APAP Conference Debriefs – Arts Presenters is hosting a series of debrief sessions to gather feedback on APAP Conference NYC 2009 and collect ideas for the Conference in 2010. Attendees, showcasers, exhibitor personnel, and members are cordially invited to attend one of the In-Person Sessions in New York City (Feb 25) and Washington, DC (March 2), or participate in one of the National Phone-in Sessions on March 5 and March 11.
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Find Your APAP Conference Colleagues! – A PDF version of the Post-Conference Participants Listing, updated with more than 500 new names, is now available to Conference 2009 attendees for download. To access this new Participants Listing, please log in here with your Conference 2009 username and password.

Exhibitors: Please Complete Your Survey – All Conference exhibitors have received an email regarding the Exhibitors Survey. Your feedback will help us to continue to enhance the APAP EXPO and assure that the 2010 Conference will be even stronger and more vital than ever. Please complete your survey and send it to us now, while you're thinking of it! The deadline for responding to the survey is Feb. 25. Because each exhibitor has a unique link to the survey, please retrieve the link from our email sent Feb. 5 with subject line: "APAP Exhibitor Survey."

Bay Area Seminars: "Thriving in an Uncertain World," April 24 and 25 – If you're from the West Coast, plan to attend this new seminar by Ken Foster in Oakland on April 24 and 25. (Same seminar, repeated both days.) The author of Performing Arts Presenting: From Theory to Practice has practical plans for presenters facing the most uncertain U.S. economy in 70 years.
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April is Jazz Appreciation Month – Let's JAM! – April is the Smithsonian's Jazz Appreciation Month, so let's join together to help spread the word about our great American musical treasure beloved around the worlds! APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson is chair of the JAM Task Force this year, and she invites you to participate, educate, appreciate and share jazz with your colleagues and audiences. In March, the Smithsonian Jazz website will offer a wide variety of education and promotional materials you can download and use: www.smithsonianjazz.org.

Government Affairs

Approved! $50 Million Stimulus for the Arts – The new Economic Recovery Bill, which includes $50 million in direct support for arts jobs through NEA grants, has been signed into law by President Obama. This is due in no small part to the thousands of our colleagues in the arts who have worked together to support this achievement.
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Time to Recalibrate or Replace Your Wireless Microphones – Arts Presenters members and other arts organizations will soon be forced to recalibrate or replace wireless microphones and other backstage communications equipment. As we have been reporting, this is due to the fact that the FCC has auctioned off a specific portion of the broadcast spectrum's "white space" – channels 52-69, roughly between 700 and 800 MHz frequencies. Most of the nation's theater's, concert halls, churches, and other types of public assembly halls have utilized the white space for nearly 50 years. The FCC and Members of Congress are now helping to determine a way forward, but we are now concerned that disruptions will occur. » Read more about it

Arts Advocacy Day Special Event: The Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy – Attend the 22nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture at the Kennedy Center featuring Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis.