<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Josh Pritt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ramgarden@gmail.com" target="_blank">ramgarden@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>all the safety gear of course. It just needs to be in your membership agreement that members sign away their understanding that power tools and soldering irons and the like are inherently dangerous and can maim or kill you or your loved ones. So as long as it's a member running the tools they know that if the young one gets hurt they assume all risk. We also </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm am also not a lawyer, but I know that Decatur Makers here in Atlanta (specifically targeting parents and K-12) has some serious insurance policy, as well as background checks on anybody who volunteers to work with children.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's Freeside's age policy:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/fs/Policy_AgeRestrictions">https://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/fs/Policy_AgeRestrictions</a><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>Our cut off is 14 for the workshop, and we make sure the parents understand it's an 18+ environment. It's a pretty rare occurrence to have somebody 14-17 working in the workshop; this is mostly to ensure that the workshop tools are powered down when we have an open house (when most people tend to bring their kids).</div>
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