On 30 Jun 2005 at 10:45, Jim Farrelly wrote: > I asked our club to use this incident as a wake up call. They > did the usual and looked bored with a few snickers thrown in. The > few people that engaged in the discussion love the status quo. It > was draining. Welcome to the typical club. > There seems to be a lot of exposure when trying to do > the right thing and help train your club. It doesnt seem worth it. This happens in every club, kayaking or otherwise. A small minority of folks do all the work, have all the talent and struggle to make it seem worthwhile. The majority find things to complain about, put in a minimal effort and then quit. Our club went through this a couple of times and lost a few key members when insurance issues blew up - we lost insurance for a while and no one was willing to risk their own personal assets if someone in the club sued us. > Does your club have insurance? We are looking into ACA, PAC and > private insurance. The paperwork requirements for the ACA insurance > are steep. I don't know of the ACA, but our club went with a similar policy here in Canada - we are under a large paddling organization's insurance contract with a large insurer (in this case, ORCA - the Ontario Recreational Canoe Association). The paperwork is annoying (I just filled out even more forms yesterday), but it's easy to get and is specific to the sort of things kayakers do. It is also a lot cheaper than trying to forge a unique insurance policy with an insurer. Something tells me the ACA insurance would be similar. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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