Hi, all. I hope that you can take a few minutes to complete this survey. If you can't now, but would like to do so later, I have put a link to it on the left side of my Afrocentric Voices site at http://www.afrovoices.com. Thanks, Randye
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:08:15 -0700 From: Kristin Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Kristin Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Musicians and health insurance Hi there! This is Kristin Thomson from the Future of Music Coalition. The FMC is taking baby steps towards figuring out ways to help more musicians get better health care for less money, and we need five minutes of your time. Our first goal is to quantify the musician/insurance landscape. As musicians ourselves we know the lack of health insurance is a big problem, but before we start talking to insurance companies and legislators we need some hard numbers. From March 15 - June 30, 2002 the FMC is conducting an online survey to better understand musicians=B9 experience with health insurance coverage. The survey is posted here: http://www.futureofmusic.org/research/healthsurvey.cfm Please take a couple of minutes and fill it out, whether you have insurance or not. We're also hoping you can help us spread the word about the survey's existence to your network of musician friends by sending out a little email to your rocker friends/labelmates, posting a short notice in your newsletter, or providing a link on your website. Helpful items: A link to a button you can add on your site: http://www.futureofmusic.org/images/hsbutton2.gif A link to a banner you can add to your site: http://www.futureofmusic.org/images/hsbanner.gif A PDF postcard you can attach to an email, or for printing to make copies: http://www.futureofmusic.org/images/healthinspostcard.pdf The success of this research project depends on how many musicians complete the survey, and we're hoping that thousands do so we have a rich data set that captures the full diversity of musicians and songwriters. We're also urging survey respondents to forward us any personal stories regarding health insurance and health care they're willing to share publicly, so that the data fits within the context of the human experience. We are simultaneously working on other avenues of outreach, including posting to news groups, flyering at music events and in record shops, contacting managers, labels and bands on tour, and running PSAs on college radio. If you can think of any other organizations or groups that would be interested in this project, please let us know. When the survey is complete, the FMC will analyze the data and report the findings publicly. We hope that this survey can be a catalyst to create a broader and more results-oriented discussion about workable health insuranc= e solutions for the music community. We thank you in advance for your support! Kristin Thomson ************************************ Kristin Thomson Organizer, Future of Music Coalition www.futureofmusic.org Ph 215.351.9923 Cell 267.971.3088 ************************************ ************************************ Kristin Thomson Organizer, Future of Music Coalition www.futureofmusic.org Ph 215.351.9923 Cell 267.971.3088 ************************************
