>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.
>

Take a look at Whil Hentzen's The 1999 Software Developer's Guide, Which has a number of good sample letters in it. Then go pay a lawyer to draft a letter for you, to make sure it's done right.

> TIA
>
> Mark Oliva