On 11 August 2012 22:22, Michael Peel michael.peel@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?
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk