1. PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ASCA March 2006

2. INTRODUCTION PURPOSE/OUTCOMES WORKING AGENDA GUIDELINES FOR OUR JOURNEY SURVEY RESULTS

3. WORKING AGENDA Building an Effective Strategic Foundation Success Oriented Governance Creating a Sustainable Financial Base Creating Action Plans

4. GUIDELINES FOR OUR JOURNEY Be open to discovery Focus on Outcomes Listen to Learn Deal with any Elephants in the Room! Have Fun!!

5. SURVEY RESPONSES Accomplishments Paid off the loan 25 years of arts in a rural setting Reputation of service/programming Festival a household word in the Alaska music community Partnerships formed (2) Re-established an active performing schedule Completed two large public murals Staff re-organized New ticket service Pool of active volunteers Reduce dependence on gaming funds Enhanced community relations (2) Improved delegation Created community calendar

6. SURVEY RESPONES Challenges Securing enough funding to allow more attention to the artistic side Create a vision for a laid back rural setting Seasonal nature of community School/community communications People burnout (2) Conflicting organizational purposes Health insurance Identity of organization Funding for professional staff (5) Funding for projects Adequate/engaged board Relationship with city Need for volunteers Program diversity Challenges from capital campaign

7. SESSION OUTCOMES Networking New Tools Solutions/Solutions/Solutions