Dear Micheal,

This furthers my reply to your November 4 post.  I believe we have to have a greater understanding of how our non-profit arts organizations are not unlike other small businesses.  We have to understand that our experience doesn't disappear if we should have to close the doors on the organization we are currently running.  We may be in a very good position to help another organization that may be in need of our experience. 

I don't know if our industry is getting smaller or if it is changing and if we are ready to meet the challenges of the changes we are undergoing.  Think of it this way, I'm actually communicating my thoughts to the Executive Director of the Kennedy Center.  I would never have dreamed this fifteen years ago, and, although ten years ago we started having this technology, we really hadn't put into place such inviting ways to do it. 

Thus I think we have to re-think how we invite our audiences, our school children, our benefactors to a table that has gotten bigger.  This is an opportunity for reinvention and change.  something the American people voted for in an unprecedented turn out.  What we offer and how we present it are new challenges we face, but we also can ask ourselves how can I help?