LoCo governance and incorporation policy?

[Brandon Sussman]

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Jan Claeys wrote:
> 
> Did you know that in some countries (e.g. Belgium) every individual
> member of a non-incorporated association has a capital liability for
> everything that "the association" does wrong?
> 

This is generally true in the US too.

Seems to me it is a really bad idea to have any identifiable group that might
be the target of lawsuits not protect it's members and itself as best they can.

"Why can't we just all get along?" might be a nice idea but what if somebody
gets electrocuted by spilling their coffee into a power strip at an install party.

Do you really think that the LoCo member that happened to stay home that day
should not be protected?

I am involved in trying to start a LoCo in NH.  When it gets off the ground,
prudent legal protection is not optional.
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