[group-organizers] Child Care for Python events?

[sheila miguez]

I'm following up to myself to bring up the topic of liability since it is
something Brian R. asked about on the public/private thread as something
he'd be concerned due to liability.

At ps1, we have a policy of no minors unless they are accompanied by a
parent or guardian or in special cases voted on by the board [1]. We have
this policy for various reasons including how expensive insurance coverage
would be for allowing minors in the space. If something happens, the
official policy would be the record to direct lawyers to.

We haven't worked out whether we'll have an event with childcare. If we do,
the consensus gathering so far has been that we'll hire a company that
handles childcare. These companies have their own insurance, and are
experts and can answer our questions. If something bad happens, we can
direct lawyers to the contract we'd sign with the childcare providers.

[1] https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Policy_on_Minors

[2] https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Talk:Childcare#Insurance_Issues



On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 4:39 PM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:

> We've had some discussion about this at Pumping Station: One because it
> would help people participate in more events. We have more logistical
> problems than a user group (our building is not kid safe, for one), so I
> think you'll find it easier.
>
> We've had some discussion here which you may find useful since it links to
> Chicago area providers and discusses issues.
>
> https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Childcare
>
> We are thinking of having a provider come out to look at our building to
> let us know if care would be impossible. At which point, we might also see
> if the theatre across the street might be willing to let us use there
> space. Or, do things informally.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Jerry Dumblauskas <jdumblauskas at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> did you mean to send this out to the general list?
>>
>> As a father of 5 boys, I think this is a great idea, but will be very
>> tricky to implement.  There is a wide age range of kids to consider, and
>> nowadays alot of stuff is related to kid/provider ratio -- if we have
>> issues with getting an accurate headcount sans kids, it may be more tricky
>> with them.
>>
>> But gauging general interest would be a good first step.
>>
>> thx
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > We (Chipy: Chicago Python User Group) are thinking about providing free
>> > Child Care during our monthly meetings. Anyone else doing this?
>> >
>> > I was thinking about asking a close friend of mine (who is a MD) to
>> handle
>> > a trip to a movie in the park or a near by arts/craft center. Logistics
>> may
>> > be tricky. What else?
>> >
>> > What results do you think we should expect for say, a 80-100 person
>> > meeting?
>> >
>> > Any concerns or suggestions?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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>> > @brianray
>> > (773) 669-7717
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