RE: Taking on a contract

["Barbara Philbrick" <caslon -at- alltel -dot- net>]

Is this an after-hours gig? If so, make sure you will be able to contact
them after hours or during lunch break (or some other arrangement that
doesn't interfere with you day job).

Barb 

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Kevin McGowan
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Subject: Taking on a contract

Hi all,

I have a shot at taking on some consulting work (which I find quite
interesting!). I'm going to meet with the reps from this company tonight,
and am looking for a bit of advice as to what specific questions to ask.

Basically, they are a small company here in Ottawa, about 14 people. They've
all been doing the writing (tech manuals, marketing blurbs, help files,
etc). To quote my friend there: "we're tired of doing the writing because
we're tripping all over each other." At the moment, they are creating a lot
of XML files and they apparently want to turn that source into nice looking
PDF files (probably with Word).

Sound like fun?

Aside from some basic questions like "who is your audience?" and "what
materials do you want to create?", I'd like to see what other questions you
might ask in a similar situation.

Cheers,
Kevin

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