<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c">>>> There are really more interestings ways of spending our time in<br>
>>> hackerspaces<br>
>>> than with filling in bureaucratic forms and finding money to feed<br>
>>> real<br>
>>> estate<br>
>>> agents and insurance brokers.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think this highlights a difference between the environments of Europe and the United States. For better or worse, the US is a litigious society and there are numerous reasons for addressing risk management from a number of standpoints. Feel free to blame the lawyers.</div>
<div><br></div><div>At CCCKC insurance coverage is a condition of our lease agreement so we are grudgingly going through the process of getting coverage right now. We will also have a release of liability which each member will sign when they get set up, as will any member of the public who will be taking part in any workshop. I've put a copy of the release on the hackerspaces wiki. </div>
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