[20427] in APO-L
Re: APO using scout camps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Jura)
Wed Apr 7 01:48:10 1999
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 00:36:30 -0500
Reply-To: Kevin Jura <kfjura@BELLSOUTH.NET>
From: Kevin Jura <kfjura@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Chris,
The way we take care of that at Tau Chapter (University of Florida)
is that
we have registered the chapter as a Venturing Crew, thus part of Boy
Scouts,
and covered by their insurance. We include the annual membership cost
to BSA
in our Chapter dues.
Just a suggestion,
Yours In LF&S,
Kevin Jura
Tau
Chris Rock wrote:
> I am the sponsor for the petitioning group at Concord College in West
> Virginia. They are in the process of planning their first CPPC. At my
> suggestion, they looked into using a local scout camp. I was rather
> surprised when the Fellowship VP informed me today that they would be
> allowed to use the camp if they demonstrated they had liability insurance.
>
> <aside> For anyone who isn't aware, as a national organization we do not
> carry liability insurance. When a chapter has an event that is not covered
> by the school's policy, they must purchase event insurance. The cost
> varies widely depending on the location, but I understand an average cost
> would be approximately $100.<end aside>
>
> What surprised me about the situation was that a BSA camp was requiring an
> APO group to have insurance. This was the first I had heard of it. APO
> has been using scout camps for these kinds of events virtually since day
> one, and as far as I knew, without cost. When I investigated from our side,
> I discovered this requirement is becoming increasingly common. This leads
> me to my questions for the rest of you.
>
> 1) Does your chapter use a scout camp?
>
> 2) Are you required to have liability insurance or pay some other fee?
>
> 2a) If yes, what do you do?
>
> 2b) If no, is it just that the camp doesn't require it or that you've
> gotten around it some way? If so, how?
>
> 3) Why has this requirement come about? Is it related to the severing of
> legal ties between BSA and APO because of the recent suits against BSA for
> it's membership policies?
>
> In case, you hadn't figured it out, I am most interested in a response to
> 2b. I need some ideas for the group.
>
> Thanks for you input.
>
> In Brotherhood,
> Chris
>
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