NC Film Community: Take Note/Action!

Hello film people!

Please take FIVE minutes out of your day right now and PLEASE EMAIL ONE OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR AREA BELOW! You can email one or all of them, but I suggest doing one at a time, addressing them by first name, and make it personal.

The NC Film Office just sent out urgent news that we need to email them today! (see full email below) Tomorrow will do no good! You can make it short and sweet, but tell them why film is SO IMPORTANT for you and your family and why they should vote to expand the film incentives. Again, it can be SIMPLE and let your sincerity come through.

House of Representatives List from our area: (email one or all, but make it personal! Full list is below if you want to email more.)

Pryor Gibson
Pryor.Gibson@ncleg.net

Tricia Ann Cotham
Tricia.Cotham@ncleg.net

Johnathan Rhyne, Jr.
Johnathan.Rhyne@ncleg.net

Becky Carney
Becky.Carney@ncleg.net

Martha B. Alexander
Martha.Alexander@ncleg.net

Kelly M. Alexander, Jr.
Kelly.Alexander@ncleg.net

Mitchell S. Setzer
Mitchell.Setzer@ncleg.net


Below is a sample email of something I would send. Of course you need to write your own -- but just so you get the gist.:

Dear Becky,

Happy Tuesday! I hope you are doing well today. I am a film producer and actress living in Charlotte, North Carolina and I am writing to ask you to please pass the Senate Bill 943 for Expanding the Film Credit. This is so important to me and my family because I want to keep working in this state and not have to go to other states to find work, like I have been doing lately because the film incentives they offer are more competitive than ours.

Not only does the film industry support me and my family, but it brings in the sought after 'creative class' that cities need right now - young, talented, passionate, energetic individuals and their spouses, friends, and children who are committed to a quality lifestyle and making the community a great place to live and raise a family. As a member of the Charlotte Film Community - a group of 327 people in Charlotte that work in the film industry and meet together monthly to create new work, I can see how important the film business is to these people and their families. I cannot stress enough how important it is that North Carolina remain competitive with film incentives so we don't waste all of the years we spent building up a quality film base here -- including crew, directors, producers, agents, actors, writers -- just for us to possibly loose these quality people to another state!

I respect your position and thank you in advance for helping the film community be able to stay here in North Carolina so we can continue to live and work in the state that we love! Please pass Senate Bill 943!

Kindly,

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(via Maggie Sargent)