Originally Posted by CharityBangs

Weekly call list? the producers (the couple dozen that are still booking paid work) don't change that often, and most are reachable through multiple channels including twitter, phone, email, PA's, etc... there would be almost no benefit to a union except to waster money that would be coming out of the performers and possibly producers, pockets. Think about it, what type of benefits could a union provide? Health insurance? Hell no, no better than calling up BCBS, or Aetna, the difference is that each performer would pay the premium directly instead of through an intermediary.

An all volunteer type of association though would be just as effective, helping to steer anyone in the industry to some type of private benefits that, the larger the association, the better rate they may be able to negotiate. And as far as producer call list, perhaps an association could maintain a "see, no see" type of list, with the producers that are honest and reputable, and the ones that are not, as well as help them set up online profiles, etc....

Again, there's a lot to be ironed out, but we could make it a work in progress....

I'll be organizing the next meeting for about 2 weeks from now... if anyone knows a good location in the valley that can hold 40-50 people that won't cost $$$, I'm all ears! Otherwise we may be doing it at Kabuki off Ventura again.