Re: *** ADMIN: Consultants forum?

Booth 
I  tend to agree  this would be a worthy addition to the midrange  family
of  lists.

David  what is  the consensus  so far?

At 09:26 PM 11/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I agree that there is need for a forum for discussions. 
>
>I just had a situation where I found a COBOL guy to help an organization 
>that was in trouble and had given up entirely on ever finishing the 
>project, let alone finishing it on deadline.  We finished the project with 
>nearly a half day to spare and sent an invoice and heard nothing.  One 
>phone call to follow up was all that was needed to realize that we weren't 
>supposed to be successful with the project; we'd been hired to fail and 
>prove the need for big-budget changes in the affected department. (That is 
>a conclusion I drew, not provable anywhere).  As a result the department 
>manager discounted our invoice by 2/3rds. 
>
>So, has anyone had this sort of thing happen?  What do you do?  Are 
>lawyers worth the trouble?
>
>I wish there was a forum where a discussion of this topic would be 
>on-topic.
>
>
>_______________________
>Booth Martin
>boothm@earth.goddard.edu
>http://www.spy.net/~booth
>_______________________
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>
>
>Mark Lazarus <mlazarus@ttec.com>
>Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>11/20/1999 05:12 PM
>Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
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>        Subject:        Re: *** ADMIN: Consultants forum?
>
>Larry, James, et al,
>
>At 12:00 AM 11/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I too am one of us and find myself agreeing with James.  We certainly
>wouldn't be
>>looking for clients there because, well, their wouldn't be any!  I just 
>can't
>>imagine what we would 'talk' about that can't be covered here on 
>Midrange-L.
>
>>> IMHO, as a consultant, I'm hard pressed to find value in such a list.
> 
>>> Now I could be very wrong, but I imagine the first round of postings
>>> would be a series of chest pounding to gain position by bragging
>>> rights.  After that, no one would divulge their perceived competitive
>>> edge.
>
> Here's my opinion on this.  I think that it can be a useful forum.  This
>would be especially true for the little guy (i.e. a 1 man consulting 
>shop.) 
>
> Some possible topics:
>
>- Subcontracting
>- Rates for a service for a particular area
>- Contract samples
>
> IMHO, it should be allowed to post opportunities and consultants seeking
>work.
>
> -mark
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