SAG’s upcoming elections have been getting some attention, but the WGA West is having an election this summer as well. The ballots go out sometime in late July or August, and are apparently due back September 17. Current WGA West president Patric Verrone is running for one of the open board seats, but not for president (I believe there are term limits). Instead, the candidates for president are John Wells and Elias Davis. For more details, see the press release below.
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WGA press release:
Writers Guild Of America, West Announces Candidates...
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WGA press release:
Writers Guild Of America, West Announces Candidates...
- 6/22/2009
- by jhandel@att.net (Jonathan Handel)
The WGA West announced Monday the initial list of candidates for its 2009 election of officers and board of directors, and it includes a familiar name: John Wells.
For president, Elias Davis, who is the current secretary-treasurer, is running against Wells, who held the president post from 1999-2001. Despite the absence of "ER," Wells has a robust slate of TV and film projects as a producer, many of which are set up at Warner Bros., where his production company has a home.
Board members Tom Schulman and Howard Michael Gould are running for vp, and Christopher Keyser and David N. Weiss, who is the current vp, are running for secretary-treasurer.
Additionally, 16 candidates have been nominated for eight open seats on the board of directors. Those include Luvh Rakhe, Linda Burstyn, Mick Betancourt, Jan Oxenberg, Eric Wallace, Jed Weintrob, Chip Johannessen, Andrea King, Steven Schwartz, Jeff Lowell, Billy Ray, Carleton Eastlake and David Wyatt,...
For president, Elias Davis, who is the current secretary-treasurer, is running against Wells, who held the president post from 1999-2001. Despite the absence of "ER," Wells has a robust slate of TV and film projects as a producer, many of which are set up at Warner Bros., where his production company has a home.
Board members Tom Schulman and Howard Michael Gould are running for vp, and Christopher Keyser and David N. Weiss, who is the current vp, are running for secretary-treasurer.
Additionally, 16 candidates have been nominated for eight open seats on the board of directors. Those include Luvh Rakhe, Linda Burstyn, Mick Betancourt, Jan Oxenberg, Eric Wallace, Jed Weintrob, Chip Johannessen, Andrea King, Steven Schwartz, Jeff Lowell, Billy Ray, Carleton Eastlake and David Wyatt,...
- 6/22/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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