Can Deck Medic use the National Advertising Fund for technology development and testing?

exceed 2% of monthly Gross Sales to the National Advertising Fund. We may use the National Advertising Fund for market studies, research, service development, product development, testing, research studies, technology development, advertising and public relations studies or services, creative production and printing of advertising and marketing materials, advertising copy and commercials, tracking costs, agency fees, administrative costs, which may include reimbursement for direct administrative and personnel costs associated with advertising and public relations, and any other costs associated with the development, marketing and testing of advertising, marketing and public relations materials, and the purchase of media placement, advertising time and public relations materials in national, regional or other advertising and public relations media in a manner determined by us, in our discretion, to be in the best interest of the franchisees and the System. Our company and/or affiliate owned Deck Medic Businesses may but are not required to contribute to the National Advertising Fund. The National Advertising Fund will be required to maintain unaudited financial records detailing its expenditures and will make available to you (no more frequently than one time in any 12-month period) an unaudited accounting of how the monies contributed to the National Advertising Fund were spent each year. We are not required to segregate the National Advertising Fund from our general operating funds and we are not a fiduciary or trustee of the National Advertising Fund.

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 24–29)