[MR] and now the business stuff starts

[David W. James]

On 2009 Apr 14, at 10:11 AM, Terri Morgan wrote:
> My initial reaction to the idea of a permanent site was strongly  
> mixed. But
> one thing that might tilt the scales for me is reducing the initial  
> contract
> to a lesser number of years. To be locked in to one site or a possible
> $1000-a-year fine* seems rather risky until we know how a permanent  
> site
> will actually work out.


    One way of helping to lessen that impact would be a clause in the  
contract stating that, if the SCA decides to opt out for an event, the  
penalty for doing so will be waived if the site is able to book  
another party for that period.  Formulae for calculating the amount of  
the reduction are optional (and messy) but possibly reasonable; if  
they book one day when the SCA would have been there three, etc...

    But such a clause definitely should be in there, along with rules  
concerning lead time for notification that the option is being used  
and so forth.

    And, of course, the amount of the base payment for exercising the  
option is also unknown at this point; certainly a reasonable contract  
would want it to be big enough to encourage groups to use the site,  
but not so large that using that option would make hosting at an  
alternate site likely to lose money.

    All of which brings up another business side question: Does Atlantia  
have the funds to pay a lawyer to help with the drafting of this  
contract?  Or a member with contract expertise in NC law willing to  
help with it?

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