What you stated about "chamber" plans is why we are doing this. If we are associated from like businesses, then they will taylor the plans and get us a better rate than from a chamber group where the businesses are all over the place.
Here at New Era Broadband, we have 8 interested. If I can tell them we have 30 or so right now very interested, and the potential for more if we can get a good rate, the might start working on something. Thing is, they want to do a census, so each employer would have to provide a list of names and some other info for them to start the quote. Lemme hit up Donald, the agent, and see what he says. Thanks, Dave On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:48 AM Brent Beatty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bresco Broadband would possibly be interested. We would definitely like to > see much more information on it. We have 20 Employees and are adding 3-4 in > the next few months. If someone could provide a sample of potential rates and > benefits, it would help promote this and generate more interest. > > > > I know of several smaller WISP’s that are not WISPA members that might be > interested in joining WISPA to get this benefit. > > > > I have found that most chamber plans only offer about a 10% discount for > being a member and are not true “Group” plans. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Brent Beatty > > Bresco Broadband > > 423 E Town Street > > Columbus, OH 43215 > > Office (614) 469-9000 > > Support (614) 444-1001 > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh > Luthman > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:01 AM > To: Ohio WISP Discussion <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators > > > > Imagine Networks/Josh Luthman: 3 > > Rowe Networks/Josh Rowe: 12 > David Hannum: ? > > Stuart Pierce: 1 > > Gary Cooper: 2 > > > > Surely there are more interested. If this is limited to Ohio, maybe we put > it out on the big list (wispa@) and ask for Ohio companies (operators? any > business at all? WISP limited?) Surely we can find more people on Facebook > between us, too. > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:58 AM David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't mean 100 employees each - we're looking for 100 employees > among all of us - total - combined. . . . > > Dave > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Wow I have to admit I'm a little surprised. > > > > I know it's expensive and most of us are small businesses with 10 or less > > employees but I'm currently hiring and interviewing and finding it harder > > to attract talent without having a benefits package. > > > > I'm working on an aggressive growth plan this year through acquisition and > > expansion which will add staff but I'd still only bring 10-15 to the table > > if all of that even works out. > > > > I think this is an important topic for all of us and to stay competitive, > > please keep me posted if things do progress. > > > > Best Regards, > > Josh Rowe > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David > > Hannum > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 7:13 AM > > To: Ohio WISP Discussion <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators > > > > In order to proceed, we'd need around 100 employees total among all of the > > operators. That's where the benefit in aligning comes in. Right now, we > > have interest for about 5 or 6 total employees . . . > > > > Dave > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 6:25 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Any progress on this, we’d be interested in hearing more. Please keep us > > > on your list. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Josh Rowe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > > Gary Cooper > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:35 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators > > > > > > > > > > > > I am in a chamber group now from Cleveland.I have one employee enrolled. > > > Would be interested in looking. Thanks for your work! > > > > > > Gary Cooper > > > > > > SOCS > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 9:20 AM David Hannum <[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > We've been looking into health insurance for our employees. I know > > > it's an important topic for other operators too, and I've seen the > > > recent discussions on other WISPA lists. However, this is different. > > > There is an association of Chambers of Commerce in Southern Ohio who > > > have banded together to form an association for their members. > > > Through this, we are presented the opportunity to place our company in > > > a larger group for better rates. In speaking with the agency that > > > handles this for our local chamber, we discussed the possibility of > > > doing the same thing for other WISPs in the state. He said that it > > > would be very doable. So I am asking how many of you Ohio operators > > > would be interested in forming an association for the purpose of > > > getting much more reasonable rates for health insurance for our > > > employees. According to the agent, once participation reaches the 100 > > > employee level, rates take a sharp drop. I know we could hit those > > > numbers quickly as an association. So please just respond back if you > > > are interested and the number of employees you'd be bringing to the > > > group. This may go nowhere, but there may be a really good > > > opportunity here for us all. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dave Hannum > > > New Era Broadband > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ohio mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ohio mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > _______________________________________________ > > Ohio mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ohio mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > _______________________________________________ > Ohio mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Ohio mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio _______________________________________________ Ohio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio
