<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Absolutely, but in this case the organization has the liability insurance etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I am looking specifically at the individual person donating the equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not as worried about the organization</div><div><br></div><div>Robert </div><div><br></div><div><br>On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Al Billings <<a href="mailto:albill@openbuddha.com">albill@openbuddha.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252">I’m pretty sure this is why all of us have liability insurance to the tune of a million or ten million dollars, right?<div><br><div><div>On Aug 1, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Robert Davidson <<a href="mailto:robert@dallasmakerspace.org">robert@dallasmakerspace.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Has anyone looked into the liability of accepting loans vs requiring donated tools so all the legal liability stays on the organization?</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">My guess is this is a common discussion among most makerspaces/hackerspaces in the world.</div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>