Joint AFTRA/SAG
Commercials Contracts Ballot and Member Informational Meetings Notice

Dear Member:

As you know, your Joint AFTRA/SAG National Board of Directors and Joint AFTRA/SAG Commercials Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve and recommend your YES vote, on the terms of new three-year successor agreements to the 2006 AFTRA Television and Radio Commercials Contracts and the 2006 SAG Television Commercials Contract.

Your 2009-2012 AFTRA Television and Radio Commercials Contracts and Screen Actors Guild Television Commercials Contracts Referendum Summary and Ballot is on its way to you in the mail today.

Look for your summary and ballot to arrive in your mailbox within the next few days, read all of the materials carefully, vote YES to approve your new commercials contracts, and mail your ballot before the deadline. Your ballot must be received via U.S. Mail at the Everett, WA, Post Office Box by 5:00 PM (PDT) Thursday, May 21, 2009.

Please remember:

• Ballots must be mailed in the postage-paid return envelope included with the ballot materials.
  
• Ballots cannot be mailed or delivered to AFTRA or SAG offices. Ballots that are not received at the Everett, WA, Post Office Box by 5:00 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, May 21, will not be counted.
  
• Please be sure to read the voting instructions carefully before casting your vote.