President’s Report Last year saw The Cad Factory grow up – not that it wasn’t already ‘big’ but just grow up in a gettingmore-mature way. This was a big step for Vic and Sarah McEwan, who have with so much passion and care, nurtured The Cad Factory for 10 years. It has been with humble hearts that the board has supported Vic and Sarah in this growing up process; the result is an organisation with more robustness and opportunity. 2014 was about getting frameworks in place. This included agreeing on our vision, writing our first strategic business plan and documenting policies, processes and procedures that support the smooth running of the organisation. Sounds kind of tedious but it has been great to get these things done so the real business – creating and delivering a wonderful program of new, immersive and experimental work – can take even more of our focus. In addition, having strong governance lets our partners, staff, community and audiences know that we are diligent with the dollars, people and outcomes entrusted to us. We have been thankful for our wonderful funding partners, without whom our projects would simply not exist. While there is always a need for more (so we can do more), we have been grateful for a significant number of grant firsts including receiving Arts NSW Program Funding.
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