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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 6 I 3 5 MEMBERSHIP AND DUES NOTICE MEMBERSHIP Under the union security clauses in DGA collective bargaining agreements, every individual employed by a DGA signatory employer in a DGA-covered category is required to be (or to become within the period specified by law) a "member in good standing." These union security provisions are enforceable in many states, including California and New York, but are not applicable to work performed in certain states where an individual is not compelled to join the DGA or to pay the fair share fees described below as a condition of working in those states. Therefore, the obligation to pay dues or fees described in this Notice is only applicable to work performed in states where DGA union security provisions are enforceable. An individual who works under a DGA collective bargaining agreement that includes a union security provision in a state where such provisions are enforceable must be (or become) a "member in good standing" to be eligible for employment in any DGA-covered category by any DGA signatory employer. Under federal law, the term "member in good standing" does not mean that an individual must actually join the DGA; one can instead elect to pay the DGA initiation and upgrade fees and the percentage of dues which are germane to the DGA's collective bargaining, grievance adjustment and contract enforcement functions ("fair share fees"). You have the right to object to paying for union activities that are not encompassed by the fair share fees. An individual who elects to pay fair share fees instead of joining the DGA and paying membership dues is not a DGA member and has no rights or privileges of membership. If you elect not to become a DGA member, you will not enjoy the significant benefits that DGA membership provides. You will not be eligible to run for or hold elected office. You will not be entitled to vote in any DGA election, including the elections of DGA officers, National Board members, category Council members and Biennial Convention delegates. You will not be entitled to vote on amendments to the DGA Constitution and Bylaws. You will not be entitled to vote on ratification of DGA collective bargaining agreements. You will not be entitled to attend or participate in National Board, category Council or Committee meetings. You will not be entitled to attend or participate in Special Projects and other events and activities reserved for members, including screenings, symposia, workshops and mixers, except those open to the general public. You will not be entitled to have your name published in the Membership Directory or appear on DGA availability lists. Finally, you will not be entitled to receive membership mailings, to access the members-only section of the DGA website, or to attend the Annual Awards Dinner or the Children's Holiday Party. You have the right to obtain additional information from the DGA to assist you in deciding whether to object to paying DGA membership fees and dues. Any non-member who desires to pay only fair share fees must expressly so notify the DGA in a writing signed by the individual making that request. At the end of each fiscal year, the DGA conducts an audit of its total expenses to determine which expenses are included in the calculation of fair share fees. Any non- member paying fair share fees may challenge the DGA's inclusion of certain expenses in the calculation of fair share fees. Such challenges must be in writing and signed by the individual challenger. All challenges for the fiscal year ending December 31 must be received by the DGA by December 31 of the following fiscal year. In the event an informal resolution cannot be reached with the individual making the challenge, the DGA will consolidate all challenges for that fiscal year into a single arbitration proceeding to be held in approximately February of the following calendar year. This proceeding will be conducted through the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and the DGA will pay the AAA's administrative costs and arbitrator's fees. In the event of an arbitration, the Guild will open an interest-bearing, separate, and identifiable escrow account to hold the disputed portion of fair share fees received by the Guild from a non- member who is challenging their calculation. Please note that any Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director who elects not to become a DGA member nevertheless is still subject to qualification list requirements on all theatrical and television motion pictures and certain made for new media productions produced under the DGA Basic Agreement, and on all commercials produced under the National Commercial Agreement. DUES Dues are based on DGA-covered earnings. Earnings are reportable and the corollary dues are payable quarterly. DGA members are required to pay basic dues of $62.50 per quarter, income dues equal to one and one-sixth percent (1.6%) of their annual gross income between $10,000 and $825,000 from employment in any DGA-covered category, and residuals dues equal to one-percent (1%) of all residual payments they receive from employment under a DGA collective bargaining agreement. View more excerpts and interviews in the Visual History Collection via the link on the homepage of www.dga.org. Recent Visual History Addition The DGA's Visual History Program website contains hundreds of hours of videotaped interviews with Directors and Director's team members discussing their careers and reflections on all aspects of the creative process in film, television and other media. These interviews are indexed for quick retrieval of segments pertaining to specific topics of interest within a particular interview or across the entire collection. Director Brooke Kennedy reflects on her 40-plus year career in episodic television, highlighting her UPM work on Miami Vice and Crime Story, as well as her experiences directing Third Watch, The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Kennedy on the importance of allowing spontaneity during the rehearsal process: "I love rehearsal. You just don't know what they're gonna bring that they don't know how good it is, because there's something relaxed and natural to it. I met Linda Lavin on The Good Wife and said, 'Don't worry. Bring it.' Her process was to write out all her lines on a yellow pad so she's sitting in the witness stand looking down and I said, 'I love it! Let's play you as that. She's a bureaucrat. She doesn't wanna look anybody in the eye. You keep looking down at your notes.' She said, 'Really? It's okay?' I said, 'It's great. We're gonna play this throughout the whole character.' So we played it that way and in her bureaucratic office interviewing Jules [Julianna Margulies] I never told Jules. We do the whole scene and Jules is so uncomfortable that Linda's not looking at her. I yell, 'Cut.' And Jules goes, 'She's not looking at me.' And I said, 'Exactly. It's great. That's the point.'" Brooke Kennedy interviewed by Michael Zinberg On August 4, the Women's Steering Committee (WSC) meeting featured the discussion, Women in Horror: Crafting Suspense Through the Female Gaze. In a conversation moderated by 2nd AD Michelle West, Directors Roxanne Benjamin, Axelle Carolyn, Chloe Okuno and UPM Pamela Monroe discussed the representation of women in the genre, the techniques filmmakers use to build suspense and deliver unforgettable scares, and the behind-the-scenes challenges that can turn production into a scheduling nightmare. During the conversation, the panelists also shared the influences that shaped their work, the paths that led them to horror and thriller filmmaking and spoke about how horror traditionally has been about taking power from women, timing the moment of the "scare" and how to build suspense. (L-R) Directors Axelle Carolyn and Chloe Okuno, 2nd AD Michelle West (moderator), Director Roxanne Benjamin and UPM Pamela Monroe. Women in Horror: Crafting Suspense Through the Female Gaze- A Women's Steering Committee Discussion

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