LBC ViewPoint Dear Honorable Mayor Beverly O'Neill, I am one of the creators of a local Arts web site called LongBeachCulture.org. We empower visual artists, musicians, bands, writers, and actors to promote themselves, their works, and their events to a focused, interested, on-line community. Additionally, we provide these services for free, and we've done this with no public funding. In a way, we're doing something not unlike the PCA's Cultural Inventory, but our information is on-line, completely searchable, updated automatically, and driven by cutting edge technology, making the process quite simple for even the most inexperienced Internet neophyte. We did not create this site to get rich.... In fact, despite having more than 150 Artist Members and more than 300 Members, having features and articles in the Press Telegram, the Long Beach Business Journal, and The Grunion Gazette, we've yet to earn any money from our venture. Why? Because that was not our goal. Our goal was to bring together the vast, rich, cultural resources that abound in Long Beach. To this end, I personally have contacted Robb Hankins at the PCA several times, offering to help them, at no charge, to automate their Cultural Inventory, update their web site, or anything else that they thought would be meaningful for them. My offer was summarily refused. I've submitted a formal request to be included in their monthly Artist Opportunities newsletter, with no results. I've requested that they add a link to us from their Links page, again with no results. I'm really quite confused, considering that the PCA's job is to promote and assist local artists and cultural activities. If you can shed any light on this, please do. I live and work in Long Beach, and want to feel that my City Government is funding organizations that, while crying out for more funding, fully utilize the resources made available to them. I'm beginning to suspect that may not be the case with the PCA. Please feel free to contact me by phone, e-mail, or mail. All my contact information is provided below. Thank you for your time and attention, Respectfully, Sander R. Wolff, Chief Executive Officer LongBeachCulture.org Please click here to post your opinions on the LBC Chat-Boards