Mac Guild Membership
TIERS
- POINTS - PAYMENTS - BENEFITS - POP
ACCOUNT
The Macintosh Guild is open to anyone in the US who is interested
in the Macintosh platform.
Membership in the Guild is tiered into four levels:
- Platinum (Elite members)
- Gold (Highly active members)
- Silver (Participating members)
- Lurkers (Curious members)
The primary goal of our membership drive is
to get people to participate! If you participate, you can achieve any level without
ever paying a dime. For those who find a lot of benefit from the Guild, but don't
have time to participate, you can buy your points as well.
To become a participating member, all that is required is for you to fill out one
poll, and perform one review a year (either of a piece of software, hardware, or
even a book). Pretty simple, right? Yes!
Go Gold or Platinum by participating further, and earn greater benefits, such as
a free email account, early access to review software, and appreciation gifts.
As mentioned, you can also purchase your points, and you can combine participation
points with purchased points.
Mac Guild Membership Tiers:
| MEMBERSHIP LEVEL |
REQUIRED POINTS
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| Platinum |
36
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| Gold |
24
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| Silver |
12
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| Lurker |
2
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Click
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for details on membership benefits.
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Different ways to earn
points through participation:
| ACTIVITY |
POINTS EARNED |
| Book review |
10 points |
| Commercial software review (and some Shareware titles) |
10 points |
| Freeware software review (and some Shareware titles) |
10 points |
| Mac-related article contributions |
10 points |
| Item donations |
Varies |
| Poll responses (one response counted per poll) |
2 points |
| $$$ (fastest way to earn membership) |
1 point per $1 |
| Active Mac Guild position |
12 points |
| Technical contributions |
1 to 10 points |
| Contest participation |
Varies |
| Carryover points from prior year |
6 to 18 points |
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NOTE: Membership can be revoked for
various violations of mailing list policies, or a violation of a review agreement.
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- CONTRIBUTIONS
- The point system is intended to encourage
participation in Mac Guild activities, but we understand that not everyone has the
time or desire to participate. You can earn your points by purchasing them with contributions
to the Mac Guild. All contributions are greatly appreciated, and go a long ways to
keep the Mac Guild alive.
You can purchase points online using PayPal balance transfers and electronic checks,
or PayPal credit card payment (if you pay by credit card, you need to add $1 to each
$12 payment to account for credit card fees).
The donate buttons below default to a quantity of one, meaning one membership tier
(which is $12). To reach Silver membership is one tier ($12), Gold is two tiers ($24),
and Platinum is three tiers ($36). If you would like to purchase an odd number of
points, do not use the buttons below; instead, log into your PayPal account and send
the exact dollar amount manually. For credit card payments, send to eorders AT excaliburworld.com,
and for eChecks or balance transfers, send to macguild AT excaliburworld.com.
You can also send a check, money order or item donations to the address listed below.
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NOTE: If you use the above
button for credit card payment, the payment will be canceled.
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(CREDIT CARD FEES ARE $1 PER $10 DONATION, SO TO GET 10 POINTS, PAY $11)
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Send checks to:
Bill Catambay
2900 Salem Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95051
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