NERO LARP Membership Purchase & Renewal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I: NERO Membership Purchase or Renewal

1) Submit your annual NERO Membership Dues

2) Complete The Online Membership Forms A, B, C & D.

3) Complete the New Character Creation Form

Section II: NERO LARP Membership Information

1) What is included with a NERO® LARP Membership!

2) Read the FAQ about Membership Fees.

Section I: NERO Membership Purchase or Renewal

Step 01) Submit the Yearly Membership Fee Payment to the NERO Office HERE!

Step 02) Complete the Online Membership forms A, B, C, & D.

Step02A. Complete The NERO LARP Member Information Sheet. We will e-mail you with a welcome letter when we are done placing your info into the database.

NOTE: We do not keep your address in the online database if you choose 'Keep Address Out', but we do use it to mail you your NERO National Membership card.

Member Name:

Member Address:

Member City, State & Zip:

Member Telephone:

Member Date of Birth:

Member Email Address:

How Did You Hear About NERO?

Do you need a Membership Card ?

Have you paid your yearly membership dues yet?

Preferred Password for NERO Online Character Database:

(Your ID is your first initial and your last name in most cases)

Step 02B. The NERO LARP Legal Release Form. Print and bring it with you to every event you attend. Many Local NERO LARP Chapters require you to fill this out for each event so its best to just have it when you arrive.

Step 02C. The NERO LARP Legal Guardian / Minor Release Form, if applicable. Print and bring this with you to each NERO Event. Chapters may require you to fill this out when you arrive at an event so you should bring a completed one just in case.

Step 02D. The Insurance Company's Legal Release Injury Damage Waiver Form - This must be submitted to NERO National and it must be submitted to every NERO Chapter that you attend an event at - or you will not be covered by the insurance program that will repair you (with some limitations) if you have an accident at one of our events. The Waiver says that you will not sue the Company, the NERO Chapter, or its Affiliate if you get hurt at one of our events and is similar to the standards waivers signed by sports games participants.

Step 03) Create Your Character Persona:

-- The Character Persona that you create will be placed in the NERO® Online Database within 4 days of its submittal.

-- Complete this NERO LARP New Character Persona Online Form to create your character. This form can be filled out at any time. It will be forwarded to the NERO LARP Online Database Administrator who will add it to the NERO LARP Online Database within 4 business days.

-- The addition of your info to the online database will become automatic sometime in 2010.

Section II: NERO LARP Membership Information

II.1) Here is what is included with a NERO® Membership;

A User ID and Password for the NERO® LARP Online Database will be e-mailed to the address specified.
If a new member, a NERO® Rule Book© will be mailed to you at the postal mailing address specified.
A NERO® Membership Card will be mailed to you at the mailing address specified.
Accident/Medical Insurance while attending participating NERO LARP Chapter's Events.
NERO Member & Character Tracking at www.NeroDB.com
Online Member Information Tracking at www.Nerodb.com, where you update your NERO Member Information.
Online Character Information Tracking, at www.Nerodb.com, where you update your Character Skills.
Up To Five Characters in the Online Character Database.
Members Can View Their Character Experience Log for events attended.
Members can Update their Character Persona Skills Online.
Ability to send Your Character Card to the Chapter You Are Attending.
Ability to Print your Character Card (make 2 copies) and bring it with you to a NERO Event.
A complete Goblin Stamp Tracking System for staff and donation tracking. Every NERO Member has the ability to collect Goblin Points at local Chapters and spend Goblin Points at Any NERO Chapter when attending an Event (some low level 'capped' NERO Chapters do limit production purchase using goblin points so as not to impact/burden the game and to keep everyone on a level playing field.

II.2) Frequently Asked Questions about NERO® Membership Fees

Question: Are there any other charges for NERO® LARP Membership?

-- Some NERO® Chapters have additional fees to cover administration costs, insurance or other fees like Boy Scouts of America surcharge.

-- Some NERO LARP Chapters, including the NERO Office, have other types of Memberships that grant more benefits and privileges such as an NPC Member, Silver Member, and Gold Member.

Question: Do we get a Newsletter with our membership? If so, how often is it printed?
NERO National publishes its news with the LARP Magazine.

Question: When will I receive my Membership Information?
All NERO® Member related materials will be sent to you within 10 business days from purchase.

Question: How does Character Updating Work?
Currently our members are encouraged to have an individual responsible for check-out at a NERO® LARP event to mark the total XP on their character card, and for them to bring that card back to the chapter which houses their membership and Character persona.

Question: How Do I Get My XP updated Online?
With the new NERO® LARP Online Database, a National Staff member (www.nerolarp.com Staff Contact button) and in some cases an individual designated by the Local Chapter Can Update Your Character XP and Goblin Points Online after Events.

Question: How do I get my Membership Information and Expiration date updated?
Members can update most of their own membership information. For the fields that are not updatable by NERO® Members, a National Staff member or their local Nero Chapter can apply updates. To have your Membership Expiration date updated, be sure to submit your annual Membership Dues HERE.

Question: Where can we buy NERO®, LARP, and RPG Equipment?
Members can purchase NERO LARP Related Fantasy Gaming Equipment, Boffer Weapons and Costumes at the NERO LARP Store , the NERO Live RPG Store, www.merchantswares.com, and www.NEROstuff.com . If these do not have what you need, try our friends.

Question: Where is the NERO Game that National Runs?
The NERO® Games that National runs are called NERO Avendale, NERO Ashbury and NERO Neridia.

Question: Can You Overnight The NERO Rule Book to Me and add me to the Online Database in 30 minutes?

Answer: We can accommodate Rush Orders but there is an additional fee of $25.00 for Overnight Mail and Rush Order Processing. Cal 914-309-7718 to have this done.