WGA help opportunity: Buy a writers' assistant lunch
I got this from one of my animation guild friends, who suggested the following. I figured he could just as easily collect money from people he doesn't know as people he does, so I thought I'd spread the word. I realize there are actually a lot of opportunities to help out at this point, (cuz, lot of people out of work!) but here's another:On Monday, the assistants who have been affected by the strike are picketing, and I thought it would be nice if we - writers in the Animation Guild (TAG), Local 839 IATSE - bought their lunch.
No fanfare, no press release, we’re not putting on suits and handing out Churros (although, to be fair, that was pretty cool)… we’re just making a promise to pick up the tab for Monday’s lunch.
So click over to http://www.paypal.com and donate some moolah. The Email to send money is Marmel@marmel.com (Sorry, I had to move quick, so I used my e-mail account.) In the subject line write “Sandwiches for Strikers” (Apparently, they're getting Quiznos)
You can pay via your Paypal account, or by credit card.
Donate whatever you feel comfortable donating - zero pressure. And know - this isn’t an official 839 thing, or IATSE thing or a me thing - it’s just us, as individual TAG 839 animation writers, doing something small.
If there’s money left over - I’ll donate it to whatever charity the assistants planned on donating their extra cash to - purportedly a charity to help other below the line people affected by the strike.
Just putting it out there, and let me be clear that you don't have to be part of the Animators Union or anything to join in on this--the more the merrier. :) Leave me a comment if you decide to donate so I can (virtually) clap you on the back. :)
No fanfare, no press release, we’re not putting on suits and handing out Churros (although, to be fair, that was pretty cool)… we’re just making a promise to pick up the tab for Monday’s lunch.
So click over to http://www.paypal.com and donate some moolah. The Email to send money is Marmel@marmel.com (Sorry, I had to move quick, so I used my e-mail account.) In the subject line write “Sandwiches for Strikers” (Apparently, they're getting Quiznos)
You can pay via your Paypal account, or by credit card.
Donate whatever you feel comfortable donating - zero pressure. And know - this isn’t an official 839 thing, or IATSE thing or a me thing - it’s just us, as individual TAG 839 animation writers, doing something small.
If there’s money left over - I’ll donate it to whatever charity the assistants planned on donating their extra cash to - purportedly a charity to help other below the line people affected by the strike.
Just putting it out there, and let me be clear that you don't have to be part of the Animators Union or anything to join in on this--the more the merrier. :) Leave me a comment if you decide to donate so I can (virtually) clap you on the back. :)