Hi Ross, I set up a rates database earlier in 2003, at www.textology.com.au/resources. It has plenty of entries from that time - but they've dropped off a bit since because I haven't put a lot of time into publicising it. Nevertheless a quick consult just now yields the following results: $40/hour on an agency contract (duration not entered) $45/hour on a 6mths agency contract $50/hour on a 12mth agency contract (nice!) $60/hour on a 2mth independent contract. rgds, Tony. -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ross Gow Sent: Friday, 12 December 2003 4:05 PM To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: atw: Framemaker consultation fees Hello austechwriters. I work for a software developer that bundles industrial automation solutions primarily for the manufacturing sector. We are currently looking at a significant overhaul of our documentation with the intention of moving off the RTF/WinHelp platform, to a combination of Framemaker/WebWorks and HTML Help. Part of the assessment process requires us to come up with estimates for employing a contractor with extensive Framemaker experience who can guide and assist with the migration process. Our scheduling suggests we'll need such a person for roughly a 3 month period. I'd be interested to hear opinions on what we could expect to pay for such a contract. Please don't start sending resumes, we have a long battle ahead of us before we even get our hands on the software! Regards, Ross. Ross Gow Technical Writer CITECT rossgow@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rossgow@xxxxxxxxxx> www.citect.com <http://www.citect.com/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************