Policies and Procedures - Ambit Energy

8policies and procedures“network marketing”). However, during the term of thisAgreement, Consultants may not directly or indirectlyRecruit other Ambit Consultants or customers for anyother network marketing business.Following the cancellation of a Consultant’s IndependentConsultant Agreement, and for a period of one yearthereafter, with the exception of a Consultant who ispersonally sponsored by the former Consultant, a formerConsultant may not recruit any Ambit Consultant orCustomer for another network marketing business. “Recruit”means the actual or attempted sponsorship, solicitation,enrollment, encouragement, or effort to influence in anyother way, either directly, indirectly, or through a thirdparty, another Ambit Consultant or customer to enrollor participate in another multilevel marketing, networkmarketing or direct sales opportunity.Consultants and the Company recognize that becausenetwork marketing is conducted through networks ofindependent contractors broadly dispersed across the entireUnited States and internationally, and business is commonlyconducted via the Internet and telephone, an effort tonarrowly limit the geographic scope of this non-solicitationprovision would render it wholly ineffective. Therefore,Consultants and Ambit agree that this non-solicitationprovision shall apply throughout the United States.4.8.2. sale of competing energy services.Consultants must not sell, or attempt to sell, any non-Ambit energy related programs, products or services toAmbit customers or Consultants.4.8.3. consultant participation in other directselling programs. If a Consultant is engaged in othernon-Ambit direct selling programs, it is the responsibilityof the Consultant to ensure that his or her Ambit businessis operated entirely separate and apart from any otherprogram. To this end, the following must be adhered to:• Consultants shall not display Ambit promotional material,sales aids, products or services with or in the samelocation as any non-Ambit promotional material or salesaids, products or services.• Consultants shall not offer the Ambit opportunity,products or services to prospective or existing customersor Consultants in conjunction with any non-Ambitprogram, opportunity, product or service.• Consultants may not offer any non-Ambit opportunity,products, services or opportunity at any Ambit-relatedmeeting, seminar or convention, or within 2 hours and a5-mile radius of the Ambit event. If the Ambit meetingis held telephonically or on the Internet, any non-Ambitmeeting must be at least two hours before or after theAmbit meeting, and on a different conference telephonenumber or Internet address from the Ambit meeting.4.8.4. downline activity (genealogy) reports.Consultant access to their Downline Activity Reports ispassword protected. All Downline Activity Reports andthe information contained therein are confidential andconstitute proprietary information and business tradesecrets belonging to Ambit. Downline Activity Reportsare provided to Consultants in strictest confidenceand are made available to Consultants for the solepurpose of assisting Consultants in working with theirrespective Downline Organizations in the developmentof their Ambit business. Consultants should use theirDownline Activity Reports to assist, motivate, and traintheir downline Consultants. The Consultant and Ambitagree that, but for this agreement of confidentiality andnondisclosure, Ambit would not provide DownlineActivity Reports to the Consultant.A Consultant shall not, on his or her own behalf, or onbehalf of any other person, partnership, association,corporation or other entity:4.8.4.1. Directly or indirectly disclose any informationcontained in any Downline Activity Report to any third party;4.8.4.2. Directly or indirectly disclose the password orother access code to his or her Downline Activity Report;4.8.4.3. Use the information to compete with Ambit orfor any purpose other than promoting his or her Ambitbusiness;4.8.4.4. Recruit or solicit any Consultant or Customer ofAmbit listed on any report, or in any manner attempt toinfluence or induce any Consultant or preferred Customerof Ambit, to alter their business relationship with Ambit; or4.8.4.5. Use or disclose to any person, partnership,association, corporation, or other entity any informationcontained in any Downline Activity Report.Upon demand by the Company, any current or formerConsultant will return the original and all copies ofDownline Activity Reports to the Company.4.9: Targeting Other Direct SellersAmbit does not condone Consultants specifically orconsciously targeting the sales force of another direct sales