Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/23723
YOUR VOTE COUNTS! Actor recipients are chosen by you, the membership. Te SAG Awards was the first televised awards show conceived by a union to acknowledge the work of its members. And it’s the only top industry honors for performers selected exclusively by actors’ peers. Our large national voting body—more than 125,000 SAG members— is one of the reasons the SAG Awards is so widely respected by the industry, the media and the millions of viewers of the Awards telecast. Tey know and we know that our members understand the hard work and mutual collaboration it takes for a great actor or ensemble to create an outstanding performance. By taking the time to see as many of this year’s films and television programs as you can and then casting your ballot, you’ll have a real stake in the outcome as your fellow actors take the stage to accept their Actor statuettes on January 30. MAKE A COMMITMENT NOW TO: • Pay your November 2010 dues. Tursday, December 16 is the deadline for paying your November 2010 dues if you wish to receive the SAG Awards voting information, which will be mailed on Tursday, December 30. If you miss the deadline, you’ll also miss out on any “For Your Consideration” screenings and mailings available to the eligible voting membership. Don’t forget to update your address with the SAG Membership Department, as necessary, by the same deadline date. • Sign up at sagawardsRSVP.org for last- minute notifications of studio screenings open to all members (most in Los Angeles and New York). Please note that newspaper offerings for the “SAG Nom Comm” are only available to the Nominating Committee. • Watch the SAG Awards Nominations Announcement on Tursday, Dec. 16 at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT on TNT or online at TNT.tv and TBS.com. A full list of nominations will be posted at sagawards.org shortly aſter the nominations are announced. • See the nominated performances. Studios are encouraged to make their nominated films available to our entire membership. Te release schedule of the film or DVD, their budget and the size of the SAG membership are all factors considered by the studio when deciding what they can offer to our members. Please check sagawards.org aſter nominations for the latest information. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS CALENDAR ® MONDAY, DEC. 13 - Nominating Committee ballots due at the elections firm by 5 p.m. (PT) THURSDAY, DEC. 16 - Deadline for paying November 2010 dues and/ or changing address with SAG to be eligible for final balloting THURSDAY, DEC. 16 - Nominations announced at 6 a.m. (PT) at the Pacific Design Center TUESDAY, DEC. 21 - Records pulled for final balloting THURSDAY, DEC. 30 - Final voting information mailed to active, paid-up members FRIDAY, JAN. 14 - Final day to request paper ballot by 5 p.m. (PT) FRIDAY, JAN. 28 - Final ballots due at the elections firm by noon (PT) SUPPORT THE SAG FOUNDATION WITH YOUR CHOICE OF AUCTIONS Te annual online SAG Awards Auction benefits your SAG Foundation to help make possible its programs. Te foundation provides emergency relief to members in economic distress, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy of SAG members, scholarships for performers and their children, emergency funds for members with catastrophic illnesses, Te Actors Center and the foundation’s public children’s literacy programs: BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and Storyline Online. Once again, there will be three SAG Awards Auctions. Te Holiday Auction, which kicks off on December 10, and will be promoted at the SAG Awards nominations, features one-of-a- kind holiday giſt inspirations including a VIP SAG Awards ticket package, autographed movie posters, red carpet bleacher seats, giſt baskets and vacation packages. Te Red Carpet Bleacher Seat Auction from January 3 to January 10 offers fans the opportunity to cheer our nominated members and presenters as they make their way down the red carpet, and the Ceremony Auction from January 27 to January 31 offers SAG Awards memorabilia, collectibles and one- of-a kind experiences donated by our nominees and their films and television programs. SAG Awards Committee members Shelley Fabares and Scott Bakula and Committee Chair JoBeth Williams with their personal memorabilia donated for the auction. SAG.org WireImage.com Fall/Winter 2010 - SCREEN ACTOR 43 SUNDAY, JAN. 30 - 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards simulcast on TNT and TBS, 8 p.m. (ET)/ 5 p.m. (PT), Encore telecast on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET)/ 7 p.m. (PT) JANUARY 28 Vote online or return your ballot. Your final ballot postcard will be mailed on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Votes must be cast online or paper ballots (available only upon request) returned by noon (PT) on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011.