During the Extraordinary General Meeting, held on 18th November 2016, Catalysti members voted to become part of the new association International Artists Center Finland, which gathers artists associations working in the transcultural domain. Sepideh Rahaa and Kem� Pellicer gave their availability to represent Catalysti on the board of IACF.

The vote was preceded by an introduction by Tomi Purovaara, who presented the idea of the new association. Followed an interesting and manifold discussion about advantages and disadvantages to join IACF. The proposition was accepted with 11 votes pro and 7 contra.

The assembly was also active to propose ideas for 2017: Ilmi�teatteri is looking for contributions for Suomi 100, an open call will be launched soon. For the Week Against Racism, in March 2017, Anna Ruth will coordinate the events in Jyv�skyl� and Sepideh Rahaa proposed to coordinate the live art event in Lavaklubi. Vishnu Vardani will coordinate an exhibition in Third Space, which will hopefully tour around Finland. Catalysti will take part again in World Village Festival in May 2017, propositions are welcomed.

It was underlined the importance to decentralize the work in Catalysti: all members are invited to be active and contribute!

The next operational meeting, open to all Catalysti members, will be held in Caf� Pikku Georgia on 27.1.2017 at 5-8 pm.