[hackerspaces] insuring a hackerspace

[Philippe Langlois]

Since at the /tmp/lab we're in a special situation (not renting,  
officially occupying for free with knowledge and agreement with the  
owner), no insurance coverage could be understood.
So we went for waiver. For this reason, everybody who came to the  
first Hacker Space Fest @ /tmp/lab in 2008 needed to sign a waiver in  
order to enter the conference.

I agree with Sebastien (doing fine without) and Paul (aiming for the  
big problems, not the small stuff).

Best,
Philippe.

On 27 Jan 2009, at 00:46, Paul Böhm wrote:

> anyone got thoughts on waivers vs. just insuring against as much as  
> possible?
> probably should do both...
>
> liability probably depends a lot on local law. there's a lower chance
> of getting successfully sued in austria, but
> still i'm worried that i don't know if we're fine without the waivers
> under austrian law.
>
> enki
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM,  <druid at stonedcoder.org> wrote:
>> At htink in NYC we have visited this topic shortly. The feedback  
>> seems to be
>> get renters insurance to cover the expensive tools against theft  
>> (NYCR has
>> it's laser insured I think) and make sure for liability that  
>> everyone that
>> uses tools signs a waiver. Also posting large "you are here at  
>> your own
>> risk" type signs seems popular.
>>
>> So renters insurance to cover fire/damage/theft, and otherwise  
>> reduce the
>> orgs liability via waivers / postings seems like a winning strategy.
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Sébastien Bourdeauducq wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know of a hackerspace which has no rent, no money, and no  
>>> insurance. And
>>> it's going very well.
>>>
>>> There are really more interestings ways of spending our time in
>>> hackerspaces
>>> than with filling in bureaucratic forms and finding money to feed  
>>> real
>>> estate
>>> agents and insurance brokers.
>>>
>>> Sebastien
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 27 January 2009 00.02.42 nicolle n. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all!
>>>>
>>>> my name is nicolle, and i live in Chicago.  i'm helping plan  
>>>> Pumping
>>>> Station: One, the soon-to-be hackerspace here.
>>>>
>>>> i was just wondering...has anyone else on this list gone through  
>>>> the
>>>> process of searching for and finding insurance for a  
>>>> hackerspace?  did
>>>> you
>>>> talk to insurance companies directly, or go through a broker?   
>>>> what was
>>>> your experience like?  did you have to have a physical place rented
>>>> before shopping for the insurance, or could you get the  
>>>> insurance quotes
>>>> lined up before signing a lease on a place?
>>>>
>>>> i'm in the process of researching the availability of insurance,  
>>>> and i'd
>>>> be
>>>> really interested to know what it's like for someone who has  
>>>> been through
>>>> the process of getting their hackerspace insured.
>>>>
>>>> thank you all...i'm looking forward to hearing about your  
>>>> experiences in
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> nicolle
>>>
>>>
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