[Discuss] OT: insurance for outdoor work

[mark at buttery.org (Shirley Márquez Dúlcey)]

If they are insisting on licensed workers you can pretty much forget
it. Professional licensing is pretty much always done by groups that
are run by people who are already in the profession, and the main
purpose of licensing is to keep competition out. Hate to be so cynical
but that's the way it goes.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
>
> There's a small, talented group of IT professionals in the Boston area who
> are volunteering to help repair, enhance, and maintain a wireless network
> serving residents of a low-income housing development... the work includes
> replacing some Ethernet cable and wireless access points in the center of a
> wide, flat roof.
>
> The obstacle is that the property management need any such work to be
> performed by licensed, bonded personnel. I wonder if any of you know how
> much it would cost to insure one or more people to perform that kind of
> activity... if, say, an existing nonprofit were to act as an umbrella for
> these and related ongoing volunteer activities, how much might it cost them
> in insurance?
>
> Thanks,
>   Stephen
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss