>Hello guys I have a question:
>
>I am begining to start a contract with this
>small company, and I am having a little trouble
>trying to put together a simple contrac-like paper, in which
>them and I set the "rules of engagement" (sort of
>speak), about either charging them on the hourly basis or in
>contingency basis plus extra hours.
>Does anyone of you have a sample-template that you can share with me, and get me out of this entanglement?
>I want to be fair to them and to myself.
>say for example on rates, I have a rate per say
>of 35 per hour, how would you go by setting up a paper to
>state it, and perhaps the contingency part on :
>"contingency basis, paid monthly basis with a
>minimum of 10 hours, at a rate of $30, any excess of those 10
>hours the rate will change to $35" kind of like this.
>
> TIA
>
> Mark Oliva

Be careful with these cookie-cutter type contracts. Make sure you run it past a contract attorney and a software attorney before sending it to your client. If you should get one clause in the contract that is illegal in your area, you could render the entire contract null and void.