On 11 August 2012 22:22, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
As I understand it, the main issue surrounds how the
titles on these
business cards interact with our liability insurance, since having specific
titles increases the risk of volunteers being viewed as being staff members
and hence us being more liable for their actions.
That's odd. I have, as an RSPB volunteer, an RSPB name badge with my
role (actually, more than one, for different roles), as well as RSPB
clothing. It's never been an issue.
Has this been checked with the insurers?
BTW - we could have had a full board decision on this
recall, but I think
that really would have been bikeshedding and unnecessary.
Fair enough; but as has already been noted, Richard's email seemed to
imply a veto by a single trustee.
However, there is an upcoming (9 Sept) board decision
on the broader
strategy (which includes, as a subsection, the formal approval of issuing
business cards to volunteers) - see, and please comment on (and/or
edit directly), the proposed policy at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Representing_Wikimedia_UK
Shouldn't that have happened before cards were ordered?
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk