MM: Becoming a Member
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General
While non members are able to post on our forums, take part in Discord and follow our Social Media, to fully partake of our community, a person must apply to join as a Citizen, which gives both extra opportunities and responsibilities. As members progress through the Tower Initiate ranks they gain additional benefits, culminating in joining the close-knit community our Tower Sworn members enjoy.
Requirements
To become a Citizen, you must fill out an application, in addition to meeting several criteria. These include
- Read this section of the Membership Manual about our Community
- Be at least 18 years of age, or, have the direct and written consent of a Parent or Guardian who is a member in good standing of TarValon.Net, Inc.(*)
- Have an account with at least 25 posts on our boards.
(*) Potential members will be required to receive written consent, via email from their parent or guardian which will then be retained by or Director of Membership. . Members who were under 18 when this rule came into effect retain their membership as required by Article 7 Section 1 of our Bylaws.
Once these steps are completed and the Mayor processes your application, you will be added to the Citizen usergroup.
Please note that in addition to filling out an application to be a Citizen, you may need to respond to follow-up questions from our Mayor. Please follow the instructions in that email; when you have completed this, you will receive an email that indicates you will soon be added to the Citizen usergroup. You are considered a Citizen from the moment you receive this email.
If you have not received an email in your inbox within 7 days, please check your spam box. If the email is not in there, then you should contact the Mayor to inquire as to the status of your application. If you have not been added to the Citizen usergroup within 7 days of receiving your confirmation of successful application, you should also contact the Mayor to inquire about your application status. Please remember that the Mayor and his/her staff are volunteers who donate their time and have many tasks to fulfill, besides also having offline responsibilities not related to the community. Due to the special attention given to every application which comes through, the response time might not be immediate.
Sponsorship
The Tower requires Tower Sworn sponsorship in order to ascertain a more accurate impression of the Citizen’s interactions and activity within the forums from one who is completely familiar with TarValon.Net’s policies and expectations from its Community Membership. This Tower Sworn personally vouches for the Citizen’s compatibility with TarValon.Net and presents the Citizen as one ready to become a Tower Initiate of the community.
A Tower Sworn reference is required for a Citizen to apply to the Tower. This member personally vouches for the Citizen’s compatibility with TarValon.Net and presents the Citizen as one ready to become a Tower Initiate of the community. There are many opportunities as a Citizen to get to know Tower Sworn for this purpose.
Posting a thread in the forums asking for sponsors is discouraged. The easiest way to find Tower Sworn willing to give recommendations is for the Citizen to just be oneself and interact normally on the boards. One is bound to find another with things in common, and this can start natural conversations with other Community Members both in the threads and in PMs. Sometimes this other person is a Tower Sworn. Most Tower Sworn are not averse to receiving a random PM, discussing something which came up in the threads.
Most Tower Sworn will turn down a request for sponsorship if it is felt that he/she does not know the citizen well enough to vouch for them before the Hall. Some Tower Sworn sponsor only Citizens with whom they feel a kinship of some sort, whether due to common interests, experiences or otherwise. The majority of Tower Sworn simply need to determine that the Citizen is both friendly and interested in the Tower. Others choose to wait and see how involved the Citizen might become, or how maturely they act with others on the site.
Information
Required Information
- Citizens - What is required or expected of citizens
- Virtual Events - How to take part in the regular virtual events we hold
- Free Weeks - What are Free Weeks at TarValon.Net
- Leave of Absence - How to inform the administration if you expect to be absent
- Joining the Tower - How to apply to join the White Tower as Novice or Recruit
- Resident Citizen
Additional Information
Much of this is useful, or important, for example if you wish to join the Tower itself, or attend a real life event, but members are able to participate fully as citizens without knowing this
- Attending an Event - Citizens are eligible to attend any of our events, as long as they have been made real.
- Being made real - Process for confirming identity, required for those who want to attend a real life event
- Applying for a Position - Guidance on how to apply for one of our staff positions
- The Hall - The Hall is responsible for raisings
- Planning an Event - Citizens are also eligible to host local events
- Merit Badges - Our system of acknowledging people who have made substantial contributions to our community
- Chain of Command for Members - who to contact if you have any issues
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