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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 1884158" data-attributes="member: 1236">Here are my concerns regarding this venture.1) Will I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement?2) Will I need to sign a contract of any sort?3) Will the hours/days required to volunteer ever be increased/decreased?4) How often do reports need to be sent in? What if I don't send them in on time?5) Can I only go to one FLGS in my city/surrounding area or must I hit every single one in a month/week/year?6) What if I decide to quit?In a perfect world, I would hope that WotC would tell me that the hours required will always be the same, I only need to get them reports semi-monthly, I can go to any game shop I want, I sign no contract or NDA and I can quit anytime I want to.What I forsee, in my own cynical way, is:- WotC making you sign an NDA to protect their intellectual property (this would effectively stop anyone from selling the free stuff they get).- A contract must be signed even though you're a "volunteer" (again, to protect their intellectual property).- The hours/days mandated are subject to change and I am required to fulfill my obligation otherwise I must surrender all free merchandise back to WotC.- Reports must be sent in weekly, otherwise forfeiture of the contract will occur (resulting in me sending back my stuff).- I must go to as many FLGS' as there are in my city/surrounding area to give demos. I will provide my own gas/meals/etc and will not be reimbursed since I am a "volunteer."- I've signed a contract; I can't quit.Yes, this can be a great program for those who have the time to invest in it. If you are a person, like Ghostwind, who already spends a lot of time in a game shop. But, Ghostwind, what if you were forced to go to other game shops? Would you be as keen to jump forward and volunteer?And for those of you who are chomping at the bit on this one; how long do you think you can do this? What if you decide it's not for you? What if the hours are not worth it or you just get bored doing it? What if they make you send everything back? So the hours you already spent are pointless because you get nothing out of it (When I say nothing, I mean nothing tangible. I honestly don't see WotC giving you all this free stuff and then letting you keep it if you decide not to participate anymore)These are the questions I asked myself when I read this. True, it would be cool to hang out and run demos and answer questions. But will I want to do this forever, for one company? I don't get to do anything with anything "non-WotC" anymore in this case.Too many things could go wrong to discourage me to do this. I just don't like it... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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