TRI-STATE PARTNERSHIP PROCESS AND STRUCTURE

The community projects were at the center of the Spirit of the Northwest. Regionally, the project organizing structure, the project timeline and a number of significant (and at times unexpected) events impacted the community projects. Additionally, the regional project was designed to provide learning about how such a multi-state, regional project works.

This section helps the reader observe the regional project as a pilot and understand the impact of regional coordination on the local projects.

Regional Project Organization Structure

ORGANIZING AND STAFF TEAM

Provided ongoing project coordination and consultation; project planning and communications. Met face-to-face quarterly, phone and email consultation ongoing within staff team and with community leadership. Significant and continuing staff leadership transitions seriously impacted project management and clarity.

Julie Numbers Smith, Idaho Commission on the Arts,
Community Development Coordinator/Spirit Project Lead* (resigned May 1999, replaced October 1999)

Kathleen Keys, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Community Development Director

Bitsy Bidwell, Washington State Arts Commission, Community Arts Development Manager**
(assumed role as Spirit Project Lead beginning May 1999)

Bill Flood, Oregon Arts Commission, Community Development Coordinator

Marta Mellinger, Documenter

* During the course of the project, the Idaho Commission Executive Director resigned, was replaced; the replacement Executive Director has since resigned and been replaced.

** During the course of the project, the Washington State Arts Commission Executive Director resigned and was replaced by a temporary leader, who, in turn was replaced by a permanent executive.

STEERING COMMITTEE

Provided project framework advice; many participated in Flying M retreat and in project application review. Provided minimal onsite consultation in communities. Most of Steering Committee were only peripherally involved in defining stages of project.

Mary Bosch, Community Development Coordinator, Rural Development Initiatives, Inc.

Maria Carmen Gambliel, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Folk Arts Program

Robert Ford, Idaho Department of Commerce

Dick Gardner, Idaho Rural Partnership

Donovan Gray, Arts Network of Washington State

Deborah Higa, Oregon Rural Development Council

Sharon Morgan, Community Arts Consultant, Oregon

Nancy Nusz, Oregon Folklife Program

Willie Smyth, Washington State Arts Commission, Folk Arts Program

Mary Lee Wood, University of Idaho

Rick Adams, South Cascades Tourism Council, Washington

Debbie Fant, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Folk Arts Program (resigned)

Margot Knight, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Executive Director (resigned)

Fred Hebert, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Executive Director (resigned)

Dan Harpole, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Executive Director

Christine D'Arcy, Oregon Arts Commission, Executive Director

Karen Kamara Gose, Washington State Arts Commission, Executive Director (resigned)

Bill Palmer, Washington State Arts Commission, Acting Executive Director (resigned)

Kris Tucker, Washington State Arts Commission, Executive Director

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The Spirit of the Northwest is a regional partnership project of the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission and the Washington State Arts Commission, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal Agency. It is made available on the Web as a courtesy by the Community Arts Network. Questions or comments regarding this project can be addressed to Bitsy Bidwell, Community Arts Development Manager, Washington State Arts Commission, P.O. Box 42675, Olympia, WA, 98504-2675, (360) 586-2421 or email bitsyb@arts.wa.gov.