abbie schnair. suzie. gosh, and everybody else is new. so this is just an incredible time. and i look forward to the party continuing. so i wanted give that shout out and say happy new year to you all. i hope you had a restful break and having a wonderful start to the new year. it is hard to believe now how fast 2024 went by. it went by really fast and part was because it was an election year. part was because it was a lot of things going on, a lot ofarctivities and staff was busy every day packed weeks. i think 24 had the most packed weeks i had since i have been here. every day there was things going on, back-to-back and weekends and evenings. so all that was happening. that makes the year feel like it it is going by fast. then we had a mayoral stranz transition and a national leadership transition we'll have. they are all exciting in some wade trentid only specific our national situation, um, so i just um -- i'm concerned about the support for art in a country support for our infrastructure, support for our inspect artists and even culture in the country. for those reaso

abbie schnair. suzie. gosh, and everybody else is new. so this is just an incredible time. and i look forward to the party continuing. so i wanted give that shout out and say happy new year to you all. i hope you had a restful break and having a wonderful start to the new year. it is hard to believe now how fast 2024 went by. it went by really fast and part was because it was an election year. part was because it was a lot of things going on, a lot ofarctivities and staff was busy every day packed weeks. i think 24 had the most packed weeks i had since i have been here. every day there was things going on, back-to-back and weekends and evenings. so all that was happening. that makes the year feel like it it is going by fast. then we had a mayoral stranz transition and a national leadership transition we'll have. they are all exciting in some wade trentid only specific our national situation, um, so i just um -- i'm concerned about the support for art in a country support for our infrastructure, support for our inspect artists and even culture in the country. for those reaso