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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
