It's been AGES!

Sorry for the lack of updates guys!

We just had another meeting of the Exco recently, and there have been a few interesting developments.

First off, the website. Unfortunately, we begin with apologies because our developer (and member of the guild), Tiki, has been hospitalised for the past two weeks. As such, we won't be able to meet the promised deadline of 1st January 2009.

However, before he was admitted, the update was that things are going swimmingly well. The server's been migrated, DNS references changed, and most of the interface has already been designed.After Tiki gets back on his feet, we should be looking at a quick 2 weeks before the final draft is out, a brief bug-testing stage, and an end-jan launch.

Secondly, the date is drawing near for the new rates! Yay! Don't forget that any jobs taken on 1st January 2009 should be done with reference to the new rates (which are RM15 a second for commercials).

We've been hearing on the grapevine that many of you have already had offers of job batches for the old rates (i.e. "We promise you 18 jobs next year if you stick to the old rates"). While the guild does encourage its members to offer packages when appropriate, we believe that these packages should be negotiated based on the NEW RATES, not the old ones. i.e. instead of giving them the old rate, simply discount off the new-rate.

Thirdly, updates on errant studios... Incognito is now officially on COD. This means that you should insist on immediate payment for any jobs, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S PAYMENT FROM THE CLIENT, OR STUDIO. Same arrangement with Nada. Please take note. Also, as requested, please send in all your statements from Incognito so we can tally the amount outstanding to the guild.

Also, we are speaking to a few other studios, including FlyFM, StellarSound and AMP about backdated payments, and will inform you in the coming months how this will pan out.

In times of uncertainty like this, there's only one thing we can say for sure.

It's going to be an interesting year for the Guild.