Re: [AISdiscuss] 2006 Spring Insurance Report

[carolyn9999@comcast.net]

I would like to know exactly what the insurance costs are for only covering the shows, tours, etc.  I KNOW we have to have liability, etc. but just tell us what the other part is, please.  Then we will have an amount to target for the regions and affiliates that is only what we need.  

Carolyn Hawkins

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From: Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> 

> Hi All 
> Let us not forget that the reason the member dues were raised was 
> precisely to cover the cost of the insurance. 
> This was the long term solution. 
> The short term solution was to ask for donations until the triennial 
> memberships kicked in over 3 years. 
> It seems the organization has performed admirably. 
> Terry 
> I will be most curious to see how total memberships this year compare to 
> total memberships last year at the same time of year. 
> I suspect that the "graph" that was sent out to RVP's in April was 
> misleading if it was intended for comparison purposes, year to year.. 
> 
> GormleyGreenery@aol.com wrote: 
> 
> > 
> >We realize this a "Discuss" topic and we are not a voting members of the AIS 
> >Board, but as a retired commercial insurance person who respect fully the 
> >gargantuan job that Michelle has done the past few years and , we do want to 
> >add our "2 Cents". 
> > 
> >At the November 2005 AIS Board meeting (in the minutes, it was reported that 
> >there had been voluntary contributions from Societies, Regions and the 2005 
> >Convention of $8,800 plus the just posted Donation Secretary Report shows 
> >there has been a total of $7,050 contributed to the insurance fund from 
> 11-1-05 
> >to 4-1-06 so (maybe theoretically depending on whether we are talking 
> >fiscal, calendar or insurance year) a total of $15,850 has been contributed by 
> >Sections, Regions and Affiliates toward a total bill of $17,839.00. 
> > 
> >This is all well and good for this year BUT AIS cannot continually run 
> >around with "hat in hand" and expect to maintain this level of donations to the 
> >insurance fund. An intuitionalized method of funding insurance expenses NEEDS 
> to 
> > be established. 
> > 
> >For instance: $50 per Affiliate x 182 = $9100 plus $100 per Region x 24= 
> >$2400 plus 9 Sections and 2 Cooperating Societies x $200=$2200 would come to 
> >$13,700. The rest of approx $4000 AIS could cover comfortably. 
> > 
> >Just send out bills every January for the annual insurance costs. It is 
> >certainly less than each Affiliate/Region/Section would have to pay if we cut 
> >them off with NO insurance. (To say nothing of the fact than many 
> >"business-types" among us would refuse to be officers of 
> Affiliate/Regions/Sections if 
> >there was NO liability insurance for AIS!!!) 
> > 
> >Rita & Tom Gormley 
> >Gormley Greenery 
> >Cedar Hill, MO 
> >AIS Region 18, Zone 5 
> >http://www.gormleygreenery.com/ 
> > 
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