Mr. Weisz, an illustration of what you are saying, I feel, is that the performance venues that belong to your association are very often, for many artists, the first rung on the ladder. If that first rung is removed, they just can't climb up. That's why the venues are essential.
When we met last year, we started to discuss a funding issue. The issue is that, for some of the facilities to survive, they have to be multi-use, meaning that they may have to have a bar, or be part of a complex, like a deconsecrated church that is now a cultural centre. But when a space has a number of uses, it causes a problem with funding programs.
Do your members still have that problem with funding programs?