President Adam Manning welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Brian Hayes provided the prayer.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly: "Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got." Tim Cook (American business executive)
Welcome today’s guests: Gina Smith’s husband, Aaron; ADG Steve Silverberg; Interact Club Advisor Ben Lawson, and Interact students Ben, Nathan, Natalie & Skyler; Pat Beckel’s guests Ryan Fox & Taha Idihya.
RYLA Presentation
Natalie Rauscher & Skyler Howel from the CHS Interact Club were the students our club sponsored to attend this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) at Camp Kern. They shared some thoughts about their experience.
Some of the favorite activities by both girls included the Tango Tower ropes course and making a peace project which they then presented to the group. They had several speakers and one talked about Rotary and the many trust/collaboration activities. They enjoyed the Leadership/Teamwork Building activities.
Skyler’s team did a peace building project on Narcan, while Natalie’s team addressed healthy foods in the community. The Tango Tower involved climbing to the top of the tower while passing a beach ball back and forth.
They were challenged to make a balloon tower as high as they could and Skyler’s team won.
Skyler mentioned how the boys in her group initially took charge but then they were blindfolded and she had to lead them, so they really worked together. Skyler thought it was cool to get up in front of the group to present their peace project
Natalie’s favorite activities were the peace project & bridge building activity where she was blindfolded and had to trust others, and build community.
They both thanked the Club for sponsoring them for this trip.
Today’s Announcements:
- New member, Dave Williamson was able to remove his red ribbon.
- May 28 Dayton Dragons - sign up for the FREE tickets plus $5 to spend at the concession stand. Join fellow club members for a fun night of baseball.
- May 1 is the District Gala Celebration - Peace & Youth in Action. Event Details:
Friday, May 1 | 5:30 - 9:00 PM
The Lodge at VOA MetroPark, 7850 VOA Park Dr., West Chester, OH 45069
$60 per attendee | $500 for a table of 8
Social hour begins at 5:30 PM with cash bar, followed by dinner and program.
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- Arnie Biondo announced our service project on May 2 at the VA could still use a few more volunteers. Use the sign-up Genius website to register.
- Also the Golf Outing still has 3-4 open spots for volunteers
Happy Bucks this quarter will be donated to Operation Warm, providing winter coats to children in need in partnership with Hannah’s Treasure Chest.
Brad Thorp was our Sergeant at Arms today with help from Brian Hayes.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
- Lee H announced Wilmington College has the 2nd largest Ag department in Ohio. 1700 4-H, vocational agriculture and FFA students participated in the annual animal judging contest put on by the Wilmington College students.
- Brad H for today’s guests and is happy for the ongoing Social Row expansion, as he’s not getting any mail now, so no bills are delivered!
- Don S is happy to be past tax season, and is looking forward to the NFL draft.
- Lisa GM welcomed our guests, gave congratulations to Dave W for removing his red ribbon, and for the beautiful week.
- Harvey S was happy to be here.
- Frank P welcomed everyone to the meeting as he forgot he was a greeter today.
- Carol K welcomed our guests and loves this weather.
- Elda GG finally got to meet her new grandson in St Louis.
- Kristin H was happy to be back after 2 weeks away, and welcomed today’s guests
- Gina S for today’s guests, and reminded all that Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day, so go support our local businesses.
- Dave W for today’s guests and his red ribbon removal.
- Mark K for today’s guests, the nice weather, and looking forward to seeing what his new assessed home value will be.
- Ron H for today’s guests, and noted this year’s golf outing will be outstanding so please come help.
- Jim H for today’s guests.
- Vince C shared his company has been named the Best of Dayton for the 3rd year in a row. Congrats!
- Raj G’s daughter is finishing grad school.
- Arnie B thanked the RYLA kids for attending and asked them to tell other students about their great experience.
- Chuck K for today’s guests and weather.
- Bob F has been gone for 3 months and is happy to be back, but will be here for a couple of weeks before going back to Florida.
- Brad T shared about his wonderful 50th anniversary trip to Italy and France, where Wyatt & Kayla met up with them.
- Adam M for the RYLA students and our guests.
Our speaker today was Sadie Quinn, owner of NextGen Talent.
Sadie shared she first started her own company and then purchased a regional company.
Acting is a job. “Great acting won’t protect you from a bad contract.” You must be aware of the business side of it.
Union actors can only do union work. Non-union jobs allow more flexibility but the pay may not be as great. If you want to do union work, be prepared to move to LA, New York, Chicago, or Atlanta.
Some extras/background jobs are paid in food and credit.
Deferred pay - may get paid only if they make their money back.
Commercial Pay
- Session fee: pay for your time and work on set
- Usage fee: pay for the rights to use your image
Be cautious about Commercial Usage Fees. Example: Flo from Progressive - they pay for her image so she can’t do other commercials.
Contract red flags to watch for include:
- “In Perpetuity”
- “All media now known or hereafter invented”
- No geographic limits.
An agent can help you navigate these.
Agents only earn if you do so watch out for scams if they try to have you pay up front, monthly, or additional agency fees.
How Agencies get paid:
- Union 10%
- Non-union 20%
- Managers 20-25%
The Production company pays the Agency who then pays the Actor. Some agencies have a 90 day turnaround for payment. No taxes are taken out of your paycheck so you will owe later. Track all pay and expenses including travel time, hotel, headshot, etc. Find as much as you can write off.
Most working actors have to work other jobs, too. In the Midwest, they send out emails looking for actors, and you respond if you are available. There is also a Union alternative - you pay them but don’t join the union.
Sadie suggested:
- Know the pay structure
- Understand contract language
- Treat acting like a business
Theatre people have their own union, so she doesn’t work with them.
AI concern - background actors could easily be replaced by AI.
Midwest is booming right now; LA is not doing as well for actors.
Films were moved overseas or to Canada during the SAG-AFTRA strike. The Union is making it more expensive to make movies here, but they are seeing growth in Ohio.
Voice actors money is in audio books.
If you want to make money acting, have a flexible job that lets you off for work. Most auditions are now self tape, which saves on travel costs. She recommended: Don’t move to LA, unless you are invited. It is best to get established in the Midwest first. Take classes, find a local agent and slowly build!
