<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">BCMA</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> was pleased to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">submit</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">summary</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">funding</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">needs</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">for</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">BC</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">museums</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Select</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Standing</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Committee</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">on</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Finance</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Government</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Services</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">as</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">part</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> 2018 </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Budget</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Consultations</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">We</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">also</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">shared</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">submission</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">with</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Minister</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beare</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">our</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">colleagues</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Ministry</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Tourism</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Arts</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Culture</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">. You can read the submission here </span><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BCMA-2018-Budget-Submission.pdf">http://museumsassn.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BCMA-2018-Budget-Submission.pdf</a></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">The</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Select Standing Committee has now released its report</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">, which can be found </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">here </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.leg.bc.ca/content/CommitteeDocuments/41st-parliament/2nd-session/FGS/Budget2018Consultation/FGS_2017-11-15_Budget2018Consultation_Report.pdf">https://www.leg.bc.ca/content/CommitteeDocuments/41st-parliament/2nd-session/FGS/Budget2018Consultation/FGS_2017-11-15_Budget2018Consultation_Report.pdf</a></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Some key recommendations of interest to museums are noted below:</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph">90. Provide funding for public education initiatives at museums and other
memory institutions to engage with Indigenous communities to advance
reconciliation through programming.<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph">113. Double investment in the BC Arts Council over four years to ensure that
funding for core operations and programming is provided across the
province. </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph">115. Increase funding to small museums, Indigenous cultural centres, and
organizations in the heritage sector throughout the province in order to
protect and conserve BC’s historical and cultural legacies.
Infrastructure <br></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph">116. Create a capital arts infrastructure fund to provide cultural facilities and
museums throughout the province, and to enable communities to leverage
investment opportunities offered by federal and municipal governments, and
private sector supporters.<br></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Although the consultation phase is now complete, it is not too late to let your local MLA know that you support these recommendations and reiterate the positive impact they will have on your community.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph">- <br></p></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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><font size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Alyssa Polinsky</span></b><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Interim Executive Director<br></font></div><font size="2"></font><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">|| 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49)">Direct: </span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49)">250-356-5694 || </span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49)">Office: 250-356-5700</span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49)">  || <a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/" target="_blank">www.museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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