ACTRA Maritimes Blog

New National Councillor elected

It was a squeaker.

Nigel Bennett has been elected to a two-year term as ACTRA Maritimes’ National Councillor.  

139 votes were counted (representing 38% of the membership eligible to vote.) Of these, Nigel received 72 votes and Kelly Peck received 67. 

21 spoiled ballots were not counted.

Current National Councillor and National Vice-president Jamie Bradley will complete his term mid-January at the next National Executive meeting.   Nigel will attend the next Branch Council meeting on January 14th and then make his debut as our Branch’s representative when he attends the next National Council meeting the first week of February. 

Congratulations  to Nigel and many thanks to Kelly for putting his name forward.  Kelly will continue to serve the membership as a member of Branch Council.

As well, thanks to Returning Officer Shannon Lynch and scrutineer John O’Keefe for counting, checking and double-checking the vote!

Maritimes member get Golden Globe nom!

Maritimes member Ellen Page has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on the feature comedy Juno.

Once again, Ellen has made us proud! 

Efforts are afoot to organize a party on the night of the presentation so that all her fellow Maritimes members can watch her win her well-deserved honour.  Stay tuned!

Notice – Member info stolen

This is to inform you that the premises of Filmworks Casting were burgled Dec. 17th. The thieves stole all of Sheila’s camera equipment, some cash and a computer. The computer contains the deal memos for residual-category (i.e. non-background) performers in film and television (not commercials) from the past four years.  This means that a great deal of performer personal information (names, addresses, Social Insurance Numbers) is now in the wrong hands. 

The Commercial Crime section of the RCMP advises that members be vigilant in reviewing all financial reports and bank statements over the next few weeks to ensure that the thieves are not using this information to make bogus transactions or otherwise misappropriate identities. 

Our sincere sympathy goes out to Sheila – as well as our prayers that the thieves will be caught and the equipment recovered.