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                              ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT


                                                      Date:  April 30, 1996


     TO:       Vancouver City Council

     FROM:     Director of Cultural Affairs

     SUBJECT:  1996 Cultural Grant Requests -
               Organizational Development Fund




     RECOMMENDATION

          THAT   Council  approve   grants  of   $250  each   towards  arts
          administration training costs to (1) Women in VIEW and (2) Rumble
          Theatre;  source of  funds to  be the  Organizational Development
          fund in the 1996  Cultural Grants budget, leaving an  unallocated
          balance of $28,500.


     GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

          The General Manager of  Community Services RECOMMENDS approval of
          the foregoing.


     COUNCIL POLICY

     On February 1, 1996,  City Council approved the allocation  of $29,000
     in  the 1996  Cultural  Grants budget  for Organizational  Development
     grants.

     Approval of grant recommendations requires eight affirmative votes.


     PURPOSE

     This  report makes recommendations on two requests for grants from the
     Organizational  Development  component  of  the  1996 Cultural  Grants
     budget.


     BACKGROUND

     Organizational Development Grants

     Organizational Development is one of two funds in the Incentive Grants
     category (the other being Cross-Cultural Initiatives).  Organizational
     Development  funds are  intended to  help organizations  upgrade staff
     skills by assisting  with arts administration training  costs, as well
     as addressing  specific operational   and long-range  planning issues.
     There  is  currently  a  balance  of  $29,000  in  the  Organizational
     Development component of the Cultural Grants budget.


     DISCUSSION

     Women in VIEW

     VIEW, the Performing  Arts Society, has requested  a grant of  $250 to
     assist  with the tuition costs of three administration courses for its
     executive  director.   The  one and  two-day  courses, offered  by the
     Justice  Institute,   focus  on  staff  orientation,   effective  team
     building,  and communications  planning,  all of  which are  important
     skills in an organization that  hires most of its staff  on short-term
     contracts.    Tuition  fees will  amount  to  $475, and  there  are no
     attendant costs.  A grant of $250 is recommended.


     Rumble Theatre

     Rumble Theatre Productions  has applied  for a $250  grant toward  the
     costs  of sending a senior  staff member to  a three-day international
     tour  organizers' workshop in Toronto.   The course covers information
     about  sources of  funding, touring  circuits, presenters  and venues,
     fees, planning, negotiating, contracting, marketing, unions and visas.
     Rumble  Theatre   is  developing  a  long-range   plan  that  includes
     international touring as an important  initiative, so the workshop  is
     very  timely.   Total  costs  for  attending the  workshop,  including
     travel, room and board, and tuition ($250), amount to $1,010.  A grant
     of $250 is recommended.



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