The Los Angeles Conservatory

This is a big deal. SAG-AFTRA Members can save enough on one trip to pay for their base dues. Make sure you and your networks know about this. It was in the most recent newsletter.

Must read for all performers.

Tavi Gevinson: Auditions Are Work. Pay Us. (Guest Essay) The 'Gossip Girl' actor and Rookie magazine founder writes that too many in Hollywood — including herself until recently — undervalue a huge part of the profession: "I realized how little I knew about auditions’ value as not simply 'opportunities' for us, but commodities that studios need."

Registration is now open for the March 15th SAG-AFTRA LA Local Member Orientation, scheduled from 10am-1pm PT.

If you have haven't attended this new one, rebuilt from the ground up this past year, I am asking, inviting, urging, welcoming you to attend one as soon as your schedule allows. Our union depends on an educated membership. We all need to be union literate.

Here is the link to register:

L.A. Local Member Orientation Join Us

Locals Town Hall today for SAG-AFTRA members where union leaders from across our country will be discussing issues around Global Rule 1, an IRS tax incentive for making films, and nonunion vs union work across the country.

Pop on with us at 11am PST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST and join the conversation.

Join us for a Zoom Town Hall about the SAG-AFTRA video game contracts: the Interactive Media Agreements. Hosted by Sarah Elmaleh and Zeke Alton, both of whom have worked on the biggest games in the industry.

Learn the issues, ask questions, and share your thoughts on what should be included in the next contract. Open to all union and nonunion performers interested in working in video games, either as voice actors or performance/motion capture.

Monday, August 8th from 5-7pm PT
Zoom link: MembershipMeeting.com

Check your email for this SAG-AFTRA survey on Self-Taping. It takes just a couple minutes. And I encourage you to add the unfairness of having to put our friends and family to work for the production for free as readers and enforcement of the Pay for Auditions provisions of our contract, Schedules A 15(B) & B 19(B), in your comments. To make progress in this area, our staff need to know you care about this issue.

THIS IS HUGE. For the first time, every SAG-AFTRA LA member has the chance to suggest agenda items for your Local President, board members, and staff to consider adding to our meeting.

You now have direct input into what we, as your elected leaders, do on your behalf. Spread the word and do not underestimate how awesome this is. We are here to serve you and want you to have a greater opportunity to have a voice and remove the mystery behind how our union is run. You'll get an email like this two weeks before every Local Board meeting. Make use of it.

I'm so proud of us. The email should be in your inbox. This is progress, y'all.

Join us next week for an open online forum to hear what your SAG-AFTRA LA leaders have been doing to address the many issues around self-taping that are negatively impacting our members, and share your experiences and ideas with us.

Our goal is to establish a Code of Best Practices for self-taping so there are reasonable guidelines and limitations to what can be asked of us by our employers for self taped auditions and live virtual auditions.

Wednesday, July 6th @ 6pm PT at the Zoom link:
MembershipMeeting.com

Review our ideas so far here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kiX09QpU2QoZImlwAW0rf4nDqZWyr1s15rIzrLTABYQ/edit?usp=sharing

"Join the Women In Film & Television - South Florida branch for a discussion around the basics of the entertainment industry. Shaan Sharma will cover the basics that every actor needs to know."

Wednesday, May 18th, 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET on Zoom

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcod-mgrTsuEtxrGaS7vr_oXLzqbKzWHfQ9

https://womeninfilmfl.org/event-4793995

Women in Film & Television - FL - South Florida Branch - Virtual Workshop with Actor Shaan Sharma

What is union solidarity? Our guest tonight is Todd Amorde, SAG-AFTRA member, and former National Director or Organizing at SAG, followed by Field Rep at WGA. Hosted by Karen Austin, SAG-AFTRA member, and former SAG National Board member and National Recording Secretary.

We’ll discuss internal and external organizing of members and work, and working with other unions to advance the cause of labor.

Join us for a conversation about the SAG-AFTRA Influencer Agreements: the agreement for influencers and the waiver for commercials signatory advertisers to hire influencers.

We’ll read the agreements and discuss how they works, who can use them, and where and why influencers belong in our union.

https://www.sagaftra.org/get-involved/ads-go-union/influencer-resources

QUIZ NIGHT!!!
Test your union knowledge and join us for another one of our WORLD-FAMOUS SAG-AFTRA QUIZ NIGHTS!! Enjoyed by literally tens of people! Best of all, there are no prizes. It’s all just for kicks! Wahoo!

We’ve got fun questions about the various guests and topics we’ve covered over the past few months, so let’s see how well we’ve all been listening!