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DANCERS COMMITTEE CHAIR HONORED F rom left, SAG Senior Advisor John McGuire, SAG/ AFTRA Dancers Committee Chair Bobbie Bates and SAG Stunt, Singers, Dancers & Safety National Director Glenn Hiraoka March 27 at the 2011 Dance Track Magazine Artist Awards. Bates was honored with the Dancers in Solidarity Award for her efforts to improve working conditions and the professional lives of dancers and choreographers. This was the first year Dance Track magazine, a publication devoted to professional dancers and choreographers, has honored exceptional members of the dance community, and SAG was a premiere sponsor. Find out more at DanceTrackMagazine.com. SAG Awards Nominating Committees Chosen T his year’s SAG Awards film and television nominating committees — each consisting of 2,100 members from around the country — were selected at random by computer April 1 and notified by mail. To be eligible, November 2010 dues must have been paid by March 18, 2011. Any member chosen for a particular committee becomes ineligible to be selected for that same committee for the next five years. Members on each committee are offered invites to “for your consideration” screenings, Q&As, and DVDs in order to view and vote for the outstanding performances of the year. Committee members whittle the hundreds of submitted performances down to the top five in 15 different categories. Service on each committee ends on December 12, 2011, when nomination ballots are due. The second stage of voting will begin once nominations are announced on December 14. All active, paid-up SAG members are eligible to vote for the recipients of the 18th Annual SAG Awards. To qualify to vote — and receive any “for your consideration” offers from the studios — you must pay your November 2011 dues by December 16. Balloting information will be mailed out on January 2, 2012. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MEMBERS STAY UP TO DATE ON IMPORTANT GUILD NEWS Make sure we have your email address (or your correct email address) so we can contact you. Visit SAG.org and log in, or create an online member account, to verify we have your email address. Once logged in, point to the “Member Services” tab and select “My Information” from the drop down menu. Or you can fax us your email address, along with your name, SAG ID number, and professional signature to (323) 549-6792. As a reminder, if you have an address or email change, you must also contact SAG-Producers Pension & Health to update their records. Visit sagph.org or call (818) 954-9400; outside California (800) 777-4013. SAG.org Spring 2011 - SCREEN ACTOR 23 Levi Walker