Member’s Agreement
September 26th, 2025 by ScrivsFine Fools Member’s Agreement v0.02
The undersigned (”Member”), by accepting this Agreement to Paul Scrivens, acknowledges that they wish to become a Member and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Member understands that Paul Scrivens has sole discretion over whether to accept or reject Member’s acceptance into the community, and that this agreement will not be binding unless Member has been notified of such acceptance.
RECITALS:
1. Our Promise
We promise to provide you with the resources needed to write quality content within the community. We promise that you will receive 100% of the Google Adsense or Yahoo! Publisher Network revenue that your individual articles produce as long as you maintain an account with either service. If you do not have an account with either Google or Yahoo! we promise to provide you with a channel on our account and you will receive 80% of the revenue that your individual articles produce.
We promise that if you decide to leave the community on your own will that we will keep your ad code up for 90 days after your departure. If you are asked to leave because you did not maintain the standards set forth by the community then your ad code will be removed immediately upon your dismissal.
2. Your Promise
You promise to maintain the standards that have been set by the community and will strive to continuously improve the quality of the sites you write for and the community that they are in.
3. Voiding Agreement
If either of the parties fails to meet the promises set above, the counter party have the right to void this agreement effective immediately.
September 26th, 2025 at 2:15 am
I’m going to leave the first comment to say that opinions are welcomed here. The 80/20 split on revenue when I have to manage the account occurs because I am making the 20% a maintenance fee.
I still think some stuff is vague, like the reference to the standards (meaning I will have to come up with a standards document), but since it’s v0.01 it will always be a work in progress.
Well not always, but you get the idea.
September 26th, 2025 at 3:30 pm
It still mentions 9rules in the first paragraph…
Neat idea, though.
September 26th, 2025 at 3:36 pm
Well that is an unfortunate oversight. Fixed and version number changed. Thanks for making me aware of my stupidity Scott.
October 2nd, 2025 at 4:07 pm
Ha, I’d hardly call this project “stupidity.”
So far, so good, eh?
October 2nd, 2025 at 4:10 pm
I’m liking what I am seeing so far. Baby steps man, baby steps.
October 4th, 2025 at 10:31 am
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