EXPENSES TRAVEL: Current allowable federal mileage reimbursement rate at time of presentation from my home to teaching site and back OR round-trip airfare from Flint, MI. (You will be asked to OK airline tickets before purchase. Reimbursement of airline tickets is required within 30 days after purchase.) ADDING ON: If I have room in my schedule I will consider adding on to this booking. Adding an additional group can save on expenses, but it could also dilute the pool of prospective students for workshops. For this reason, I only add on with your permission. How you and the other group(s) split transportation, food, and lodging expenses is up to you. In those cases when more than one guild is sharing travel/lodging expenses, should one of those bookings fall through, the remaining groups would be responsible for 100% of these costs. This may also include airline penalties for re-scheduling flights. LUGGAGE FEES: Currently I fly often enough that my checked luggage flies free when I fly Northwest/Delta. However, if I am charged for checked baggage, I will pass that cost onto your group. (Anything above the two "standard" checked bags would be my responsibility.) DEPOSIT: A non-refundable deposit of 20% of my teaching fees and signed contract are required to hold the date(s). I will not cash deposit checks until I teach for you unless you ask me to. Deposit will be forfeited if workshop(s) or lecture(s) are canceled by you for any reason. This may also include airline penalties for re-scheduling airline flights/refunding airline tickets. ROOM & BOARD: I require a private, non-smoking room in a hotel with access to my room from an interior corridor. I bring lots of heavy luggage which I refuse to drag up or down stairs. If there is no elevator I need to be on the ground floor. I would rather stay in one central location, close to workshop/lecture sites, rather than be moved around, unless an "airport" hotel would be more convenient for you on the last night. If I teach a full-day workshop a hotel is required for that evening unless I elect to travel home/onward that day. If more than one group is hiring me ALL room and board expenses are the responsibility of the hiring groups, including "days off" in between presentations. Please check the housing arrangements you have made with me before I come. I don't need "fancy" accommodations but I need to feel safe. Hiring groups are expected to pay for all lodging and to make all necessary reservations. I prefer restaurant meals to "home cooking/Pot Luck." I'll eat almost anything. SHIPPING of QUILTS: Reimbursement and return shipping of my quilts (via UPS, insured) is required if they will not fit in my carry-on suitcase. If return shipping instructions are not followed, your group will be liable for any loss and/or damage. Please let me know if you do not wish me to bring quilts that must be shipped ahead, or if you would like me to work within a particular shipping budget. A safe and secure environment (locked room with limited access) for my quilts and other possessions shipped ahead while they are in your custody. Please do NOT open boxes shipped to you unless they have been damaged en route, you have called me, and I have instructed you to open them. OTHER INFORMATION DIGITAL EQUIPMENT: I will bring an LCD Projector and laptop for "slide presentations" and some workshop demonstrations. Please provide a heavy-duty extension cord at least 15 feet long, a low, sturdy table to set the projector and laptop on, a screen large enough to accommodate your audience and a plan for darkening the room. CANCELLATION POLICY: I will accept your invitation to teach for the guild or shop you represent based on the number of workshops and/or lectures you have asked me to present, balanced against the time I will be away from home. If you must cancel a workshop or lecture for any reason, 20% of my fee for the canceled presentation must still be paid. If more than one presentation is canceled by you, I reserve the right to cancel the entire booking. The hiring group(s) will be responsible for reimbursement of all travel and lodging expenses I incur. If I must cancel due to illness/family emergency, any money paid to me by the guild will be refunded in full, this would include any airline tickets/penalties. SELLING: My teaching fees are based on the presumption that I will be allowed to have my books, patterns, and sewing tools that I use available for sale in the same room as my workshops and lectures. I require one 8-foot table or equivalent. These items are shipped at my expense. While I explain how to use tools that students may find helpful, I do not do commercials. I am very low key and do not want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. If I will be teaching/lecturing in a quilt shop I need to know this ahead of time and you need to ask permission for me to sell my wares in their shop before we sign a contract. I don’t want to step on any toes. If I cannot sell in the room in which I present, or if another vendor is allowed to sell in my workshop, I reserve the right to increase my fees. I will be happy to offer a door prize of my choosing at lectures; however I will not "donate" a percentage of my sales to your group. IF SELLING CONFLICTS WITH YOUR GUILD OR SHOP POLICY PLEASE ADVISE ME BEFORE WE ENTER INTO ANY AGREEMENT SO I CAN INCREASE MY FEES ACCORDINGLY. CONTRACT: I do not hold space for "letters of intent;" a contract is required. On the bright side, fees stated in my contract will not increase even though bookings may be contracted for several years in advance. Since my contract addresses the issues outlined above I prefer to use my contract. If you would like to amend your contract we can use your contract. I will only sign ONE contract. It is the group's responsibility to be familiar with and abide by the contents of the contract, regardless if the guild representative who signed the contract is no longer the Program Chair or a member of the group. All fees are due before I leave for home. Please e-mail me for a list of current fees, or complete a Booking Request.