Forgive me if this has be discussed before, I know there is a thread where folks talk about how they got their card.
Recently, my parents have been asking me about joining AEA, and I've had a hard time explaining to my parents how one joins AEA.
I have seen the offical AEA ways at
http://www.actorsequity.org/membership/howtojoin.aspbut I wanted some clarification.
Here are the different scenarios I am aware of (please correct me if I'm wrong):
-One can simply join whenever, although they have to start paying dues, etc <----- this feels incorrect, but I felt I would list it
-One can be working in a sister union, and then join AEA
-One can partake in the EMC program, and once they hit 50 weeks, they can join AEA
-One can be a non-union intern/PA/ASM etc and be asked by management/producer to take a union position
Do these ways seem correct? What other ways can one join AEA?