I highly doubt being an OPW mentor will increase the likelihood of my
ending up in court.
I think that is not in question here. The point is that if a big
organisation who can afford to get sued is not willing to take a risk, why
should an individual volunteer be *explicitly* asked to do
On So, 2014-11-09 at 23:09 -0500, Karen Sandler wrote:
This is really mundane: I agreed to a more restrictive indemnification
than this by simply reading CNN.com today. So has anybody who's ever
used Skype, or Flash, or Facebook. (Seriously, check the ToS of
Facebook
or CNN, the two I
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@punkrocklawyer.com
wrote:
On 2014-11-10 05:45, Magdalen Berns wrote:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Karen Sandler ka...@punkrocklawyer.com
wrote:
On 2014-11-09 20:23, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
On Sun, 2014-11-09 at 18:48 +,
On 2014-11-10 04:38, Magdalen Berns wrote:
I highly doubt being an OPW mentor will increase the likelihood of my
ending up in court.
I think that is not in question here. The point is that if a big
organisation who can afford to get sued is not willing to take a risk,
why should an individual
Hi,
These contracts are very standard in the US. Some examples form local
nonprofits in Chicago:
1. Habitat for Humanity
https://www.windycityhabitat.org/uploads/files/WCHFH_Release_Waiver.pdf
2. Pumping Station:One
https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/images/Liability-waiver.pdf
3. Friends of the
Hello Magdalen,
On Sa, 2014-11-08 at 14:43 +, Magdalen Berns wrote:
I think it's fair to assume volunteers can't really afford to pay
individual liability cover for volunteer work and perhaps that they
should not be asked to pay for it either since they are making
valuable regular
I do not think Jan is thinking coherently on this (and likewise I
absolutely empathise with your concerns Benjamin) Civil law is not black
and white and it is totally by landmark cases of which there are none to
refer to in this case that we know of. Ultimately, none of us know if the
wording on
On Sun, 2014-11-09 at 18:48 +, Magdalen Berns wrote:
The challenges the OPW organisers face is in figuring out how to
encourage projects and mentors to sign up and yet also protect GNOME
from a potential lawsuit in the event that things go horribly wrong as
a result of something that may
Hi Benjamin,
You raise an interesting point.
Back when I was freelancing as an audio engineer I used to pay for this
kind of cover myself and it costed around £130 a year for an individual.
The work I do for my charity (Scottish based) is covered by the charity as
are our disclosures (for
Hi.
[dropping d-d-l]
On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 10:46:13PM +0100, Benjamin Berg wrote:
On Sa, 2014-09-27 at 11:45 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
Yes. The legal liability is only for gross negligence, recklessness or
intentional wrongdoing. This is covered on
Hi,
On Sa, 2014-09-27 at 11:45 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
Yes. The legal liability is only for gross negligence, recklessness or
intentional wrongdoing. This is covered on
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Contracts
OK, I am very late to the thread, but I did read trough
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Cc: GNOME Foundation foundation-list@gnome.org, desktop-devel-list
desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM
Subject: Re: Call for OPW project ideas
On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 23:48 -0400
Germán Poo-Caamaño asked:
Will the mentors still be required to sign a document that makes them
legally liable?
On Sat, 2014-09-27 at 11:45 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya replied:
Yes. The legal liability is only for gross negligence, recklessness or
intentional wrongdoing. This is covered
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From: Germán Poo-Caamaño g...@gnome.org
To: Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com
Cc: GNOME Foundation foundation-list@gnome.org, desktop-devel-list
desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM
Subject: Re: Call for OPW project ideas
On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 23:48 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
Dear Foundation,
The application process for the new round of Outreach Program for
Women internships has recently started, and we are looking for people
willing to mentor GNOME projects in this round. Because we only
usually
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From: Germán Poo-Caamaño g...@gnome.org
To: Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com
Cc: GNOME Foundation foundation-list@gnome.org, desktop-devel-list
desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM
Subject: Re: Call for OPW project
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM
Subject: Re: Call for OPW project ideas
On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 23:48 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
Dear Foundation,
The application process for the new round of Outreach Program for
Women internships has recently started
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