Hearts & MindsSM - Information for ChangeSM Important Notes for You as Hearts and Minds Writers

The following explains how Hearts and Minds, our volunteers and you as writers work together:

•  As writers for Hearts and Minds, you volunteer to write articles for potential publication opportunities. It is suggested that you limit your volunteer time with us to a reasonable number of hours per week. Of course, volunteering with Hearts and Minds should not interfere with work and other life responsibilities.
   
• Hearts and Minds makes no commitment to hire any of its volunteers, though of course they will be given consideration as the opportunities arise.
   
•  You take full responsibility to not use material that may be considered plagiarized.  Let us know if you have any questions on this.
   
•  Hearts and Minds will try to give you appropriate credit for your article and other help you provide, but you agree to let us decide how to do so.
   
• People at Hearts and Minds may help you improve your article and your writing and communications skills. There is no charge or payment for the article(s) you write. The article(s) you work on for Hearts and Minds are for its unlimited use in any media. If you allow Hearts and Minds to retain the © copyright, it may still allow you to have the article published elsewhere.
   
• There is no charge or payment for any exchange of ideas with Hearts and Minds people. For example, any ideas that you suggest to help Hearts and Minds are for its unlimited use without obligation.
   
• All submissions are subject to editing and changes. Additional contributions on your subject from other writers may be added and may even replace your article. Information from your article may be used in other articles.
   
• You will be given the opportunity to give feedback as we edit your article, but you agree that final editing decisions are to be made by Hearts and Minds. We will not ask you to attach your name to any ideas that you oppose, with the understanding that you will inform us of any objections well before we publish online or in print.
   
• We hope to keep your article online for a year or more to allow it reach hundreds of thousands of people, but we cannot guarantee how long it will remain on our website or whether it will be in Hearts and Minds' printed publications. We also cannot guarantee that its position or layout in our publication(s) will be as you would prefer.
   
• Although we hope you will follow through on your work with us, you can of course discontinue volunteering at any time for any reason. We ask that you give as much notice as you can. We also ask you to give us the research or writing you did thus far. You can be given credit proportional to what you have done.
   
• Your reasonable costs for telephone, copying, transportation, etc. may be reimbursed if you inform us ahead of time and we authorize the specific expenses. We need to see receipts.
   
• Hearts and Minds reserves the right to change any of these conditions in the future or with other volunteers and employees.
   
• All the above applies even if Hearts and Minds changes its name, affiliates or merges with other organization(s).
   
• We very much appreciate your volunteer help. If there is any way Hearts and Minds can be improved or we can make your volunteer experience with us more fulfilling, please let us know.

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