Walt Mankowski via plug on 17 Jan 2023 17:05:52 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Potential meeting places for PLUG North


On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 07:52:33PM +0000, Chad Waters via plug wrote:
> 
> > Libraries in general tend to be sympathetic to FOSS so we'd probably
> > be able to get some sponsorship as long as we don't run into outright
> > rules like some you found.
> 
> I was looking at the Ambler branch of the Wissahickon Library but they want a non profit status and a certificate of insurance.
> 
> https://www.wvpl.org/about-us/services
> https://www.wvpl.org/sites/wvpl.org/files/amb-community-room-application.pdf
> 
> Otherwise they would have checked all the boxes
> 1)free to us (almost)
> 2)wifi
> 3) A/V
> 4) close to major road
> 5) close to rail
> 
> William Jeanes Library in Lafayette Hill near me is asking for insurance as well. https://jeaneslibrary.org/about-us/policies/meeting-room-use-policy/

Interesting. The rules at my library [1] don't mention anything about
insurance. Maybe they figure that any group where half the members
live in Radnor can cover any damages? :)

1. https://radnorlibrary.org/meetingrooms/
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