCA qualified grant
applicants for the 2017 Florida Legislature's funding asks and consideration:

Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Grant Program Categories -- click each program to access ranked list:	Number of Total 2017-2018 DCA Grant Applicants Recommended for Funding:	Total 2017-2018 Grant Appropriation Requests:
Cultural and Museum Grants for General Program Support	480	$35,519,347
Culture Builds Florida Grants for Specific Projects	110	$2,320,109
Cultural Facility Grants	36	$11,591,554
Cultural Endowment Program	12	$2,880,000
Subtotals:	638	$52,311,010