Message From Your National Board Rep

Hi Everyone!

Hoping all of your Thanksgiving celebrations were filled with love and laughter. The board and I would like to tell you all how thankful we are to have met more of you and appreciate all of you who have stepped up to help or join us.

You’ve probably heard about the anticipation of the health funds being merged. Stay tuned for changes.

SAG-AFTRA is doing well and the union’s revenue is better than budgeted, much in part due to the aggressive dues collections and members wanting to be current and available for work.

Our convention for 2015 was a very successful event with industry seminars, resolutions for improvement and member involvement.

The prestigious George Heller Memorial Award gold card was awarded to four recipients this year. These people have exemplified the hard work of the union and their above-and-beyond commitment. They were awarded to Dave Corey of Miami, a tireless local and national leader for the union; our own national President Ken Howard; our National Executive Director David White; and National Associate Executive Director Mathis Dunn. Need I say more?

Thanks to all of you who joined in our letter-writing campaign to Gov. Ducey, encouraging him to create an Arizona Film Office. We will call on you again as we continue our campaign to let the industry know we are open for business!

Both Joe Corcoran and I are looking forward to coming to Utah to meet more of our Utah members and continuing to learn how we can all assist each other in both our markets.

We look to the future of our Arizona-Utah Local, anticipating ways to strategically blend and assist our combined membership. While in Utah, we look forward to seeing Betty Ann Carr and Anne Sward, who have served you well and having them introduce us to all the other leaders willing to assist our members.

Happy holidays to all,

Margie Ghigo

Arizona-Utah National Board Member

This item was originally featured in the December 2015 local newsletter.