How to Join Kadanzer Weyr

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Joining is simple! All you have to do is read these rules and then fill out the joining form. However, before you join, please take a moment and familiarize yourself with what kind of club we are, to decide whether we’re the right place for you.

Kadanzer Weyr was formed in 1994 as an offline fanzine club. It is a creative environment for mature Pern fans who want to write stories, create artwork, and engage in realistic character development. Unlike the majority of Pern clubs available online these days, we are not a PBeM club, and RP opportunities at Kadanzer Weyr are available only when members themselves organize them. (See "Who We Are" for more.)

Gold Tickle and bronze Hope;
Art by Ellen Million

We expect members to be self-motivated. While the Kadanzer environment is welcoming and encouraging of all new members, we've found over the past several years that club members get out of their Kadanzer experience what they put into it. You should expect to spend some time getting up to speed and learning the details of our setting; we have a lot of information available to help you and plenty of people willing to answer questions. Your experience in this club will largely depend on your level of motivation, your ability to think things through, and your willingness to play well with others.

The core membership in this club consist of mature people, which means we have an unusual focus on creating realistic characters and storylines. All characters submitted to the club must go through a review process, which often consists of two or more draft revisions. Our Story Approval Team (SAT) ensures that stories do not contradict stated setting details, or other stories, or common sense; this may require an author to revise a story before it is published. We no longer, however, edit for writing style unless the author requests it.

Characters must be earned. In order to ensure that everyone is familiar with our style and rules before starting to play in this version of Pern, we require that you read and comment on at least fifteen stories before you can create or adopt a character. Once you have a character, you may also submit stories or art, or participate in roleplaying events. For each additional character, you'll need to enter another fifteen comments; however, as soon as you've had one story or four pieces of art published on our site, this requirement is permanently removed and you may create or adopt as many characters as you wish. Note that some characters still require you to submit additional stories or art in order for you to keep them longer than a year.

Kadanzer Weyr has no dues. All we require to join is that you fill out a membership profile and agree to respect the club rules, which follow below. You can retain your membership as long as you wish, free of charge, as long as you log in to our website every few months and remain reachable and responsive by email.

If you think Kadanzer Weyr might be the place for you, then we encourage you to join!

But first, some more about the setting...

[Sidebar Dragons: Jennifer Broschinsky | Weyr Badge: Whitney Ware | Most other graphic elements: Smitty]
[Website text: Holly Hutchison, Smitty, Ron Swartzendruber, Whitney Ware | Website code: Ron Swartzendruber]
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