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Subject:Re: Two Professional Questions From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:40:28 -0700
I'd certainly consider a trade in lieu of cash. A free weekend at their
cottage (with or without them), a boat outing, lift tickets, whatever. They
have to have something that would motivate me and lessen their $ pain.
Personally, the setup is ripe for a friend to become a non-friend at some
point during the project, so I'd have to consider that. I'd also have to
decide if I'm merely being taken advantage of (not that *that's* ever
happened!). > Chris
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> It's a bio of a friend's family member. Unless the friend and family
> member
> belong to the Trumps, Kennedys, etc., I can't think of anyone looking for
> this sort of help from a friend who wouldn't have "limited resources."
>
> I can only go back to my original reply. The "good friends" I would do
> this
> for are all people who I have faith would do the same for me if our
> positions were reversed. It's a pretty short list, but there's always room
> for more.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > The only time I haven't charged for a project like this is when the
> author
> > was an 89-year-old friend with limited resources.
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