Doug ...get a grip.
We are not demonstrating farm equipment here.
This insurance is NOT mandatory.
Our group does'nt even have membership fees so why would we be expected to have
$2 million liability insurance ? + fire and thieft ect.
Who would the policy be made out to "TAUG" is NOT a legal entity.
We are already over budget and spending money like a drunk sailor.
If you can get enough donations by Monday then fine but just saying we need
more donations
is not helpful. As for the other "Stuff" if we can save a few bucks whats wrong
with that?
Henry
Doug Geary wrote:
Henry, Convention hall insurance does not cover TAUG's liability if
TAUG's equipment ends up setting fire to the building, or if someone
happens to do something stupid in our booth and ends up in a wheelchair.
TAUG organizers become personally liable, and since there is not a
blanket liabilty policy in effect for TAUG, I think it is important to
protect Simon's personal assets. No volunteer should be put in the
position of financial ruin, no matter how slim the risk. We just need to
collect more donations.
The other stuff is just the cost of doing trade shows. I agree it's
expensive.
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:34 PM
To: TAUG
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] expenses summary & catch 22
Hi Simon, I really don't think we need insurance.
The general insurance coverage of the organizers and convention hall
will
cover
all liabilities. We can post a disclaimer in the booth something like:
TAUG excepts no liability for any .......
But even this is going too far.
Didn't someone have a table?... I think that $300 for the rental of
one
table is outrageous.
and $134 for a carpet(rug) makes me think I am in the wrong business.
Lets
see if we can use
the resources we have within the group.
Henry
Simon P. Ditner wrote:
VON Booth
---------
Power - 139+GST = $148.73
Draped Table & Carpet - 297.45+tax = $342.06
Total: $490.79
Linux World Booth
-----------------
Power - 103+GST = $110.21
Wood Table - 27+tax = $31.05
Carpet - 134 = $154.10
Total: $295.36
Total Costs: $786.15
This will overrun our existing pledges of $660 by about $130 --
which
isn't too bad, considering we're doing twice as much, and couple of
people have told me they we're going to kick in, but hadn't yet :-)
Now, there is one question that came up that is plaguing me and
making
me
feel uneasy, and that's insurance. Since we aren't an official
organization, we don't have a general insurer, and my name is on
everything, so I'm liable if something "bad" happens. Insurance for
LinuxWorld would be $189 for $2 million in coverage, officially they
require it, but we can get away without it.
VON has told me that they don't require insurance, but again, I'd be
the
liable party.
I've asked a couple of you already, but it's not clear to me what I
should do, as this would add about another $400 of costs -- advice
anyone?
Cheers,
spd
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