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The Hardline / Re: SMA (and AEA) Discussion

« on: Aug 16, 2006, 09:28 am »

I agree with my brothers  VSM & Scott. If you want to effect change, join a committee and show up at membership meetings. You can't effect change if you're not involved. I sit on four committees at the SMA and also sit on the Stage Managers Committee at AEA. I'm also the Business Agent for an IATSE Local (I don't get a salary, only my dues get paid and expenses covered). And if I hadn't joined the unions oh so many years ago, I would still be working 80 hour weeks for $500 per show. Organizations can affect change. I used to think that the SMA was a regional organization, but then I realized that it could reach everyone and every region if members in those regions got involved. It's not about what that organization can do for you, but what you can do for that group and your fellow members. Network, Network, Network!!!!