[pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school district

[David Love]

Agreed.  Client list is out of bounds and they have no right to that nor
does it have any relevance to the work you've done.  They can, of course,
ask for references if they are going to continue to use you.  I wonder what
type of contract they want?  That they pay you if you do the work?  You
could write one of those.  "I agree to tune your piano in exchange for $xxx
and you agree to pay me promptly."  

Business license and proof of liability insurance seems reasonable for a
public institution.  In this case, however, if you've already done the work
they owe you the money no matter what you do or don't provide (except maybe
a W-9).  They should have asked for these items before they hired you.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Susan Kline
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:29 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school
district

I agree. Your client list is privileged information, and they have no 
right to
ask for it.

At what point, if no one is willing to provide all this information or 
to buy
themselves malpractice (??) or liability insurance, would the school system
realize that their work was not going to get done if they made such 
demands?

Could you agree to tune only during hours when children were not present? I
believe a school district I did a little work for once specified this. I 
only
needed the background check (EGAD) if I tuned during school hours.

Other schools are just fine, and make no demands out of the ordinary.

Susan Kline


On 1/20/2011 7:18 PM, Dean May wrote:
> I hate tuning for schools. I have a few rural schools that I tune for that
> give me no problems. Some are really great customers. But often you run
into
> this kind of stuff. Be sure you charge accordingly if you decide to
continue
> keeping them as customers.
>
> Your client list should be sacrosanct. I would never share that info with
> them.
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf
> Of Diane Hofstetter
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:57 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school
district
>
>
>
> So I have been working for a school district for a couple of years.  All
of
> a sudden, when I turn in my invoice, they say they can't pay it until I
send
> them "some paperwork".  The paperwork is a request for my business license
> number, my client list, and a contract.  Item number seven says:
>
>    7. All Contractors providing services to minors must have valid
> malpractice insurance coverage.  Upon request by  SCHOOL DISTRICT
contractor
> must be able to show evidence of such coverage.
>
> I've never had malpractice insurance--except for dispensing hearing aids.
> Does anyone else
>
> Does anyone know why question marks suddenly stop working---
>
> Thanks    (exclamation points don't work either)
> Diane Hofstetter 		 	   		  =
>
>
>