Your need for money is irrelevant.

1) Your handouts are a product of your practice/your work effort.
2) You charge fees for other products/services you provide through your
practice.
3) You are not supported by an institution in the production of your
products/services.  If you were, then a request for use of your product
would be processed by your institution and the institution would probably
charge a fee.
4) Institutions are "in the habit" of paying for products/services when
needed to perform their functions.

Therefore, you should expect to paid for the use of your products.  Any
"reservations" you might have in assessing a  fee can be "adjusted"  in the
amount you charge -- i.e.,  in accordance to (a) the time/effort you spent
and (b) the requesting institution's ability to pay.

PS  Another thought -- was a fee to the participants in the workshop you
conducted?  If so, then they were  paying for the time/expenses involved in
producing the handouts.  So ...  if they paid for these handouts, why should
subsequent users NOT pay?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Love" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: Sharing Info


> This is a query about request for printed workshop
> information.
>
> Leslie Guy and I put together a workshop for MAAM on
> the construction of 2- and 3- dimensional mount
> making.  This included a handout with written and
> photo instructions.  We are now being asked for
> permission for the handouts to be used by other
> institutions for their workshops.
>
> We will copyright the info, which gives us some
> control over it.
>
> We would like to know if anyone charges for the use of
> printouts.  I am torn on charging for information.
> However, Leslie and I are both in private practice and
> need to get paid for our work.
>
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>
> Nancy
>
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