Summary

F1337 Command™ is building a web-portal to serve the players and dungeon masters who play Dungeons & Dragons 4e. The site will provide content provided by independent contributors. This article outlines the program and processes of the Content Contributor Program. This program is used for obtaining and managing content for the site.

“Our goal is to bring content contributors and people wanting the information together and leverage our retail operations to create a revenue stream for the contributors.”

David Kester - Founder

For more information please, email us at support@f1337command.com.

Corporate Background

Here we’ll help with understanding how this program fits into the overall the F1337 Command™ corporate vision.

Corporate Vision:

We will support the paper based RPG gaming community by providing great free content*, excellent products, and great customer service.

*Some content is only available to site members. Site membership is free.

Corporate Mission:

Create a RPG portal to provide content and products to players and game masters of paper based role playing games.

2010 Corporate Objective:

Develop a D&D 4e web-portal that provides free content and purchasable products made by independent contributors and designers.

2010 Corporate Goals:

1. Launch a web-portal to give users free content and purchasable products for playing and running D&D 4e.
2. Collaborate with D&D 4e product designers to offer products for players and dungeon masters of D&D 4e.
3. Create a collaboration team with bloggers, writers, and artists to generate free content for the portal.
4. Provide revenue to the collaboration team by sharing monthly profits with them.

Collaboration Program Goals

To ensure the success of F1337 Command™ goals in 2010 we are creating this program to organize and foster the
collaboration community.

2010 Content Goals

In order to measure our success we’ve set the following goals** for this program:

1. Create a collaboration team with bloggers, writers, and artists to generate free content for the portal.
2. Provide revenue to the collaboration team by sharing monthly profits with them.

**Normally goals should include a measurement quantity for success. However, F1337 Command™ core values set quality over quantity so we aren’t setting any quantity goals for this program this year.

Program Highlights

1. All of the content contributors are independent
2. The content from contributors is their intellectual property used by their permission on the site
3. The content on the site is 100% provided by this program

Content Acceptance Criteria

1. The content program will set and support high standards for the content quality
2. All content is approved for the site by the Content Review Board which is composed of corporate staff and Content
   Contributors

Profit sharing program

Every content contributor with active content on the site is enrolled in our profit sharing program unless they are also employees of F1337 Command™. Each contributor receives a share for each piece they authored.

How is the Profit Sharing Calculated?

The profit sharing program is based on gross profit*** The current contributor program profit sharing is 5% of the gross profit from product sales. Gross profit is a standard accounting term and you can learn
more about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_profit.

Each member earns one share in the profit program for each active content piece they have on the site. i.e. 10 pieces = 10 shares. 1 piece = 1 share. The formula for payout is:

Contributor Shares / Total Number of Shares * Gross Profit * 5%

***Gross Profit = Revenue − Cost of Goods Sold

Content Review Board

The review board is composed of contributors and corporate staff. One of the F1337 Command™ core values is inclusion and collaboration. We believe that the process will be stronger with active participation from the community. Initially membership on the board will be set by appointment. However, before the end of 2009 contributor team member positions on the board will be determined by a vote of all active contributors held annually and as needed.

Responsibilities of the Review Board

The review board is responsible for approving content for the site. The content on the site is a reflection the community and therefore it should be community controlled. Submitted content vetted for quality and approved by F1337 Command™ legal review will be sent to the board for final approval. They have final say.

“The world is different now. The value comes from quality and service.”

--David Kester - Founder

The review board recruits additional content creators. The community is driven from within and people
know each other. Quality begets quality. The goal of this responsibility is to support the growth of the contributor network.

The review board serves as an oversight of the F1337 Command™ corporate operations. The review board will have access to many details about the operation of the company to enable them to conduct oversight activities. By giving the review board watchdog capability on the F1337 Command™ business the review board will be able report on behavior it finds distasteful or complimentary.

What's the Catch

There are some limitations that the program will impose and strictly enforce. All of these are meant to keep the community healthy, protect intellectual property rights, and facilitate a practical program.

Contributor Program Rules of the Road

• Content on the site is the property of the creator and cannot be used for other purposes without their permission
• Content supplied under the contributor program is free to the consumer.
• Content Creators get paid when the site sells products not when their content is viewed
• Content is treated equally under the program, no favorites
• The Content Contributor Program is not a public program, you must be selected for inclusion
• Content provided for the site needs to be substantially unique and not already available elsewhere on the internet
• Content must be relevant to D&D 4e or other approved game system play

Kinds of Content

Content Elements

Blog

The blog includes substantially unique blog articles

The blog articles focus on instructions, reviews, comics, or game play experiences

Tool

The tools contain electronically delivered files that the user can use to help perform a task e.g. character sheets, worksheets, and quick reference cards

Story

The stories contain fantasy fiction to inspire and provide content for D&D 4e game sessions

Comic

The comics provide comedy and story content for the site visitors related to D&D 4e or the playing of other RPGs.

How do you get involved

To get involved in the contributor program contact F1337 Command™ at support@f1337command.com. We’ll send you the content submission agreement that you can complete and send back. Once the legal framework that protects you is in place you will only need to simply submit your content. If the content is approved for the site then you’ll be sent the official legal agreement regarding the item(s). If you sign the agreement and return it your content will be posted on the site.

Once you have content on the site you can brag to friends, tweet, or otherwise publicize the link to the site.

Then all that is left is for you to collect your profit sharing earnings monthly per the contract terms.

Repeat as many times as you like