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Hi everybody! Houston actor and 35-year SAG-AFTRA member David Born here reaching out to give my official endorsement to our member, Nick Nicholson as our SAG-AFTRA Austin - Houston Local National Board Member.

We need Nick on this National Board now more than ever. Nick is a consummate professional. He understands the business workings of our Union like no one does. He’s already raised $1.2 million* for local film production here locally; and that’s just the tip of the iceberg for what Nick Nicholson can bring to us here locally.

He’s a guy who really understands what he’s doing. He goes all in with what he does. He is a person who works in the business and it’s not just about him getting jobs, he wants to make sure everyone works.

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow members, please vote for Nick Nicholson. Let’s bring more work back to Southeast Texas for all Union Members.

So please vote for Nick of course, as our SAG-AFTRA National Board Member. He’s also running for our 1st VP Houston - Austin Local, Board Member Houston - Austin Local, and our Convention Delegate for 2023.

Nick Nicholson understands what’s going on, guys. I know this guy quite well. After 35 years of being in the Union it’s great to see people like Nick who want to step up and go to work for everyone. So please get out and vote; and vote for Nick Nicholson. He has my endorsement!

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Hello, I’m Barry Corbin. I’ve worked with Nick Nicholson in two movies, and he’s always on time, he’s always prepared, and he’s a very hard worker. And I know that he’ll do his best to bring production to Texas and he’ll do his best as a SAG Board Member. Thank you very much!

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Hi I’m Molly Berg, SAG-AFTRA member in the Houston - Austin Local. As we gear up to vote for our Board positions I want you to remember the name Nick Nicholson. As a member, we want the work. For many of us, we need the work; so this is your opportunity to vote for the person who will do this. Nick Nicholson has valued and strong connections within the industry that will bring the work to the Houston - Austin Local. You can’t turn a blind eye to the over $2.1 million he’s raised for local productions; and he’s the only one on the current Board that’s actually doing this. Imagine what he could do as our Houston - Austin National Board Member.

I know that Nick isn’t just running to pad his resume. He’s running as a local actor; someone within our local community who’s counting on your vote - to see that these productions recognize the value of our local members and crew, and people who want to take advantage of eveyrthing this area has to offer.

You’re going to see Nick Nicholson’s name all over your ballot this year. If you really want our Local to be embrased by the film and television community, if you are ready to put the Houston - Austin Local on the map then give all of your votes to Nick Nicholson.

It’s the right move!

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I’m Jim MacKrell, and I know Nick Nicholson, and it’s my pleasure to support him for the Houston - Austin, SAG-AFTRA Local. I worked with him as a cast member of Bo Brinkman’s feature, Last Man Club. He was very professional and talented. You see, Nick knows this business and has already proven himself as a valuable member of the SAG-AFTRA Board for the past four years.

I so appreciate his devotion to SAG-AFTRA for us all. I know how much this means to working actors like me who have been at it over 40 years. Performing on the National scene with NBC game shows, a multitude of guest star roles on all three Networks, and various movies like Annie Hall, Defending Your Life, Teen Wolf, Gemlins, plus many, many more.

You see, I personally benefited over the years by my membership in SAG-AFTRA. I know what kind of person we need representing us, and I have found all of those qualities in Nick.

Won’t you join me in voting for Nick, and let him continue his hard work in elevating Houstin and Austin to be the go-to places for production of movies and commercials. It’s worthwhile for you to vote for Nick!

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Hi Houston - Austin, my name is Shelley Waggener. I’m the President of SAG-AFTRA Missouri Valley and I support Nick Nicholson to Local Board and National Board Member.

Now more than ever is the time to have somebody like Nick representing you, because he understands independent production, he knows what it takes to attract them to your local, and he has the contacts and connections to do so. The entertainment world around us is changing, and we have to change to grow with it. Nick is the man to lead you to that change.

So vote Nick Nicholson when your ballots come out!

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Hi, this is Michael Biehn and I’m here to talk about Nick Nicholson. He’s been a friend for, I think, about 10 years now. We work together and he has helped us in so many different departments, and knows the film business so well that he has been instrumental in getting work done in the state. On top of that, he’s a straight shooter; and somebody that I think would work well on your counsel.

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Hello everyone, my name is Shawn Welling and I’m a filmmaker with over 20 films under my belt. I’m reaching out to you today because SAG-AFTRA has an election coming up for the Houston - Austin Local, and I want to ask everyone to support Nick Nicholson in his candidacy.

Nick has been on the Houston - Austin Board for two terms now, and in that time he’s done a remarkable job increasing awareness of SAG-AFTRA and the importance of making films under the Union monitor.

Not only has Nick helped me with bringing funding to some of my pictures, Nick also convinced me of the importance of using Union actors in my films. Without Nick’s education, guidance, and encouragement I would have never made the switch to SAG-AFTRA pictures.

Nick has done a great job in the Houston - Austin Local. He doesn’t just talk about what needs to be done - he does it.

If you want someone on the Board that is Nationally known, and has the contacts and connections to continue helping improve the job situation here in South Texas, then Nick is the man you should be voting for. It’s for that reason I ask you to support Nick Nicholson for SAG-AFTRA, Houston - Austin Board.

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Hi, I’m Alexis Arnold. I’m here to endorse Nick Nicholson. Nick is running for Houston - Austin, SAG-AFTRA Board, and a few other positions, and I’d really like it if he could have your vote. I’ve known Nick for many years and he has raised over $2 million for local films and he has a lot of great connections.

He’s trying to bring as many folks as possible to Texas, and because of him I get to do what I love in my hometown and my home State.

So once again, please vote for Nick Nicholson at the next SAG-AFTRA election.

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Nick Nicholson says that as our National Board member for SAG-AFTRA he’s going to bring in film work to the Houston - Austin local, and I believe him because of my personal experience with him. I have a film script that I’ve been developing over the last year or two, and I have in mind to shoot it, a wonderful, talented young lady director in Austin and I wanna do it here, in the Houston - Austin area. There are several speaking parts, there are extra parts available. It would be great, I’d love to do it.

Well, I wanted to submit it to the Austin Film Society for their latest grant proposal and I needed a budget. But I had no idea how to do it, see I’m primarily an audio book narrator. I don’t know about production cost things and that sort of thing. So I called up a couple of friends, including Nick. Nick said, ‘Hey can I read the film script?’ That’s fantastic, no one else asked to read the film script.

Well he read it, liked it, thought it was worth doing and said, ‘I can do a budget for it’.

You can? Sure enough, a couple of days later, there was a costing - two pages, 40 line items, something like that. I wouldn’t have been able to do it myself. I thought it was fantastic! Very helpful.

Well, he said, if you get money from the Austin Film Society there are other funding targets out there. I’ve done that (meaning Nick), I’ve done that before; been in 20-some-odd films over the last 10 years, helped attract a certain amount of money to certain productions. There might be that money available for your production. I said this is fantastic.

Well, I submitted to the Austin Film Society. I didn’t get any money, but what I got out of it was a package that I can submit to any Film Society because Nick helped me with the budget.

That’s why I believe that Nick means what he says and that he has the experience and is capable of drawing that filmwork to the Houston - Austin Local. Now that would be wonderful for us, don’t you think? That’s why where ever I see Nick’s name on the ballot, I’m voting for Nick Nicholson!

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Hi, I’m Bo Brinkman. I’ve been a SAG-AFTRA member for over 30 years, and I’ve had time to look at all the candidates, and I would like to nominate Nick Nicholson. I think he’ll do a great job. He’s a very diligent worker, and he’s not too bad of an actor either. Thank you!