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sagaftra.org | Summer 2020 | SAG-AFTRA 27 RSVP From Your Member App T he latest upgrade to the SAG-AFTRA app allows members to RSVP for upcoming SAG-AFTRA events directly from the app as well as see all events you've registered for. Be sure to update your app now to take advantage of this new feature! Also, you can add events to your calendar using the "share" button on the upper right of each event. If you aren't yet a SAG-AFTRA app user, download it for free from the Apple or Android app stores so you can easily track residuals, check out the latest news, access member discounts and find out what virtual workshops and educational events are ahead. subscription streaming services that are at least 11 minutes long and have a budget of at least $25,000 per minute. Another animation-specific breakthrough was achieved in the payment of interstitial bits, which will increase between 5% and 20% and now include the right to exhibit interstitial bits in new media. The previous TV Animation agreement was originally set to expire on June 30, but was extended until July 30. Wages and working conditions meetings via Zoom were held on July 15 and 16, and virtual negotiations with the AMPTP began on July 27. SAG-AFTRA Chief Contracts Officer Ray Rodriguez served as lead negotiator for the union and Bob Bergen and David Sobolov co-chaired the member-led Negotiating Committee. Pending approval by the Executive Committee of the SAG-AFTRA National Board, the tentative agreement will be submitted for ratification by affected members who work this contract. ANIMATION Continues from page 24 NEW S AG-AFTRA young performer Rosie Foss has been spending much of her free time working to keep her fellow members and community safe. Using her residuals check to purchase supplies, Foss has sewn more than 1,000 masks, half of which she has donated to local fire and police departments. She has given the other 536 masks to fellow SAG-AFTRA members, including personalized masks for President Gabrielle Carteris, other national officers, National Board members, L.A. Local officers and L.A. Local Board members. Foss said she finds helping others rewarding. "I like making people happy. I try and help people stay safe. So please, stay home, and when you are outside, please keep a distance of at least 6 feet from each other. Wear masks. Cover your cough. Do what you can to help. COVID-19 is no joke," she said. "Once this is over, I will be mega-hugging anyone and everyone." Left, Rosie Foss makes masks for first responders and SAG-AFTRA leadership. Right, proudly wearing their masks from Rosie Foss, SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and Los Angeles Local President Patricia Richardson. Young Performer Has Members Covered