EQUIFLASH [FINAL REMINDER: GUEST ARTIST POLICY REVIEW: MEMBER INPUT WANTED]

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FINAL REMINDER: GUEST ARTIST POLICY REVIEW: MEMBER INPUT WANTED
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The Guest Artist Policy is one of the most highly used of all of Equity's policies and provides hundreds of work weeks for the membership. As part of the ongoing review of all of Equity's agreements and policies, the time has come for a thorough review of the Guest Artist Policy. 
 
In 2008, Equity created the Canadian Dance Policy, designed for individual and independent dance engagements. In the last few years Equity members began approaching the Association about creating an equivalent policy for small-scale opera engagements, which prompted a comprehensive policy review.
 
The Guest Artist Policy will be updated to incorporate the Canadian Dance Policy and a new policy for small-scale opera engagements. Equity is seeking comments and suggestions from all disciplines regarding this review. The Policy suggestion deadline has been extended to April 17, 2015 to accommodate a more comprehensive review process.
 
Conveniently reorganized and updated to reflect the changing structure of engagements, the new Dance/Opera/Theatre Policy will assemble working conditions for all three work disciplines into one easy-to-use document. Terms common to all, including updated provisions for the use of photos and recorded material on the Internet and new touring conditions, will be grouped together. Each work discipline will also have a unique fee sheet and working terms section.
 
Members who have worked under either the current Guest Artist or Canadian Dance Policies are encouraged to provide Equity with feedback on needed improvements in areas such as: administrative simplicity, ease of understanding the terms and conditions, the changing types of engagers accessing the policies, information about the size and type of performance venues and any other pertinent information about working conditions. 
 
We are particularly interested in hearing from members about rehearsal and performance schedules and how fees might be adapted accordingly. For those who work in opera, it is particularly important that we hear from you as there is currently no comparable policy for these kinds of opera engagements. 
 
Please send your comments and ideas to agreements at caea.com by April 17, 2015. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

The current Guest Artist Policy can be found on the Equity's Agreements and Policies page: http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/Agreements/Default.aspx
 
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