Our intent is to comply with the director [of the FMCS], We've been asked not to do that. We were asked to show up for talks Sept. 4. We'll comply in full.

Meeting new people with similar interests and learning all this stuff about making films has been a lot of fun.

There's going to have be a lot done before we reach an agreement, but we're hopeful we can get there.

If things don't change rather substantially from where they were yesterday, then we're looking at a very high likelihood of a strike. There's a lot of ground to cover on some very important issues and some take-backs that must be removed.

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