RE: [HoB/D] Cascading Food Crisis

[Louie Crew [mailto:lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu]]

*************** wrote:

    Nothing that will happen at Lambeth is as relevant as dealing with the
food crisis. Nothing.  The same will be true of the 09 General Convention.
Nothing respects the dignity of every human being more than feeding them.

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I agree.

Canceling the Lambeth Conference altogether would save approximately
$4,430,000.

Reducing the number of deputies to GC to no more than two deputies and one
alternate in each order would save approximately $936,840.

See the details of my estimates below.

Would that $5,366,840 do better service if given through ERD to address the
food crisis?

We would still have GC with all points of view represented. The ACC could
collect material from all the bishops and distribute electronically what
they consider good for the whole Church to consider.

We will have the 76th GC next year.  Most economists have signaled that by
the 78th GC the economy will not sustain the costs of our meeting
at our current scale.

Louie, Newark L1

Estimates of the costs of Lambeth 08 and GC 09:

Lambeth 2008

1,500	people
800	rooms
150	per night
16	days
700	roundtrip fare
40	on meals per day


1,050,000	airfare
1,920,000	lodging
960,000	food

3,930,000	airfare lodging, food
500,000	        conference costs
4,430,000	Estimate cost of the Lambeth Conference

General Convention 2009

With 4 deputes and one alternate in each order:

111	dioceses
10	deputies per diocese
1,110	people
9	days
400	airfare
150	lodging
40	food

444,000	airfare
1,498,500	lodging
399,600	food

2,342,100	airfare lodging, food
700,000	        conference costs
3,042,100	Estimate cost of the General Convention


With 2 deputes and one alternate in each order:

111	dioceses
6	deputies per diocese
666	people
9	days
400	airfare
150	lodging
40	food

266,400	airfare
899,100	lodging
239,760	food

1,405,260	airfare lodging, food
700,000	        conference costs
2,105,260	Estimate cost of the General Convention





3,042,100	Estimate cost of the General Convention with 8 deputies and two
                alternates
2,105,260	Estimate cost of the General Convention with 4 deputies and two
                alternates
936,840	Savings

5,366,840	Combined savings of canceling Lambeth and limiting size of
                deputations