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Material as available relating to the program which it may have in itspossession and shall notify the Guild of any such material which haspreviously been submitted to the Producer of which the Producer does nothave a copy. The Guild shall make best efforts to obtain such material andwill submit such material to the Producer to verify that the Producer actuallyreceived such material.Where the production is based on Source Material, the Producer shall alsodeliver one (1) copy of the Source Material to the Guild.A931 The Guild shall prepare a list of all materials received and shall forward inthe next business day the list to the Producer and all participating writers tosign as confirmation that all Script Material and/or Source Material has beenincluded. If any writer indicates that additional Script Material and/orSource Material is missing, the Guild shall make best efforts to obtain suchmaterial and will submit such material to the Producer to verify that theProducer actually received such material. Only Script Material or SourceMaterial submitted to the Producer shall be submitted to the Arbitrators.For the purposes of credit arbitration, a “participating writer” shall be anyperson :a) engaged by the Producer (or predecessor of the Producer) to provideScript Material; orb) who has had Script Material acquired or purchased by the Producer (orpredecessor of the Producer); orc) whose Script Material has been provided by the Producer (or predecessorof the Producer) to subsequent Writers engaged on the same program; ord) whose Script Material can be seen to be reasonably connected to theprogramand whose Script Material becomes subject to the credit arbitration process.If there is any uncertainty or dispute as to whether an individual fits thecriteria for “participating writer”, the Guild’s Credit Committee will beconsulted for a ruling which shall be final and binding on the parties.A932 The credit arbitration shall commence when the Guild receives the signedconfirmation referenced in Article A931 from the Producer and allparticipating writers. In the absence of signed confirmation from any party,38