[consulting] List Mom Policies

[John Sechrest]

You may not agree with us about this issue, but we as list moms
think that it is worth our while to focus on the things that
make things work better for us as a whole. I have had specific
warnings about collaborative groups talking about pricing from
lawyers when I worked on an ISP association. 

For now, let's see if we can focus on how we as consultants
can grow the pie for doing drupal work together. And let's see
if we can keep the conversation off pricing for the current
time. 



John Handelaar <john at userfrenzy.com> writes:

 % Greg Knaddison wrote:
 % > On 3/15/06, John Sechrest <sechrest at jas.peak.org> wrote:
 % > 
 % >> % I don't understand the "Pricing" issue?
 % >>
 % >> It is illegal to have different businesses talking to each other
 % >> setting prices in the US. If we have a list discussion
 % >> between consulting companies which ends up being a price setting
 % >> exercise, then we are in trouble.
 % > 
 % > I even live in the US and have taken classes in US corporate law and
 % > I'm amazed that it applies to mailing lists.
 % 
 % What the posted guidelines said is nonsense.
 % 
 % Price fixing is a criminal offense in the US.
 % 
 % Talking about pricing, on the other hand, is
 % constitutionally-protected free speech.
 % 
 % Posting a set of list guidelines which utterly
 % fails to understand this distinction is a mistake.
 % 
 % 
 % [Meanwhile, asking "How much should I charge
 % for X?" is a dumb question for any list.  For
 % future reference, the answer is: 'Whatever the
 % client will pay you, minus whatever your
 % conscience prohibits.' ]
 % 
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