On 6/12/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/12/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
$20.00 a year would be cheap compared to the cost
of private medical
insurance, which can easily be 100 times that much.
On the other hand "we" would theoretically only protect against a very
specific type of accident under specific circumstances.
The whole idea is a bit dubious, and would probably work best if
editors just formed an "association of Wikipedians" amongst themselves
that had nothing to do with the foundation. They could chip in as much
as they liked, and then spend it helping each other out of
Wikipedia-caused mishaps. If you're not a member, you'd get no
coverage.
I think that if such a fund/system is made, it really should be handled by
the foundation though.
Plus, that association sounds too much like the (perhaps stereotypical)
american healthcare system to me. If a person does not belong to that
association and something happens, then just too bad so sad?
Garion