Folks,
we have yet again invested lots to make the Open Source Park possible at
Intergeo [1] and it is starting to look really good. This year we managed
to get sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology (BMWi)[2]. The date of the Intergeo is nearing quickly but
several
In the past I've hired some people for contract or consultant work (both open
source projects and more general stuff) -- generally these people have been
independent, one-man shops found by word of mouth and reputation, as opposed to
hiring someone from an agency.
I'm getting pushback now from
Well, the small business I work for has the professional liability type
of insurance. Additionally, the IEEE offers professional liability
insurance at a pretty low cost, or so I'm told. I'd imagine many of the
members subscribe to that form of insurance, otherwise it wouldn't be
offered. I
Michael,
I've been toying with the idea of doing some side work in the GIS arena
as a sole-proprietor or an S-Corp. In either case, if I move forward
with this, I would carry some basic business insurance.
Having said that, I can tell you I found it difficult to find a
professional liability
For what it's worth, I believe IEEE offers a professional liability
policy to members. If it's in line with their other insurance, the
price will be reasonable (I've carried their life insurance for years,
and their medical policy when I was out on my own for a while). I
wouldn't be surprise
Well, this is interesting...
I've already received a number of private responses from people who do not have
insurance but wish to remain anonymous so their potential employers don't ask
about it.
Feel free to email me directly with your responses to the below questions, and
I'll post a
Hi,
In India, OpenJUMP has a very good following on windows, as it is much simpler
than some costly commercial flavors of GIS. They can at best be called as
'passive users', who even do not (care to) know that a list exists on the
internet. Some Indian universities have started using OpenJUMP
I've been on all three sides of this issue in Canada as well.
1 - Hiring requirements due to a funding source required insurance prior
to letting a contract - so the one man shop we had previously hired had
to get insurance to remain working with us (prior to OSGeo, I might
add).
2 - I've
Michael,
When I ran my consultancy as a limited liability company, we kept the normal
range of insurance policies, including professional and public liability
insurance policies.
If you wish to be treated as a professional and work for the big end of
town, these are a necessary business expense.
