NEW SAG CEO WITHDRAWS AFTER GETTING LETTER.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Staff Writer Two days after negotiating a new union contract, the Screen Actors Guild lost its recently named leader Thursday when former Getty Trust executive John F. Cooke withdrew as national director and chief executive officer. Cooke said he made the decision after receiving a letter from nine members of the SAG (1) A momentary drop in voltage from the power source. Contrast with spike. (2) (SAG) (SQL Access Group) See CLI. board who said his appointment to the new position of chief executive violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. SAG's constitution. To give him that authority the union would have to change its constitution, and a spokesman for Cooke said the new CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. did not want to wait for that to happen. ``It would be inappropriate for me to accept the Screen Actors Guild position without clear authority to act on all the issues that are before the SAG management and organization,'' Cooke said in a statement. Cooke said his appointment had been unanimously approved by the board and that he had ``no hard feelings'' on the matter. He suggested SAG undertake board restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). and governance overhaul before it seeks a new leader. SAG spokesman Greg Crizman said he could not comment because officials were not familiar with the details of Cooke's contract. Cooke was named to the post on June 25 after a four-month search by the union and executive search firm Korn-Perry. SAG has been without a national director since Ken Orsatti retired in January. SAG President William Daniels For other persons named William Daniels, see William Daniels (disambiguation). William Daniels (born March 29, 1927) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor whose distinctive, nasal voice and penchant for portraying critical yet competent characters has landed him a number had hailed the hiring of Cooke as a new era for the union. But Cooke said he needed the powers of a chief executive to effect changes, including raising its influence in Hollywood. Cooke was an executive at The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. from 1985 to 2000. He became executive vice president of external affairs for the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. in March 2000. Cooke still plans to leave the Getty Trust to pursue other opportunities. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) John F. Cooke was named to the SAG post June 25. |
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