National Board Member Report

by Scott Rogers

The National Board and all of our staff have been working very hard to merge what were two very different national unions into the new hybrid super-union, SAG-AFTRA. Although much has been accomplished, we have a lot to do before our first SAG-AFTRA National Convention in the fall.

I attended the National Board meeting in Los Angeles. We started with a Committee of Locals (COL) meeting on Feb. 1 and the National Board meetings on Feb. 2 and 3. The COL is comprised of National Board members from small and mid-sized locals across the country. 

National Executive Director David White reported that the SAG Awards had the highest Nielson ratings ever. He also reported that there has been exceptionally big "second screen" (mobile gaming and cloud gaming) growth. Same for ultra HD/3-D/Ultrabooks/voice/gesture controls, etc. All showed strong growth. SAG-AFTRA had a presence at the Sundance Film Festival and we’re hoping to create the Actor’s Lab there. More on that coming soon.

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