Non-member surcharge (Was Re: [Ansteorra] BoD meeting)

[Galen W. Bevel]

>
> DonnelShaw at aol.com (DonnelShaw at aol.com) said something that sounded like:
> > The part that got me is that they do not want unpaid members helping at
> > events due to liability. So the people who come to the event and pay the
> > extra $3 that goes to corporate cant do anything to help. At least that
is
> > what I read.
>
> You read the same as me. We now have to check member cards of everyone
> that we ask to setup tables, help at gate, and refill the TP in the
> port-o-lets.
>
> Ciao,
>
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I don't read it quite that way.  I don't see anywhere that they are saying
that non-members can't help, or that we need to check cards or anything to
prevent them from doing so.  What it says is that if you are not a member,
you will not be protected by the societies insurance for any damage your
actions may cause.  Basically, you can do what you like but if something
happens, you are on your own.  Since the societies insurance covers the
society and the site owner the damages get  paid but the society would, if
necessary, sue to recover them. I am not sure about our specific case, but
many times this is required by the insurance and in others failure to do so
could be regarded as a lack of corporate responsibility, legally speaking
(caveat- I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, these are just things
I have heard and picked up dealing with my own company mundanely).

Galen Kirchenbauer

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