NOTICE:
How to vote on IPA referendum
(If you qualify, you can register to vote on the
IPA Terms of Settlement)
How
to become an ACTRA Additional Background Performer
How
to qualify to vote:
Full
ACTRA members
All Full ACTRA members who have worked in the jurisdiction of
the relevant Agreement in the past 3 years will be mailed a referendum
package on July 29, 2003.
Any ACTRA member in good standing who has not worked in the jurisdiction
of the relevant Agreement in the past 3 years, but wishes to vote
in the Terms of Settlement referendum may register to vote by
visiting the local ACTRA branch. Full ACTRA members should show
their ACTRA card to receive a referendum package. (ACTRA By-Law
20, Section III)
ACTRA Apprentice Members
Apprentice Members can participate in ACTRA ratification votes
- provided the Apprentice Member has completed 3 engagements in
a residual category under the CBC Agreements during the term of
the expiring agreement. (ACTRA By-Law 20, Section III).
Apprentice Members who have worked in Background roles for at
least 8 work-days per year for each year of the term of the applicable
expiring agreement can also qualify to vote in ratification votes.
The expiring CBC agreement is a one-year agreement, so Apprentice
members 8 work days in a background role under the CBC agreement
between July 3, 2002 and June 30, 2003 to be eligible to vote.
If you joined as an Apprentice member after July 2002,
the work-days required to qualify to vote are pro-rated.
See the chart below:
Month
Joined ACTRA |
Work Days Required to Vote |
|
|
January 2002 |
13 |
February 2002 |
12 |
March 2002 |
12 |
| April 2002 |
11 |
| May 2002 |
10 |
| June 2002 |
10 |
| July 2002 |
9 |
August 2002 |
8 |
September 2002 |
8 |
| October 2002 |
7 |
| November 2002 |
6 |
| December 2002 |
5 |
| January 2003 |
5 |
| February 2003 |
4 |
| March 2003 |
3 |
| April 2003 |
3 |
| May 2003 |
2 |
| June 2003 |
1 |
| July 2003 |
1 |
ACTRA Additional Background Performers
You can join ACTRA as an ACTRA Additional Background Performer if you have 24 days' work
in the 12 months preceding your application to join. ACTRA Additional Background Performers
who have worked in Background roles for at least 15 work days
for each year of the term of the expiring ACTRA agreement can
also qualify to vote in ratification votes.
The expiring CBC agreement is a one year agreement, so ACTRA Additional Background Performers
need 15 work days under the CBC agreement between July 3, 2002
and June 30, 2003 to be eligible to vote.
If you joined as an ACTRA Additional Background Performer after July 2002,
the workdays required to qualify to vote are pro-rated.
See the chart below:
Month
Joined ACTRA |
Work Days Required to Vote |
|
|
January 2002 |
24 |
February 2002 |
23 |
March 2002 |
21 |
| April 2002 |
20 |
| May 2002 |
19 |
| June 2002 |
18 |
| July 2002 |
16 |
August 2002 |
15 |
September 2002 |
14 |
| October 2002 |
13 |
| November 2002 |
11 |
| December 2002 |
10 |
| January 2003 |
9 |
| February 2003 |
8 |
| March 2003 |
6 |
| April 2003 |
5 |
| May 2003 |
4 |
| June 2003 |
3 |
| July 2003 |
1 |
How
to register to vote
ACTRA Apprentice members and ACTRA Additional Background Performers who qualify
must register with ACTRA their interest in voting. Visit your
local ACTRA Branch Office and provide proof of your eligibility.
Proof of eligibility can be established using any of the following:
• |
cheque
stubs |
• |
a letter
from your agent confirming your engagements to qualify; |
• |
letters
from applicable production companies stating when you worked
and the names of the productions; |
• |
Apprentice
Members can also provide work permit receipts as proof of
engagements. In order for your ratification vote to count,
you must register to vote and mail in your ballot so that
it arrives with the scrutineer before the deadline. The deadline
for ballots to be received for voting on the IPA Terms of
Settlement by 5 pm on Wednesday, August 27th, 2003. |
What
to do if your referendum package does not arrive by mail
If you are a Full ACTRA member and worked under the relevant Agreement
in the last 3 years and you did not receive a referendum package
in the mail, you can still vote in the referendum. Go to your
local ACTRA branch office and sign a "non-receipt of ballot"
form, and you will be issued a referendum package in person. (ACTRA
By-Law 20, Section III)
Ratification
ACTRA Full Members who are eligible to vote will receive a referendum
package in the mail that will include the relevant Terms of Settlement
and a ballot. Apprentice Members and ACTRA Additional Background Performers who qualify
to vote, will receive a referendum package from their local ACTRA
Branch Office when they register to vote.
The IPA Terms of Settlement ratification ballots will
be mailed out on July 29, 2003. The deadline for ballots to be
returned is Wednesday, August 27th, 2003.
Updated July 18, 2003.
