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or fifteen (15) business days prior to an Arbitration of its intention to furtherparticipate in the Grievance and Arbitration process. On providing suchnotice, the Association(s) shall be considered a party. The Association(s)participation shall be limited to matters of industry-wide significance and/orthe interpretation of this Agreement except in circumstances where theAssociation(s) is the initiating party or Respondent.A509 Within twenty (20) business days of the Grievance meeting, the referringparty may give written notice to the other parties attending the GrievanceMeeting and to the Associations to refer the Grievance to the Joint StandingCommittee, or in the discretion of the referring party, directly to Arbitration.If the referring party refers the matter to the Joint Standing Committee andthe responding party wishes to have the matter referred to Arbitration(instead of the Joint Standing Committee), said party shall have the rightwithin five (5) business days from receipt of the notice, to refer thegrievance to Arbitration.A510 The Joint Standing Committee shall convene, at a time and place to beagreed by the Guild and the Association, within three (3) weeks of receipt ofthe notice described in Article A509, or at such time as otherwise agreedbetween the parties.A511 The Joint Standing Committee shall be a panel of an equal number ofrepresentatives of the Association and the Guild consisting of four (4) or six(6) representatives in total (excluding Guild’s and Association’s staff).A512 The Association’s representatives shall be directors, officers or permanentemployees of Producers signatory, or APFTQ members bound to theAgreement at the time of the meeting of the Joint Standing Committee, orpersons who are themselves signatory to the Agreement. No one appointedto the Joint Standing Committee shall have been involved in the Grievanceprior to appointment to the Joint Standing Committee. The Associationshall advise the Guild as to the number of representatives to be appointed torepresent the Association.A513 At least three (3) business days prior to the Joint Standing Committeehearing, or in the case of a grievance referred directly to Arbitration, fifteen(15) business days prior to the first scheduled day of the hearing, the partiesto the Grievance shall inform the Guild and the Association of their18