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Re: 3rd party contractor trade associations/consumer group
Subject:Re: 3rd party contractor trade associations/consumer group From:Richard Yanowitz <ryanowit -at- NYCT -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 23 Jun 1998 07:39:34 -0400
At 03:59 PM 6/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any trade associations or consumer groups that host 3rd
>party contracting technical writing firms as members. I just had a really
>nasty experience with one <snip>
Either on-list or off-line, as appropriate, I'd be interested to hear about
your experience. The tech/web writing segment of the National Writers
Union, of which I'm a member and about to be a Local co-chair, is starting
to look closely at contract agency issues (and contracting in general) and
what we may be able to do to help our members in these areas. It's very
helpful to know specific examples of bad (or good) behavior to help us
create a frame of reference.
(And I'd welcome hearing from others willing to share agency, or other
contracting, experiences.)
Thanks.
Richard Yanowitz, NYC
ryanowitz -at- bigfoot -dot- com
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