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Ouch. Hope Brit or someone with a better understanding of legal issues responds, as that's what you need. If it's any comfort, I have a writer friend who is having the same predicament with a book being written by a committee based in a museum. The committee apparently has no firm leadership, so you can imagine his frustration with the constant changes. bab On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:19 AM, Mieke Roth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > It’s been a while I wrote something on the sci-art list and most of you > are celebrating the conference, so I hope do get a response. > > > > The last few weeks I had an assignment that was a bit out of my normal > territory, or actually that was the case in the end. I was asked to make a > fancy infographic. The problem was that with the data they wanted to convey > a fancy infographic would do more harm than good and I told them from the > start. Then after that I told them that what they wanted would cost a > little bit over a 1000 euro. The person I sat in the meeting with flinched > and said that that would be too much. So in my estimate I split up the > assignment and they went along with the bare minimum. During the course of > the weeks I went out of my way to accommodate them. Even changing the scope > of the infographic because they wanted too much in it. They had a hard > deadline, and I reminded them several times about that. In the end there > was an infographic they agreed upon and accepted. And they agreed upon me > sending the invoice. > > > > But yesterday I got an email that her bosses didn’t accept the invoice and > that this wasn’t what they agreed upon and that the price would amount for > something that would last, which they think the infographic didn’t (I hope > you are still with me and understand this). And that they had to change the > infographic to be able to print it (a thing I only heard afterwards: I > repeatedly asked how they wanted the infographic delivered on which I > didn’t get a clear answer.) Now my contact person is asking if I could take > something off the price. > > > > I am inclined to keep them to what they agreed upon, but I am in doubt. I > agree that the resulting infographic isn’t something you would ask from me, > but the product they wanted in the first place would have cost them 3000,- > euro, not the 780,- euro I put in the invoice. I worked my ass off because > I was empathic to the fact that they wanted something that, for certain, > wouldn’t work. > > > > But in the end they accepted the infographic and most of the problems they > want to put on me are, in fact, internal communication problems. They are a > party I may or may not encounter in the future. So that is an insecurity. > > > > What should I do? > > > > Mieke > > > > > > *Mieke Roth* > > *Communicates complex scientific subjects* > > *in a beautiful, accessible and visible way* > > Mieke Roth, MSc. > > Breehorn 46 > > 8223 CN Lelystad > > The Netherlands > > +31 (0)6 37 280899 > > http://miekeroth.com > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > -- Bruce Bartrug Nobleboro, Maine, USA [log in to unmask] www.brucebartrug.com •The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein •In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv