As insurance is unlikely to be easy to arrange if it were me I would undertake a risk assessment for venue and mapping and then print off some A5's with the mitigation measures and make sure OSMers attending understand they are participating at their own risk and that these were the measures I identified that they might take notice of. If facilitating mappers to come together rather than arranging a public event then I'd be comfortable with that.
However what the public building folks will be concerned about is someone getting injured on their premises so if PL is a requirement from them there is very little that you can do other than to find some insurance. As far as I recall OSMF has obtained insurance to date through Hiscox (to cover Directors and SOTM events) so they might be the place perhaps to start if you need a quote. PL insurance for this type of activity is rarely expensive but there is a cost and it's a pain to have to do by yourself rather than as part of an organisation. Cheers Andy From: Fozy 81 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 12 July 2012 20:40 To: [email protected] Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] Insurance for Mapping Party Hi, Slightly different legal question than licence issues. Not sure if this is the right place to ask it, but here goes... When organising a mapping party do we need public liability insurance in case of accident and/or disclaimer to be signed?. I am organising a mapping party in the Scotland. We are using a public building from an organisation who have kindly let us use their facilities for the day. They have asked if we have insurance in case of accident and if we have a risk assessment. It seems health and safety has finally caught up with OSM. In the past, I have organised mapping events but this issue has not been raised. Can anyone provide some advice on this issue? Thank you, Tim
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