Joining CAR-PGa

To join CAR-PGa, all you have to do is send the membership form (see below) to the Chair (e-mail: chair @ this domain, car-pga.org; snail-mail: 1127 Cedar, Bonham, TX 75418-2913). To remain a member you need to pay your dues. These are not necessarily monetary dues; instead, all we ask for is "work for the cause." This can be as simple as keeping yourself informed by subscribing to the Newsletter or as complex as doing scientific research on role-playing games and getting it published. Various levels of work grant various amounts of membership points indicating how active you are. For example, sending in the membership form is worth 1 point. (It is recommended that you do this once per year just to make sure our demographics are up-to-date.) Points expire one year after they are gained, and you are removed if you ever have no points.

The information on the membership form is confidential. While the members' names and contact information, including mailing addresses, are usually available to other members, exceptions have been made; please contact the Chair if you have any questions or concerns.

CAR-PGa Membership Form

This material is confidential and only for finding talent, facilities, and demographic information. Please send to
CAR-PGa
1127 Cedar
Bonham, TX 75418
(E-mail: chair at [@] this domain, car-pga.org.)

Date

Name (surname first)
Address (current and permanent)
Phone number (home, work, and fax)
E-mail address
Website
Birth Date
Sex

Occupation
Place of work or school (including address)
Educational background

List details for those of the following which apply (identify by number)

1. Languages (a. speak, b. read, c. write; evaluate each on a scale of fluent, functional, marginal, decipher with translating dictionary). Also indicate those in which you can reasonably secure help in translating
2. Access (e.g., in libraries) to microfilm or other copies of newspapers since 1975 (list; give dates; indicate if indexed)
3. Access to standard indexes (Lexis, Nexis, PsychNet, ERIC, Sociological Abstracts, Psychological Abstracts, etc.)
4. Member of local game club (name, where meets, indicate if officer)
5. Role-playing games played (indicate if as referee)
6. Game convention experience (indicate if refereed, led seminar [indicate subject], convention administration, etc.)
7. Hobbies, extra-curricular activities, and special interests (whether involving RPG or not)
8. Useful job skills (lawyer, printer, police, writer, public relations, etc.)
   Include jobs held in past and those of close relatives and associates (specify areas of expertise) who could help with research and translations.
9. In-service training applicable to RPG (such as "cult awareness seminars")
10. Have electric typewriter (make and list of fonts)
11. Have computer (type, compatibility, fonts, modem, laser printer, etc.)
12. Have copier (type, zoom?, sizes of paper handled)
13. Experience in civil liberties organizations (which and when, capacity)
14. Anything in background that may cause a problem for CAR-PGa (criminal record, school expulsion, etc.)
    This will not exclude you from membership, we just want to avoid being ambushed by it.
15. How did you find out about CAR-PGa?
16. Anything we left out that might be useful