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==Goals==
 
==Goals==
**understand PS1's liability
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**present the Board/Membership with options to mitigate that liability
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*understand PS1's liability
**present the Board with insurance options to cover that liability
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*present the Board/Membership with options to mitigate that liability
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*present the Board with insurance options to cover that liability
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==noteworthy events==
 
==noteworthy events==
 
*June 29 2017
 
*June 29 2017
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*Recommended additional working groups to handle liability concerns of the attorney
 
*Recommended additional working groups to handle liability concerns of the attorney
 
**[[FILE:Working_Groups_Job_Descriptions.pdf]]
 
**[[FILE:Working_Groups_Job_Descriptions.pdf]]
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== Suggestions ==
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* Add a goal: inform the membership about insurance-related issues.
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* Publish an easily-found wiki page about insurance, call it something crazy like "Insurance?"
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* Dallas Makerspace has a model for communicating about their insurance, on their wiki, to their members: https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Insurance
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* Names of people on the working group, or a contact method for folks that want to get involved in the working group.

Latest revision as of 21:37, 18 January 2018

Insurance Working Group

  • The insurance working group was started at a board meeting where several members expressed concerns about how poorly PS1's insurance actually covers our risks. *A working group was formed to try and do something to address these concerns

Goals

  • understand PS1's liability
  • present the Board/Membership with options to mitigate that liability
  • present the Board with insurance options to cover that liability

noteworthy events

  • June 29 2017
    • Attorney tours PS1
  • Aug 7 2017
    • Attorney provides Board with liability assessment
  • Aug 27, 2017
    • Insurance Working Group recommends spinning off several new groups to handle specific aspects of liability as noted by the attorney
      • Announced at member meeting Aug 29

Documents

Suggestions

  • Add a goal: inform the membership about insurance-related issues.
  • Publish an easily-found wiki page about insurance, call it something crazy like "Insurance?"
  • Dallas Makerspace has a model for communicating about their insurance, on their wiki, to their members: https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Insurance
  • Names of people on the working group, or a contact method for folks that want to get involved in the working group.