Is it kosher or not?

[uncle_al]

In unrelated news, for anybody out there living in or close to northeast Ohio, Brannon Braga (he of Star Trek: Next Gen fame) will be teaching a three day workshop on television screenwriting at Kent State.  It's a one-credit course and runs next week.  I'll be there -- minus my Spock ears.

Too bad... I'd wear my IDIC pin, but it got "liberated" by some unprintable expletives deleted Klingon up here in Detroit.

Live long... well, you know the rest.

Al B.

[Write Or Wrong]

That pretty much confirms my understanding.  I appreciate the insight, Uncle Al.

If I sell this piece and yet somehow don't accrue any WGA points, I suspect I'll somehow manage to contain my grief.

Don't be sorry... be happy.

Al B.

Thanks, Mr. McFerrin!  (I'll resist the urge to start humming.)

In unrelated news, for anybody out there living in or close to northeast Ohio, Brannon Braga (he of Star Trek: Next Gen fame) will be teaching a three day workshop on television screenwriting at Kent State.  It's a one-credit course and runs next week.  I'll be there -- minus my Spock ears.

[uncle_al]

Oh, yes, about the guilt...

As a Tenth Dan Black Belt in guilt, let me say this...
Hobnobbing with us other writers is not the most effective remedy for guilt, but it ain't far off...

Don't be sorry... be happy.

Al B.

[uncle_al]

If I understand the situation correctly, the production company is not signatory to the WGA Standard Agreement... In which case, they aren't affected by the WGA strike.  As someone who is not a member of WGA, neither are you.

The only fallout I can see is that the sale (if there is one, and I wish you all the luck there is) possibly would not count toward the points you need to become a member of WGA.

It's the same as if you wrote animation or worked for a "reality TV" show.  (A situation WGA is trying to remedy.)

Cheers!

Al B.
(trying to keep sending followups for his standing requisition - 65 degrees and sunny)

[Write Or Wrong]

My question is actually related to the strike and not Judaism as the title might suggest.

I'm scheduled to meet with a couple producers in L.A. at the end of February.  This is for a feature spec I wrote a couple years ago and which I last revised last summer.  They've been shopping it for a while.  We're allegedly going to ink a letter of intent, as well as go over marketing plans, budget proposals, etc.

I'm (obviously) not a WGA member (yet), and as small indy producers they're not signatories to the AMPTP.  I absolutely don't want to go afoul of the good people manning the pickets.  I'm pretty sure that there are no legal strike-related issues I have to worry about.  But what is the WGA's stance on this type of situation?  Perhaps Uncle Al has some wisdom he could impart.

By the way, sorry I don't get on here all that often.  It's not that I don't love the site (I do), only that I'm either (a) busy writing, in which case I don't have time to get on the forums; or (b) not writing, in which case I'm feeling very guilty about that status and therefore not feeling deserving of basking in conversation with other writers.