*Adopt a Newbie* Society List

Hey guys,

As the *Adopt a Newbie* Foundation becomes more busy, it will get harder to keep track of everyone involved. We already have the Newbie List and a Society Concept Thread explaining the ideas Lykke had at the beginning about how it would work; both are great!

However, I think it would be a nice idea to start a Society List to match the Newbie List to make it easier to keep tabs on just who is involved here. I encourage soc leaders to take a look at their own soc's entry and to inform me of any changes or updates I should add due to either mistake or lack of knowledge.

Of course, if your soc doesn't appear here and you are invovled, please let me know so I can keep it up to date.

Firstly, the terms for Societies:

Agreement (Rules of Conduct) for Societies:

• Societies wishing to collaborate with ANF should apply in this thread with the details for the table below.
• These rules should be viewed, discussed and accepted by the authoritative figures within the Society before the Society applies here.
• It is not necessary only for Society Leaders to be Correspondents, it can be any internally agreed member of the Society, and it is free to change Correspondents any time (just let me know).
• It is important that I have Correspondents on my Friend List, and they have me on theirs, for communication purposes. We should both try to keep contact with each other (just give me a poke if necessary).
• The aim of ANF is to help, so Societies should be willing to help the newbies they adopt with any questions or problems (within reason).
• To Adopt a Newbie, simply PM me (Dalas) with a request including the name of the newbie. There is no specific layout or wording recommendation for these PMs, you can simply ask.
• I will PM the Correspondent once their Newbie has signed the Contract and give the go-ahead for the Adoption to begin.
• An adoption will typically last 4 weeks. The Society is responsible for controlling this and free either to keep the Newbie or let them go after this period.
• Contracts will be sent both to the Newbie and the Correspondent here in EP Forum. Since the Society has already accepted these Terms, it is NOT necessary for Correspondents to reply to the Contracts. They are sent purely for the Society's records.
• Upon completion of 1 (one) week of adoption, each Newbie is entitled to a free Newbie Kit. This is the responsibility of the Correspondent to organise. This can be done by PMing me (Dalas) here in Entropia Planets Forum or in-world.
• The Society is allowed to kick a Newbie if they do not follow the rules in the Society or because of unacceptable behavior - and the Society Correspondent will have to inform the *Adopt a Newbie* Foundation about this - The Newbie's name will then be deleted from the Newbie List.
• You may adopt as many Newbies as you like at any one time. The number you give in the Society List is just a guideline.
• I will try to keep Correspondents informed via a PMed Newsletter here in EP Forum, but cannot guarantee its regularity.
• I may ask an applicant to meet up in-world if I am not familiar with their Society yet, in order to get to know a bit more about them and their EU-ethos. This is to ensure that the high quality of care already present in ANF remains and that Newbies may feel confident with any Society which may want to adopt them.

It is important for Societies to make informed decisions, so it is recommended that Societies read not only the Newbie List, but also the application filled in by the newbie they wish to adopt and even check on other posts the newbie has made in order to get the best impression possible of this newbie.

We welcome you!

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Sign up for the ANF Society list!

Copy and paste the points below and post the form in this thread with your information. I (Dalas) will reply in this thread with more details on how we can progress. When a Society is successfully entered into the Society List, they are free to begin browsing for Newbies and PMing me with Adoption requests.

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The Form - Copy ONLY this and post your personal answers as a reply in this thread.

Society name:

Correspondent Avatar name:

Timezone(s):

Ideal number of Newbies:

What we are looking for in our Newbies:

Society Website (if applicable):

Some useful links for Society Leaders:

• The *Adopt a Newbie* Foundation Forum Section
• ANF's Newbie List
• The *Adopt a Newbie* Foundation Official Society

Here is the Table:

The List

Society	Correspondent	Zone	# of Newbies	Looking For...
Lost Renegades	Narfi	North America	4-6	Age over 18.
Death Unlimited	Dalas	Europe	2 - 3	Fitting personality.
Die Templer	bistl	Europe (Germany)	Max 12/week (hehe)	German speakers.
Candu Corp	Peter Candu	North America (EST)	1 - 2	"...honesty and integrity, at all cost."
-TAO-	Juniper Jaywalker Jones	All over!	Max 4?	"..mature attitude and a willingness to do some of their own research! Must be willing to accept the term "noob" as a sign of affection, not an insult!" NOTE: Newbie must accept a soc member as a Mentor.
Synergen	Ur Worst Nightmare	All time zones	?	"We will accept any level players over the age of 18. Experience, motivation, dedication is always welcome and it doesn't hurt to have a good size PED card. :)"
Union of Calypso	John FreeLancer Smith	MA+2	4	"Good person, over 18, decent, willing to learn from soc members, team-player."

