CAS Mailing List for sale?

[tommie frazier]

ANyone else get the CAS office weekly bulletin?

in includes a link announcing the first "platinum sponsor" of the CAS. for 15k, the benefits are here:
http://www.casact.org/cms/files/Soci...s_Brochure.pdf

one time use of CAS mailing list. love to know the mechanics of that. does that mean the CAS broadcasts a message from the sponsor to everyone on the list on behalf of the sponsor?

count me as a non-fan of this.

[Colymbosathon ecplecticos]

A $500 value!

They will spend more than $500 in staff time responding to the blizzard of complaints they will get if they ever do send out such an email.

[tommie frazier]

yeah. weird little perk they are giving out.

[Linus]

And the first "platinum sponsor" is a competitor of DW Simpson: here

[Utanapishtim]

I was surprised to see that it wasn't DWS, who is usually all over this sort of thing. I wonder if they aren't interested as well, or if this is something that Pryor approached them about and had customized behind the scenes.

NTTAWWT.

[Maine-iac]

Between the pass lists and the directory, it's not as though most of this information isn't accessible already, it would just seem to save the "Platinum" sponsors a good deal of work to give them a base list they could update with directory and pass list info. I'm not expecting a sudden increase in communications from Pryor.

[JMO]

Originally Posted by Maine-iac

Between the pass lists and the directory, it's not as though most of this information isn't accessible already, it would just seem to save the "Platinum" sponsors a good deal of work to give them a base list they could update with directory and pass list info. I'm not expecting a sudden increase in communications from Pryor.

If I got anything from her, that might be considered a sudden increase. If I responded, it would be a total anomaly.

[Maine-iac]

You don't get the e-mail holiday greetings? Those are pretty spiffy. Come to think of it, that's soemone else. I don't hear from Pryor. Just see ads.

But my response rate is probably equal to yours, to both firms.

[tommie frazier]

dws gives miney to the cas and actuarial foundation every year. it gets mentioned in some publication (actuarial review) or at the annual meetings. so this sounds like a separate money grab.

[cubs1969]

For $3,500 Bruce Schobel could make welcome remarks at the Opening Day luncheon. I'll bet the $600,000 is burning a hole in his pocket. He could start with "I'd like to begin by recognizng CAS past presidents who have also served the Academy so admirably...