Hi Astro-Officers, I am writing in an attempt to contact any Astro clubs in Hawaii (particularly Honolulu) that might be on the list. I am currently organizing...
Jake, I forwarded your message to the officers of HAS. Here is the Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HawaiianAstronomicalSociety/ Carey Johnson ...
Connie: I have passed your e-mail message to an astronomy Yahoo Group. Someone there may be willing to help you. Ed Flaspoehler, Dallas, TX ... From:...
Jake, Here is the response from the HAS President: Carey, Thanks for the notice. You've sent the message to everyone who needs to know right away. We'll...
The name "Connie Unfolded" sounds suspiciously like the cobbled together names that appear all the time in my junk mail box. If the provenance of the initial...
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
I am writing to let you know about two education events that will be held in advance of the American Astronomical Society's upcoming conference in Honolulu, HI...
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
As an officer in an astronomy club (president, VP, treasurer) what is the extent of our liability to be sued at a public viewing sponsored by the club? Say the...
Lawyers take a shotgun approach and sue everyone. While they may not win anything, it will cost you to defend yourself. The AL insurance, costing $320 per...
For our club, we have a $1 million rider for public events, and we also pay insurance for indemnification of our board of directors and officers. We are...
Sue, The St. Louis organization has a similar policy but not through the AL. Our liability coverage is for $2 million per occurance ( I think this is correct)...
Hello, Everyone... This is Jackie Beucher, Exec. Sec. of the Astronomical League. We do offer a discounted liability insurance program to our members. If...
Heh, we did a complete rewrite. Started from scratch and re-organized the whole thing. We had our lawyers as the primary writers, with a couple of long-time ...
Jackie, Thank you for your helpful answer. I would like to clarify one thing: all clubs need liability insurance. The original message also asked about Board...
Steve, without liability insurance, whose assets are at risk in the case of an injury at a sponsored event? What happens if the club is unincorporated? Chris...
Chris, This question is too specific. Only a lawyer could give you a good answer. By the way, most clubs only have a checking account. Most do not have much in...
Chris & Steve, Those are 2 good points that I forgot to include. Our club has a checking account, but we are not incorporated. We only got a tax number so we...
Sue, That's a good point about it costing $$ just to defend one's self against unjnutified suits. You are saying that being unincorporated leaves individuals...
Perhaps we should have public star party attendees sign a liability waiver before we allow them near the equipment. Chris ... From: <stephenlieber@...> ...
club officers are not liable holds only for incorporated clubs This was the reason we first decided to incorporate. Sue Rose AOS ... From: John C Date:...
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