For what it's worth I looked for waivers in a couple of hiking group's web sites. I didn't find any sort of waiver at the Appalachian Mountain Club, either on their home page or the Berkshire chapter's site:
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~berkamc/
However, the New England Hiking Group does have a disclaimer...here it is:
DISCLAIMER
The New England Hiking Group is a group of people interested in becoming involved in outdoor
activities in our area. But, of course, certain activities can be dangerous, and there is the
possibility that you can be injured. No one in the Group can or will be held liable for any
injury or any financial or other loss which may occur during a group activity. It's best for you to
evaluate your abilities and physical condition before participating in any outdoor activity, be it
with the Group or on your own!
That's copied from http://welcome.to/nehg
Do we have any lawyers in our group?
Bonnie
Leverett, Mass.
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[L-USA] Re: Waivers
From: (bonitasusan@hotmail.com) |
Date: 1999-04-08 20:15:46 UTC
[L-USA] Re: Waivers
From: erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) |
Date: 1999-04-08 18:44:28 UTC-07:00
JDW
I think your concerns have been pretty well addressed in the waiver
statement - by using the clues posted, one accepts responsibility for
their actions. and,risks arew described only in general terms. Specific
risks are enumerated, as by implication, any accident caused by a
non-enumerated eventuality would not have been warned against, etc.
>From the waiver statement:
> By reading and utilizing the letterbox clues posted on this web site, you acknowledge the above conditions,and accept responsibility for your own actions, and agree to hold non-liable the clubs and clue writers, and
>further, agree to provide this disclaimer to any person with whom you share these letterbox clues.
>
At one point, the waiver was placed in such a way that you couldn't get
to a clue without the waiver showing up first. Now, at least on some
clue pages, one has to make another effort to call up the waiver - some
slick lawyer might be able to use that as an opening. However, all in
all, I feel we are covered pretty well.
Oh yea, I am NOT a lawyer (I'm an architect, with a weather eye to
risks!).
Erik
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I think your concerns have been pretty well addressed in the waiver
statement - by using the clues posted, one accepts responsibility for
their actions. and,risks arew described only in general terms. Specific
risks are
non-enumerated eventuality would not have been warned against, etc.
>From the waiver statement:
> By reading and utilizing the letterbox clues posted on this web site, you acknowledge the above conditions,and accept responsibility for your own actions, and agree to hold non-liable the clubs and clue writers, and
>further, agree to provide this disclaimer to any person with whom you share these letterbox clues.
>
At one point, the waiver was placed in such a way that you couldn't get
to a clue without the waiver showing up first. Now, at least on some
clue pages, one has to make another effort to call up the waiver - some
slick lawyer might be able to use that as an opening. However, all in
all, I feel we are covered pretty well.
Oh yea, I am NOT a lawyer (I'm an architect, with a weather eye to
risks!).
Erik
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From: Todd Lane (tlane@princeton.edu) |
Date: 2001-06-01 16:56:40 UTC-04:00
Please no one take offence, this cartoon was published yesterday that
couldn't have been more timely. It just cracked me up when I saw it.
I am thinking of using it for a short time on my website (I don't want to
violate the copyright). I have included the URL below.
-Todd
http://www.comicspage.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?f=20010531csmst-a.gif
couldn't have been more timely. It just cracked me up when I saw it.
I am thinking of using it for a short time on my website (I don't want to
violate the copyright). I have included the URL below.
-Todd
http://www.comicspage.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?f=20010531csmst-a.gif