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For Members 12 SAG-AFTRA | Summer 2014 | SAGAFTRA.org MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE SAG AWARDS EMAILS Y our union and the SAG Awards ® communicate with members primarily through email. To make sure you receive SAG Awards voting and "for your consideration" information, there are two important steps: Pay your November 2014 dues prior to Dec. 1, the cutoff date for SAG Awards voting eligibility. Make sure you are already receiving emails from your union. If you are not currently receiving emails from us, go to SAGAFTRA.org to add or update your email address to your online member record. You can also update your email address on file by emailing your name, member number, prior email address and new email address to emailupdate@sagaftra.org. Make sure SAG-AFTRA emails don't go to spam by adding the email address sagaftracommunications@sagaftra.org and the Internet domains sagaftra.org, saglist.org and sagawards.org to your address book and safe or approved senders list. There are known issues with members who use AOL or EarthLink accounts experiencing difficulty in receiving emails from SAG-AFTRA. Please contact your email provider for assistance if you are still not receiving emails after following the above steps. S he's an actor, singer, dancer, author and champion for the preservation of film history artifacts and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness. Debbie Reynolds has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA's highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award ® for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Star of more than 50 motion pictures, two Broadway shows, two television series, as well as dozens of television, cabaret and concert appearances here and abroad, the 82-year- old Reynolds is celebrating her 66th year in show business. Reynolds, along with other stars, founded a charity in 1955 to fight the stigma of mental illness, calling themselves The Thalians, after the goddess of comedy, Thalia. Nearly 60 years later, they have raised more than $30 million, endowing The Thalians' Mental Health Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. With that center's priorities shifting to other illnesses, the group has switched its support to UCLA's Operation Mend, which provides medical and mental health support to returning wounded military personnel. Fans can view her stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Palm Springs Walk of Stars as well as her hand and footprints at TCL Chinese Theatre. Her philanthropic activities have earned her national honors from the Girl Scouts, a City of Hope Award, The Thalians' Ms. Wonderful Award, the National Film Society's Humanitarian Award and a Spirit of Hope Award from the USO for entertaining the troops during the Korean War. Given annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession," the union's highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar, Emmy and Tony- nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ® on Jan. 25. DEBBIE REYNOLDS TO BE HONORED WITH 2014 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 21st ANNUAL SAG AWARDS ® CALENDAR Oct. 1 Period begins for members to request a paper final ballot in lieu of online voting Oct. 23 Submissions close Nov. 19 Nomination ballots mail to Nominating Committee members Dec. 1 Deadline for paying November 2014 dues and/ or changing address with SAG-AFTRA to be eligible for final balloting Dec. 8 Nomination ballots due at the elections firm by noon PT; records pulled for final balloting Dec. 10 Nominations announced at 6 a.m. PT Dec. 16 Final ballot information mailed to members Jan. 7, 2015 Final day to request a paper final ballot in lieu of online voting Jan. 23 Final votes must be cast online or paper ballots received by the elections firm by noon PT Jan. 25 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ® 1 2