The Directors Guild of America's National Board of Directors passed the following resolution at its quarterly meeting on Sunday, March 7, 1999:
The DGA acknowledges that personal managers play a legitimate and useful role within our business. However, those managers who for all practical purposes function as agents, but work outside of existing state laws and regulations as well as the Guild's agency agreements, have become an issue of growing concern to our organization.
The DGA's agency agreements, as well as state laws and regulations such as California's Talent Agency Act, protect our members and others in the creative community from potential conflicts of interest, excessive fees and other abuses.
Therefore be it resolved that the DGA reiterates its support for the existing agency system, and will take whatever steps are reasonable and necessary to preserve this system. This will include, but is not limited to, membership education and continuing enforcement of our Agency Agreements and the provisions of the DGA Constitution and By-Laws pertaining to this matter. In addition, the Guild will conduct discussions with both agencies and personal managers, and will carry out appropriate work on the legislative front, to protect the interests of our members and the future of our community.
