From: troll@sug.org (Alex Newman)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 16:45:29 EST
Message-Id: <9403142145.AA01163@bridge.sug.org>
To: carolingia@world.std.com
Subject: Re: autocrat's pledge


<The numbers that Yevsha quoted (2500 per year, plus 200 per event) seem
<a little bit high to me. I wonder if we couldn't get it a lot cheaper
<somewhere else.

Hmm...it's almost always possible to get something cheaper elsewhere.

Having said that, the company I run filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
reorganization last May.  If there is a cheaper way to do something
*we're* the people who find it...

<Is it possible that there is a five or ten to one economy of scale
<with the insurence industry? I doubt it very much, but if it is true,
<this is the first strong argument I have seen against decentralizing.

It's certainly possible there's an economy of scale.  I got a quote
based on the barony getting insurance, not society-wide (10-20 events
per year, 100-300 people per event, 300-600 people in the local
'chapter').  Also, this is a Massachussets-based insurance policy now,
and Mass has pretty high rates.

<I remain Anton of Winteroak, your humble servant, and runner-up in the
<blini eating contest.

That's "_distant_ runner-up", Master Zimnovaduba. :-)

--Yevsha


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