[okfn-coord] Formalising consulting (was Documenting open dictionary/translation resources)

[Jordan S Hatcher]

On 24 Apr 2009, at 20:51, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Jordan S Hatcher
> <jordan at opencontentlawyer.com> wrote:
>> Sounds great!  Should we maybe try to formalize the consulting side  
>> of
>> things a bit more? Sounds like it might have legs.
>
> He did sound keen - I hope something comes of it!
>
> What could formalising consulting side of things involve?

Offhand:

- Setting rates - we already did this more or less, though perhaps we  
should do a bit more around who does work for what rates and what the  
margin is to be for OKFN.
- Advertising that we do this -- change the website to show this, do  
SEO/networking around it, generally selling this side of what we do
- Drafting more formal agreements for consulting contracts (both OKFN-- 
 > client and OKFN --> contractor, e.g. Rufus, Jonathan, etc)

But first probably...

- A Business plan briefly outlining what we do and why we are doing it  
(and how)

Maybe discussing this is an agenda item for the next board meeting?

~Jordan

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