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ANIMATION GUILD AND AFFILIATED ELECTRONIC AND GRAPHIC ARTS Los Angeles, California, November 2019 Vol. 48, No12 The voting period for the Animation Guild’s 2019 Election has come to an end, ballots have been counted and the results are in. Current Vice- President Jeanette Moreno King was elected President. Jack Thomas was elected Vice-President, a position he fi rst won six years ago. Steve Kaplan, currently serving on the Executive Board and working in the position of Field Representative, was elected to the position of Business Representative. Incumbent Recording Secretary Paula Spence will con- tinue in that position for another three-year term. And Robert St. Pierre was elected on a “white ballot” at the General Membership Meeting in September, as he ran unopposed. A new Executive Board was elected and includes some incumbents, some members new to the E-Board, and one who returns after serving in a previous term: KC Johnson (our current President), Carrie Liao, Ste- phen Silver, Emily Walus, Jack Cusumano, Elisa Phillips, Brandon Jar- ratt, Laura Hohman, Danny Ducker, Crystal Kan and Mike Milo. TAG Trustees are appointed based on the highest number of votes received by Executive Board members. KC Johnson, Carrie Liao and Stephen Silver ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN (continued on page 3) IN THIS ISSUE Election Results Are In ............................................. 1 From the President .................................................. 4 From the Business Representative .................................12 IATSE Safety App ..................................................14 Field Rep Corner ...................................................17 Lunch & Learn Recap: Autism Support ...........................18 Union Plus Scholarships ............................................21 Golden Awards Event Photos ......................................22 The Member Party Is Moving in 2020 ............................26 2019 Holiday Market ..............................................27 TAG Post-It Note Show ............................................28 In Memoriam ........................................................29 December Gallery Show ...........................................30 Upcoming Events at the Animation Guild ...................... 31 THE PEGBOARD is published monthly by The Animation Guild and Affi liated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts IATSE Local 839, 1105 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505-2528 phone (818) 845-7500 • fax (818) 843-0300 [email protected] • www.animationguild.org PRESIDENT BUSINESS VICE-PRESIDENT KC Johnson REPRESENTATIVE Jeanette Moreno King Jason MacLeod RECORDING SECRETARY SERGEANT-AT-ARMS PEGBOARD EDITOR Paula Spence Robert St. Pierre Paula Spence EXECUTIVE BOARD David Chlystek • JJ Conway • Brandon Jarratt • Steve Kaplan Spencer Knapp • Ray Leong • Ashley Long • Jason Mayer Larry Smith • Candice Stephenson • Dave Thomas TRUSTEES David Chlystek • Dave Thomas • Steve Kaplan SHOP STEWARDS Greg Colton (Fox Animation) • Scott Carpenter (Disney TVA, Sonora) Jorge Garcia (DreamWorks Feature) • Charlotte Jackson (Netfl ix) Cathy Jones (Disney TVA, Empire) • Crystal Kan (DreamWorks TV, Central) Amanda Li (Netfl ix) • Carrie Liao (Disney Feature) • Kyle Neswald (Cartoon Network) Susan Nguyen (DreamWorks TV, Flower) • Emily Walus (Disney TVA, Empire) • Justin Weber (Disney Feature) All contents © 2019 by TAG Local 839 IATSE. All rights reserved. ISSN 1523-9365. Publications of bona fi de labor organizations may reprint articles from this newsletter so long as attribution is given. You can stop by the Animation Guild offi ce weekdays between 8:30 am and 5 pm and pick up current or recent back copies of The Pegboard, free of charge. PEGBOARD SUBSCRIPTION POLICY: Active members automatically receive The Pegboard free of charge. Members on honorable withdrawal may continue to receive the newsletter without charge by sending an annual writ- ten request on or before the expiration date on the mailing label. The subscription rate for suspended members and non-members is $10.00 per year ($15.00 foreign, check in U. S. funds), checks made out to the Animation Guild and sent to 1105 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505-2528, U.S.A. The Pegboard is printed on recycled paper. 