[MR] and now the business stuff starts

[Rozsa]

Kwellend-Njal

If I recall His Majesty's initial post on the subject - if we do not use the 
site after we enter into the contract for a specific Crown we will be 
required to pay a $500(?) penalty only if they are unable to rent the site 
to another group for that weekend.  As long as they are able to rent the 
site, there will be no penalty and the site will remain reserved for the 
following Crown.

Rozsa

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David W. James" <unend at aol.com>
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] and now the business stuff starts


> 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.
>
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>    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?
>
> Kwellend-Njal
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