I'm a member of SAG-AFTRA, and the union offers the opportunity for you to be on the SAG Awards Nominating Committee. It's a random drawing sample of 2200 members, who review For Your Consideration materials and vote on the nominees.
The For Your Consideration materials may be DVD screeners, iTunes digital screeners, and screenings in theaters. Receiving the DVDs in the mail is pretty exciting. I love snail mail, so this phase felt like Christmas. Every day, I was getting DVDs and promotional items. As a paid-up member of the union, you receive some of these materials after the nominations and during the actual SAG Awards voting period. I will admit that it was awesome being able to watch the movies early though.
The August: Osage County package even included a pop-up doll house. I did feel slightly bad about the waste from the cardboard and brochures sent out to us.
