<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://survey.gvpta.ca/zs/OBCCZa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Complete a short survey</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to share your experience!</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2c8cd03d-7fff-106c-339f-d9754a135316"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline: Wednesday, October 19, 5:00 pm PT</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Did your organization apply, or consider applying for the latest BC Arts Council Operating Assistance grant program? We’d like to hear from you. </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In support of B.C.'s arts and culture community, a collective of arts service organizations are conducting this brief </span><a href="https://survey.gvpta.ca/zs/OBCCZa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">survey</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to understand the community’s experiences with the recent </span><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BC Arts Council</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Operating Assistance grant program</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with the September 15 application deadline.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,0,3);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who should complete the survey? </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizational representatives who applied for the most recent BC Arts Council Operating Assistance grant;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizational representatives who considered applying, however–for any reason–did not submit an application.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please Note: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Responses will be aggregated in the resulting report; no specific organization will be directly identified with any particular survey response.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The survey will take 8-15 minutes depending on how many questions you answer and how detailed you are with your response.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,0,3);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who developed this survey? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The survey was developed in collaboration with B.C. Arts Service Organizations as a way to efficiently and effectively gather feedback in order to identify common experiences with this year's grant application. </span><a href="https://www.gvpta.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GVPTA (Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance)</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is taking the lead in collecting, reviewing, and summarizing the responses. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Collaborating organizations:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://artsbc.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arts BC</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://www.allianceforarts.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BC Alliance for Arts + Culture</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BC Museums Association</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://bctouring.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BC Touring Council</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://cadawest.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CADA/West</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://craftcouncilbc.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Craft Council of BC</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://www.ccafcb.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Le Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Heritage BC</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,0,3);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who will have access to the results? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A summary report of the survey results will be made available to survey partners, respondents, as well as the BC Arts Council for their consideration as they continue to make updates to their programs to align with the </span><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/app/uploads/sites/508/2022/04/Extending-Foundations-Action-Plan-Final.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Extending Foundations: Action Plan 2022-2024</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,0,3);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Questions about the survey? </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact GVPTA executive director Kenji Maeda at </span><a href="mailto:kenji@gvpta.ca" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">kenji@gvpta.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To complete the survey, visit </span><a href="https://survey.gvpta.ca/zs/OBCCZa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://survey.gvpta.ca/zs/OBCCZa</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,0,3);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Survey Deadline:</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Wednesday, October 19, 5:00pm PT</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>