National Board Member Report

Aloha. Here are a few highlights from the national board:

Convention

I attended the historic first SAG-AFTRA National Convention, where we voted on many resolutions and several amendments to our constitution.

COL Meeting

Before attending the national board meeting, I attended the COL meeting (committee of all the locals outside of L.A. and N.Y.). We discussed many issues, most of which are confidential, and we elected Denny Delk (San Francisco) as vice chair, mid-sized locals and Suzanne Burkhead (Dallas) as vice chair, small locals.

National Board meeting

• Financial Report: Numbers look good. Budget is now balanced and moving in a positive direction.
• P&H/H&R: The funds are both healthy. Focused on merger of the plans. 
• Committees: We voted on and passed the committee chair recommendations;
Populated only the essential committees; Passed resolution to create 2014 TV/Theatrical Negotiations Committee.
• Resolution: One-year extension to Corporate/Educational and Non-Broadcast Contract.
• Teleconferences: In the weeks following the national board meeting, I participated in several teleconferences with national board members, staff and officers. President Howard approved the national committee chairs (I was named co-chair of the National Conservatory Committee).  We then proceeded to populate national committees and do other union business. I was very proud to see several Hawaii members named to national committees (including our president, David Farmer, who was named to the national Dancers Committee and the national Government Review Committee). Well done, Hawaii members!

In solidarity,
Scott Rogers, National Board Member

This item was originally featured in the December 2013 local newsletter.