[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: SF Elementary Math Circle

[Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson]

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On Mar 26, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Rachel Chalmers wrote:
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> From: Rachel Chalmers <rachel at goop.org>
> Date: March 26, 2010 4:55:32 PM PDT
> To: Josh Berkus <josh at agliodbs.com>
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] SF Elementary Math Circle
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> On Mar 26, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
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>> I'd be a more than little concerned about liability.
>
> It's a good point, and one that came up when I talked to a Catholic  
> school as well. Do you have a general-purpose liability release that  
> groups can sign? Are you worried that parents might be more  
> litigious than other users of the space, or that kids are just more  
> likely to get hurt?
>

As has been pointed out earlier, the space isn't built to be kids- 
friendly. There are tools around, there are random projects in various  
state of disrepair, et.c.

That said, it's not a horrendously difficult thing to deal with.  
Having a liability release signed would be nice in that IF something  
DOES happen Noisebridge is able to steer clear of it.

We have had kids at the space before. Some of them - especially kids  
of noisebridgers - are likely to reappear regularly. But we either  
need to KNOW that no kid is going to randomly walk off to the drill  
press or the soldering irons or climb out a window, or we need to make  
sure the parents know these things exist, and agree not to hold the  
space liable for having lab areas setup.


Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu






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