<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Frank,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Yes, I think that it would be prudent. </tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>However, we have yet to determine just what types
of insurance we require.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Bruce<br>
<br>
> <br>
> Bruce,<br>
> <br>
> Are you suggesting that the local chapter would be taking out directors<br>
> insurance? At the OSGeo global level I believe we don't yet
have directors<br>
> insurance though we are looking into getting it (or perhaps we just
got it<br>
> recently). But that would not apply to local chapters which
we make some<br>
> effort to treat as separate entities to avoid cross-liability. For
instance,<br>
> we recently clarified that OSGeo local chapter representatives are
not<br>
> automatically OSGeo officers at the global level.<br>
> <br>
> So, my point is that local chapters should not assume that being an<br>
> official chapter gives them any sort of insurance protection automatically.<br>
> <br>
> > During the recent FOSS4G-2009 work, several of us were left high
and dry <br>
> > with no protection from the parent body. This situation is not
acceptable.<br>
> <br>
> Well, people need to judge acceptable risk, and act accordingly. In
the<br>
> past FOSS4G organizers have accepted the potential liability that
comes<br>
> with the role, with the exception that we generally have venue insurance<br>
> for problems that occur on site during the conference (slip and fall,
etc).<br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> -- <br>
> ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>
> I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam@pobox.com<br>
> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam<br>
> and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo,
http://osgeo.org<br>
> <br>
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