[ST] Fwd: GOH ( was Flyers @ ReaderCon?)

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Seth is correct about actors and SAG.  There is, however, one proviso  to 
that...  if an actor has an agent that has a work-pay clause in a  contract then 
an actor must always take a paying job over a volunteer job if  they coincide 
in the same timeframe.  Most actors have this clause with  their agents and 
that's why, when actors do volunteer or not-for-pay work, they  can sometimes be 
called away.  This is also why most not-for-profit fan run  conventions get 
the older actors, those who haven't got agents to worry about  any more.  Or 
those actors who make enough money that they can tell their  agents to stuff it, 
and they do what they please (think John Travolta and his  Angel Flight work).
 
On another note, the idea of an actor setting up a fan signing table within  
the confines of the dealer's room is not unheard of, and they do pay for table 
 space.  An example of how Arisia's existing infrastructure would not be  
harmed by an actor attending the convention.  
 
-Mary
 
In a message dated 7/3/2007 2:30:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sethb at panix.com writes:

Benjamin  Cline <brc at peppermint.org> wrote:

> Is this correct? I've been  told that Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) rules
> prohibit members from  appearing without accepting some form of payment

Not at all true.   They prohibit members from working in certain areas
for too little  money.  (Many SAG members work as waiters and the like
in between  professional work.)  Nothing prevents anybody  from
volunteering.

Seth
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