Call me stupid, but I don't understand...OK, the club has liability insurance, but everyone has to sign a waiver of liability. What's the point?
On Mar 1, 9:03 am, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > G's, > > I want to update everyone on what our club has been doing to address the > growing pains that we have been experiencing. > > Well, we are now members of USA Cycling. As a member, we can now get club > liability insurance through this organization. I have not received an email > yet from the insurnace carrier as a check was mailed middle of last week but > I suspect that I will get notice at some point this week that we are covered > for the rest of 2010. > > Here is the link showing the kind of coverage we will have: > > http://www.usacycling.org/forms/ClubInsurance.pdf > > Now, since we will have club insurance, the forms that you all have been > signing the last couple of Saturdays are WAIVER forms. (Don't worry, no one > has signed over their homes). I have attached a copy of the waiver so > everyone can read it over. I will also attach or have the ride leaders > attach a waiver to each of their ride posts. This means that if you have not > signed a waiver yet, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE YOU PARITICIPATE IN ANOTHER GYRO > RIDE. You can either send me a pdf of the signed waiver via my email: > [email protected] or bring it to one of the rides and give it to the ride > leader. DO NOT assume that this will be the ride leaders responsibility to > make sure you sign a form. It is YOUR responsibility and since ride leaders > occasionally ride to a ride, I would suggest sending me a signed form in pdf > format. If a ride leader drives to a ride, I would hope that they will have > some of these forms on hand and will ask that you sign one if you haven't > already. > > We already have about 40 signed waiver forms. > > One note here for the ride leaders, (this includes ALL Gyro weekday rides > too): You are not held responsible for anything should a person show up for > a ride who has not signed a waiver. I know that question will come up so do > not worry as I have clarified this with the insurance company. If someone > has not signed a waiver and there is bodily or property damage and they are > not members of the club then they are on their own. No one is held > responsible. > > Now, this note to the ride leaders above does open up a can of worms. > Question is, "Who do we distinquish as members of the club?" Since we do not > have membership dues, that is left up to my discretion. This is too wide > open. Basically, what I am saying is that we will be headed down the path > soon with regard to membership fees. I can not handle that on my own and > will therefore ask that if there is anyone who would like to volunteer to > head up a membership committee, please let me know offline as there are > things I will need to discuss with them. A club survives by volunteers so > PLEASE volunteer!!!!! > > All clubs charge a membership fee to help cover expenses. We should be no > different. I was trying to hold off doing this for as long as possible but > we are just growing too fast and need to start acting the part. > > I hope that I covered everything but, if not, I'll send an update. If > anyone has any questions regarding any of the above, please do not hesitate > to ask. > > Thanks, Tony > > Gyros Waiver & Liabillity Form.pdf > 153KViewDownload -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
