[ A litte humour about the situation goes a long way, Malcolm. Never mind that she'd said it all relatively deadpan anyway. ]

If the offers are as good as you say, and you can make use of it in a practical manner, I say accept them. Thinking of how to deal with the network now is wise, too. You may want to employ multiple public faces, depending on what you focus on.

[ A separate personal entirely to act as decoy or front for information brokering wouldn't likely go amiss either. ]

You think you might have problems with others over this?