[Imc-g8-2005] insurance for borrowed out laptops

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Hi,

I don't think ab was suggesting indy pay £300 to insure these laptops!
but just pointing out that's what it cost for a year.

people up in edinburgh and other cities are working their arses off tryin 
to sourcce as much kit and workspace etc etc as possible - this is one example.

so as to the 7 laptops - obviously they could be useful. the thing is to 
work out if it makes sense and where they could be deployed. obviously 
laptops will be useful for mobile or rural media centre stuff, but that 
increases both the risk of damage (being transported around the place) and 
the risk of them being nicked etc etc - so if they were to go to rural / 
mobile stuff then some insurance would prob be a very good idea. Beyond 
that i could see them as useful in a couple of other locations.

we'll continue looking into it and report back if it makes sense.

ciao,
dave



At 17:57 14/06/2005, zcat at ametrika.com wrote:
>Ulla
>well perhaps you could explain more in your mails
>for instance
>why we need to borrow laptops ??
>who/where are they being borrowed from ??
>ok i do know that it is very hard to insure things for short periods of 
>time and usually ends up costing as much as for a year and i know that you 
>can get older decent laptops (thinkpads) for as little as £100/£150 and 
>if we was to fork out £300 then we should think of buying equipment 
>rather than giving the money to a capitalist insurance company
>Andrew
>ps please dont shout at me  :)
>Anarcho Babe writes:
>>well, actually I would prefer if you could
>>a) READ MAILS ACCURATELY
>>b) DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF KNOWING EVERYTHING BETTER
>>that would really help!
>>cheers
>>On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:17:57 +0100, <zcat at ametrika.com> wrote:
>>>um why do we need to borrow laptops ? borrow being opritive word
>>>why do we need to spend £300 on insurance (we dont have open ended
>>>moneys)
>>>also we could buy 2 laptops for £300 that we dont have to give back to
>>>anybody after
>>>sorry but I personally think if people want to borrow laptops then its
>>>their
>>>personal responsibility *NOT* indymedias
>>>and we are already WAY over budget
>>>all imho Andrew
>>>Anarcho Babe writes:
>>>>Hia,
>>>>asked to borrow out laptops today and await response. We might need to
>>>>insure them though. Last time they were insured it costs about £300
>>>>pounds  a year.
>>>>Not sure if it is possible to insure them for a month against loss and
>>>>damage and which insurance would do it.
>>>>cheers Ulla
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