Re: Lecturing on a Holiday

**"Yvonne Cunnington" y*@ispnet.ca**

Hey Melanie: My advice: Stay home - or charge triple or whatever it takes to 
make it worth the sacrifice to go.

It's ethical for you to quote whatever you want. The buyer can then decide 
if its worth paying you that amount. Either way you win.

Yvonne

> This morning I received an e-mail from a new open-air shopping center 
> opening in New York City (Queens). They have asked me if I'd be available 
> to do a lecture for them on Children's Gardening at their Grand Opening 
> event. They referred me to their website at www.theshopsatatlaspark.com to 
> see what they are all about. > It all looks very nice to me but the date 
> of the event is May 14th. Although not a holiday for everybody, May 14th 
> is Mother's Day and I'm sure it's not a coincidence that this is their 
> opening day. With children still at home who do the "breakfast in bed" 
> thing and my Mom in from Florida for the week, it's not a date I would 
> choose to go out and lecture. 

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