Society|Correspondent|Zone|# of Newbies|Looking For
Brainstormers|Dave Neuromancer|Any|3 - 4|"mature, English speaking, long term/slow burn miners preferred"
SPU|Kosh|All over|2 - 3|Adult, self-sufficient, English speakers.
Irken Invaders|Foeburner|All over|2-3|"We are looking for anyone who likes being social, and speaks OK English."
Full Metal Inc.|Kahr|All over|3|"+18. Being independent and self sufficient are a huge plus. And the most important, be happy."
-=Gods of Chaos=-|Coffeeman|North America/Canada|1 for now|"Adult players who don't mind bad (and often inappropriate) humor, and are not looking to scam/beg. We're primarily english speaking and online evenings, North America times. People who understand that real-life trumps Entropia!"
Chetara|Jay Carr|Anywhere|4-5|"...as long as they can type at least enough english to get by"
Ouroboros|Penny Dreadful|Anywhere (mainly North America)|3|"We are an English-speaking society, but we don't expect perfect grammar and spelling "
Interstellar Trade Corp.|Zelgais Greyworth|North America, looking to diversify|3+|"Positive attitudes towards our members and other new players, to have fun while you're playing"
No Return|deppen|All over (mostly Europe)|2|"...interest of learning , get as many as possible teleporters, ofcourse we gladly help, in team or solo, i still see its one of the 1st a newbie should do get the teleporters, its a great way to explore. "
Soaring Eagles|Emma Abbadon|Europe (late), US (early evening)|2 - 3|"18 and over, self sufficiency, a willingness to ask and answer questions about the game, the desire to treat others with respect and a sense of fun and adventure."
Candu Corp|Peter Candu|North America (EST)|1 - 2|"...honesty and integrity, at all cost."
Temporal Destinies|David Westmoreland|"...the states and europe as well as down under..."|10?|"...as long as you are active, work, listen and learn."
The New Trust|Mr-Joey|Europe (Germany / Switzerland / Austria )|1 - 2|"mostly German speaking PPl. from all over the world, preferred European Timezone"
AEU Regiment|Ur Worst Nightmare|All over|?|"English speaking, open minded and have a sense of humor (friendly harassment :D)."
Odin's Valkyries|Saga valkyrie Friggsdottir|North America (mostly)|2-3 (at a time perhaps)|"Female avatars as it's a female only society (male rl playing female is ofc allowed). You should know and want to have fun and be silly sometimes. Oh and ofc no scammers or beggers (use common sense as always)"

 

Interesting idea; I've added hyperlinks to those socs who replied in the thread, linking to their posts directly from their name in the Table.

So for example if you look at the table and click on Lost Renegades, you'll be directed to narfi's post (even though it is directly underneath :D). This will come in handy if we get quite a few posts here, to save trawling through them all to find more info.

 

Thanks jaywalker, great info and I'll get involved in that Forum. How many newbies do you envision -TAO- taking on, ideally, at a time?

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I edited the Table slightly, change Leader to Correspondent, meaning the person I am actually in contact with from that soc, who doesn't necessarily have to be the Leader.

 

Alwyn: Thanks a lot for the detailed description! Have talked to you already about it so won't go into more detail here.

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Jay: Don't worry too much about it, it's just a general guideline, the number itself is nothing too important as long as it gives a general idea of whether you want small numbers (most socs) or don't mind (NBK). Thanks for the update though, you're very thorough! It's appreciated.

 

Thanks a lot Suu!

Talked to you in-world about this, so here I'll just say thanks again and we can hope you get those two newbies you asked for soon!

 

Thanks a lot Kosh!

You've been listed!

Not having met any of your soc yet, I'd love to set up a little meeting with someone (you, perhaps?) in-world, just to have a little chat :) So when you have some time, just let me know and we'll put the world to rights.

Cheers!

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EDIT: After meeting Kosh at Ithaca, we had a pleasant chat and discovered how similar our socs are! Needless to say his fits perfectly with ANF. I joined their soc-forum too :) Welcome on board SPU!

 

Hey there Gionni, just wondering whether your post means that you're interested in joining the *Adopt a Newbie* Foundation or whether you just want new recruits (in which case your post doesn't belong in this thread I'm afraid ). If you do want to join as an Adopting society in ANF, I'd appreciate it if you posted the info relevant to the table found in my original post :)

Cheers.

 

*Adopt a Newbie* Society List: CaMo Flames & Industries

Nice post SirMixaLot, but it didn't help me fill in any of the boxes in the table :D

What timezone is your soc based in, or doesn't it matter?

How many newbies do you want to adopt, ideally?

And what kind of newbies are you looking for?

Cheers!

 

Thanks Kahr for an awesome post, even if it took some buttkicking to make you do it!

Very informative and it allowed me to fill all boxes first time!

I hope you enjoy the company of many active and successful newbies!