Screen Actors Guild president Melissa Gilbert has decided not to seek a third term, setting the stage for what history suggests could be another contentious battle for control of Hollywood's biggest and, many say, most dysfunctional union.
Gilbert, the 23rd president of the 72-year-old-guild and its third female president, sought to use the position to make the union more efficient, but was hampered by infighting.
See "Gilbert Won't Seek 3rd Term at SAG", Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2005