Renee, We just signed a contract to write the text and design the graphics for several interpretive panels. The contract specified 90 days from the date of the contract as a final deadline. This is simple enough and should not be a problem for us. However, we take our commitment seriously and schedules and deadlines are a two-way-street. Since this contract deals with a State agency we worry more about them getting material and approvals to us on a timely basis. This starts complicating the situation if we need to specify a schedule and what happens if they slip on their part, etc. This may be something that needs to be done larger projects, but as soon as you start the "formal" contract process you need to make the requirements reasonable for both sides. One other suggestion. The original contract had one provision we could not live with! It specified that we had 90 days to complete the project "from the date of the execution of the contractor". We negotiated with them and the removed the last two letters. Man, they're tough! Just thought you might like to have the perspective of a live contractor. -Mark- * Mark Fowle, General Manager * SIGNAL-INNOVA * (INNOVA Applied Technology) * 2841 East 19th Street * Signal Hill, CA 90804 * Email: [log in to unmask] * http://www.SIGNAL-INNOVA.com/ * Phone: (800) 417-9060 * Fax: (800) 773-7694 * Providers of Interactive Solutions * ----- Original Message ----- From: Renee Kurtzweil To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:48 AM Subject: Exhibit Contract Our museum is developing an exhibit and will be hiring an outside contractor to write the text. I feel that there should be a formal contract that stipulates the dates and deadlines needed for the text. Does anyone out there have a sample that we could look at? THANKS! Renee Kurtzweil Director of Collections Northern Indiana Center for History [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).