2 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN (continued on page 3) were the three highest vote-getters, and will therefore be appointed as Trustees. Offi cers and Executive Board members will be sworn into of- fi ce on December 3, 2019, when the three-year term will offi cially begin. We applaud all the candidates who took the initiative to run for offi ce and represent the interests of our diverse and talented membership. And we encourage all members who ran for offi ce but were not elected to stay involved and active with the Guild – your ideas are important and much- valued. Attending General Membership Meetings and reading offi cial Animation Guild communications such as email blasts (This Week @ TAG and other informational updates), The Pegboard and Keyframe are a great way to keep up-to-date with what’s going on at Local 839. There are several TAG committees doing the work of representing specifi c crafts, issues and constituencies among our membership – they are bring- ing progressive ideas to the table, making plans and putting in the time and eff ort it takes to eff ect positive change at the Union, and they can always use more help to make things happen! The American Arbitration Association (AAA) received 912 ballots from eligible voters, which represents a 24 percent turnout. The ballot count took place on November 9, 2019 and was overseen by the AAA; results were certifi ed on November 10, 2019. — Paula Spence, Pegboard Editor The Incoming Eecutive Board, Top Row: KC Johnson, Carrie Liao, Stephen Silver, Emily Walus, Jack Cusumano, Elisa Phillips. Bottom Row: Brandon Jarratt, Laura Hohman, Danny Ducker, Crystal Kan, Mike Milo. 3 “I MAKE A MOTION TO . .” Now What? Part 2 The fi rst part of this article (in last month’s issue) discussed the mak- ing, discussing, and voting on a main motion, which is how business is brought before the members at a meeting. Part 2 will delve into some of the many other types of motions. This is not meant to be a complete list, but includes motions you may fi nd useful as a member at an Animation Guild meeting. While all motions propose some kind of action before the assembly, only a main motion “brings business” in the sense of getting something done. The rest, however, all play a part and have evolved for specifi c pur- poses. Each entry below includes one example of what to say to use it. There are a lot of one or two page cheat sheets for these motions that you can fi nd online, but it is helpful to discuss a few concepts in order for these charts to be more easily decipherable. Applicable Rules All these motions have diff erent rules that apply to them and their own set of requirements that must be followed. Here are some quick descriptions of what these rules are: In Order When Another Is Speaking? Some motions (listed below in the next section) can interrupt a pending motion when another has the fl oor (has been recognized by the chair to speak), and others have to wait until the meeting is between agenda items. Main motions, for example, are not in order when another has the fl oor. Requires a Second? Main motions must be seconded to show that more than one person in the assembly agrees that the motion should come before the assembly. Some of these additional motions also require a second. Debatable? Main motions are “debatable.” Members can discuss the merits of the motion while it is being considered. Not all of these ad- ditional motions require or allow debate. 4 Amendable? Main motions can be amended (changed or the wording adjusted) while they are being considered. Not all of these additional motions allow for amendments. Vote Required? To pass, main motions require a majority vote, which is more than half of the votes cast. Other motions require a higher threshold to pass, such as a two-thirds majority, which requires “at least” two thirds of the votes cast. Motions, By Type and Rank All motions have a rank, or level of priority, and are grouped into one of four categories. Once you’re in the world of multiple motions at the same time, the higher ranking motions are settled fi rst. These are all listed from highest to lowest priority. 1.) Privileged Motions Privileged motions are the highest ranking motions. They deal with special matters of “immediate and overriding importance” that should be allowed to interrupt the consideration of anything else. Adjourn: Ends the meeting. “I move to adjourn.” Meeting attendees should not be forced to continue a session longer than the majority de- sires. For this reason, this motion has the highest overall rank. This mo- tion can be made if there is no established meeting end time and as long as another meeting time and place are already set. In Order When Another Is Speaking? No Requires a Second? Yes Debatable? No Amendable? No Vote Required? Majority Recess: Creates a short break or intermission, starting immediately. “I move to recess for ten minutes.” This motion is considered “privileged” when another motion is under consideration. Otherwise, it is a simple main motion. In Order When Another Is Speaking? No Requires a Second? Yes Debatable? No Amendable? Yes Vote Required? Majority 5 Call for the Order of the Day: Calls for the chair of the meeting to re- turn to the agenda if the meeting has strayed from the order of business. “Mister/Madam President, I call for the regular order.” This call must be made as soon as possible. If another motion is being considered, it must be settled before returning to the set agenda. In Order When Another Is Speaking? Yes Requires a Second? No Debatable? No Amendable? No Vote Required? None, however, a two-thirds majority can vote to suspend the rules. 2.) Incidental Motions Incidental motions relate to the business at hand in some specifi c way. They don’t raise a new topic; instead, they aff ect how the topic is being considered.