Hi all, I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? The chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a reasonable fee is. 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with teacher experience or just have one flat fee? Thanks, Holly

Hi Holly, We pay a flat fee for all class instructors and per diems for related expenses. For speakers we offer $100 as a fee. I have had some who will speak for free even when I have offered payment. Hope this helps. Jane NYS Chapter. (Apologies for mistakes while writing with iPhone.) On Feb 20, 2025, at 12:00 PM, Holly & Trisha <rockymountain@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote:  Hi all, I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? The chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a reasonable fee is. 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with teacher experience or just have one flat fee? Thanks, Holly _______________________________________________ GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org

Hi, Holly, NW pays $150 for a speaker and tours. The two other book arts organizations in our region (not affiliated with GBW) both pay more generous honoraria. Over $300. Workshops tend to vary depending on the details of the workshop (length, materials, handouts or whatever else the presenter needs). We have a workshop coming up with Andrew Huot where Andrew had a set fee, then we estimated how many attendees we needed to break even. We decided to split any additional profit revenue with Andrew. And we are charging a little more for nonmembers. Pretty standard. You can see this workshop announcement on the GBW website. I am copying Paula Jull, our events coordinator and Michael Sobel our treasurer on this email. They may want to add/ suggest to my description. Hope things are going well for you! Jodee On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 9:00 AM Holly & Trisha < rockymountain@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: > 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? The > chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a > reasonable fee is. > 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with > teacher experience or just have one flat fee? > > Thanks, > Holly > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >

Hi Holly, Thanks for starting this conversation, as it's a really good one to have. I don't have anything to share on this because it has been a while since I've been a Chapter Chair but I do think a lot of times workshop fees are dependent on what the what the instructor charges. Best, Todd On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM Jodee Fenton <jafenton67@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Holly, > NW pays $150 for a speaker and tours. The two other book arts > organizations in our region (not affiliated with GBW) both pay more > generous honoraria. Over $300. > > Workshops tend to vary depending on the details of the workshop (length, > materials, handouts or whatever else the presenter needs). > > We have a workshop coming up with Andrew Huot where Andrew had a set fee, > then we estimated how many attendees we needed to break even. We decided to > split any additional profit revenue with Andrew. And we are charging a > little more for nonmembers. Pretty standard. You can see this workshop > announcement on the GBW website. > > I am copying Paula Jull, our events coordinator and Michael Sobel our > treasurer on this email. They may want to add/ suggest to my description. > > Hope things are going well for you! > > Jodee > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 9:00 AM Holly & Trisha < > rockymountain@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: >> 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? >> The chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a >> reasonable fee is. >> 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with >> teacher experience or just have one flat fee? >> >> Thanks, >> Holly >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// *Todd Pattison* Vice President Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> | The National Organization for All the Book Arts vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org | 781.921.9186 | Pronouns (He/Him)

Unfortunately, I do not have much to share, given the dearth of opportunities recently in the MIdwest, but for our upcoming annual gathering, I have asked if the workshop instructors have a standard fee and if not, suggest one. From there, we determine the price for members/non-members. On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM Todd Pattison < vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > Hi Holly, > > Thanks for starting this conversation, as it's a really good one to have. > > I don't have anything to share on this because it has been a while since > I've been a Chapter Chair but I do think a lot of times workshop fees are > dependent on what the what the instructor charges. > > Best, > Todd > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM Jodee Fenton <jafenton67@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, Holly, >> NW pays $150 for a speaker and tours. The two other book arts >> organizations in our region (not affiliated with GBW) both pay more >> generous honoraria. Over $300. >> >> Workshops tend to vary depending on the details of the workshop (length, >> materials, handouts or whatever else the presenter needs). >> >> We have a workshop coming up with Andrew Huot where Andrew had a set fee, >> then we estimated how many attendees we needed to break even. We decided to >> split any additional profit revenue with Andrew. And we are charging a >> little more for nonmembers. Pretty standard. You can see this workshop >> announcement on the GBW website. >> >> I am copying Paula Jull, our events coordinator and Michael Sobel our >> treasurer on this email. They may want to add/ suggest to my description. >> >> Hope things are going well for you! >> >> Jodee >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 9:00 AM Holly & Trisha < >> rockymountain@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: >>> 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? >>> The chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a >>> reasonable fee is. >>> 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with >>> teacher experience or just have one flat fee? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Holly >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > > > -- > > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > *Todd Pattison* > > Vice President > > Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> | The National > Organization for All the Book Arts > > vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org | 781.921.9186 | > > Pronouns (He/Him) > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> *This email account is managed by volunteers and is not necessarily checked every day. We will respond as soon as we are able. Thank you for your patience.*

Thank you all for the info. This has been really helpful! On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM Midwest Chapter < midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > Unfortunately, I do not have much to share, given the dearth of > opportunities recently in the MIdwest, but for our upcoming annual > gathering, I have asked if the workshop instructors have a standard fee and > if not, suggest one. From there, we determine the price for > members/non-members. > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM Todd Pattison < > vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > >> Hi Holly, >> >> Thanks for starting this conversation, as it's a really good one to have. >> >> I don't have anything to share on this because it has been a while since >> I've been a Chapter Chair but I do think a lot of times workshop fees are >> dependent on what the what the instructor charges. >> >> Best, >> Todd >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM Jodee Fenton <jafenton67@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Holly, >>> NW pays $150 for a speaker and tours. The two other book arts >>> organizations in our region (not affiliated with GBW) both pay more >>> generous honoraria. Over $300. >>> >>> Workshops tend to vary depending on the details of the workshop (length, >>> materials, handouts or whatever else the presenter needs). >>> >>> We have a workshop coming up with Andrew Huot where Andrew had a set >>> fee, then we estimated how many attendees we needed to break even. We >>> decided to split any additional profit revenue with Andrew. And we are >>> charging a little more for nonmembers. Pretty standard. You can see this >>> workshop announcement on the GBW website. >>> >>> I am copying Paula Jull, our events coordinator and Michael Sobel our >>> treasurer on this email. They may want to add/ suggest to my description. >>> >>> Hope things are going well for you! >>> >>> Jodee >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 9:00 AM Holly & Trisha < >>> rockymountain@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have a couple questions regarding paying presenters & instructors: >>>> 1) What do you all pay as an honorarium fee for someone giving a talk? >>>> The chapter handbook lets us decide so I'm trying to get an idea of what a >>>> reasonable fee is. >>>> 2) For workshops, do you have a pay scale that corresponds with >>>> teacher experience or just have one flat fee? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Holly >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> >> >> *Todd Pattison* >> >> Vice President >> >> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> | The National >> Organization for All the Book Arts >> >> vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org | 781.921.9186 | >> >> Pronouns (He/Him) >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > > > -- > Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> > Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> > > *This email account is managed by volunteers and is not necessarily > checked every day. We will respond as soon as we are able. Thank you for > your patience.* > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >