But they don't have any money so they need something on the cheap. At
some point you will move on and they might have to start shelling out to
keep it running.
Robert Mark Wallace
60 Delaware Road
Newburgh, NY 12550-3802
Telephone: (8445) 566-0586
On 02/02/2012 10:55 PM, Chris Joslyn wrote:
We don't need to talk about money. I do this for charity.
- Chris
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
In the middle of this good stuff is a very wise idea that you need
to see.
The magic word is price. Your client most likely has a finite
amount of money that all of this is supposed to cost, and if you
get cost overruns, not only might the client not have the budget
for the bill that he has run up, but you will probably find
yourself "Giving him a break" and wind up not making any money on
the project.
If the client knew what plan A would cost, what plan B would cost,
etc. your decisions might all get made for you.
Mark
Robert Mark Wallace
60 Delaware Road
Newburgh, NY 12550-3802
Telephone: (8445) 566-0586
On 02/02/2012 02:02 PM, Chris Knadle wrote:
On Wednesday, February 01, 2012 09:10:49 AM, Chris Joslyn wrote:
Good stuff! Thanks.
I involuntarily focus on phrases like "slightly more baby
sitting" and "a
bit complicated", though. That sounds like "work" to me.
Initially, it is. But after that you'll usually only need a
tweak every few
months.
I am considering Google for
Nonprofits<http://www.google.com/nonprofits/>.
My only hesitation grows from my prejudice, as in "Google"
means "mostly
benevolent and disturbingly o*mnispective overlord".
Anyone tried that
option?*
The good news is that if you use Google for mail, it's easy.
The bad news is
that if you use Google for mail, you have little to no
control. And if you
want to ask questions or want to get logs to know whether an
email got through
or not, good luck with that.
So it depends on what your client wants. Try to come up with
a price for
setting up their server for receiving email (as best you can
given the
information you have), and then tell them what you think you
know, the price
for doing the work, and give them the choice. [Or at least
that's what I'd do
in this situation.]
-- Chris
--
Chris Knadle
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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