**Important Announcement Regarding The Salvation Army**

Day 793, 18:28 • Published in USA USA • by Environmental Protection

Greetings, my name is LordRahl2

First off this is my first article.  I apologize in advance for any technical shortcomings.
 
Purpose:



The purpose of this article is to announce my selection as Director for The Salvation Army.  This is a role I undertake with modesty and even some anxiety.  To be the head of a Government Agency requires humility, accountability, perseverance, and a lot of work.  Volunteers give freely of themselves and ask nothing in return.  I only hope that I am up to the task of managing and leading this organization.  Most of all, I hope that our collective efforts will be successful.  The eUS needs to improve its retention rate over the long term to stay competitive.
 
 
Volunteers:



The Salvation Army needs more Volunteers.  Your help now will determine the strength of the Country tomorrow.  Please help if you can.  Even very small commitments of time will go a long way.  We have an ongoing need for a generalized volunteer who can adaptively provide limited mentoring skills, use messaging tools, and/or track some data.  If you think that you can provide even some help in these areas please send me a PM.  We will not be successful without you.
Please, do not think that you need to have significant experience in order to help.  When I started mass messaging, I did not even know the mechanics behind moving from one state to another.

I will be conferring with the other Department Heads and Jude Connors while the Department of the Interior works through the specific distribution of responsibilities.   I will publish updates in this paper as soon as we identify critical positions.



Now if you are asking yourself "why should I volunteer?" then maybe this will help: 
Whatever is decided in the great hospital debate, I believe that the people themselves need to be reached.  It is a sense of purpose, belonging, and some level of fun that will help new players stay engaged.  This Nation has a wonderful community on the forums, and on IRC.  This is the true strength of the eUS.  Using every method at our disposal to retain new players will strengthen our economy and improve our military strength.
Currently, The Salvation Army is nearing the end of its first full sweep of the Wasteland.
The results, although not complete, point towards success.  As Maxx Johnson can confirm, the vast majority of people in the wasteland will never log in again.
This fact highlights the need to get to these new players as soon as possible
 
My History:



I started playing eRepublic again near the end of WWIII after an aborted failure at the start of the war.  I believe my first fight was in Alaska.  About two months ago while still having extremely low experience and knowledge I started lurking on the eUS forums.  I continue to lurk (mostly) to this day.
Through the Lib IRC, I got linked into a very small part of Operation Eagle Drop which messaged the entire “active” population in the Wasteland.  This wetted my appetite for more.
After Operation Eagle Drop I found a topic entitled "The Wasteland Commission" by Daniel Dodge.  I volunteered and have been working diligently ever since.
To improve performance and to eliminate overlap The Salvation Army absorbed the Wasteland Commission Volunteers.  I have worked hard to maintain the press through the Wasteland and give every player a chance to respond.  I have personally messaged over 3,700 players and offered some guidance to about 150 and moving tickets and food to more.
 
I would like to thank system101 for assisting me in the technical drafting of this article.  Without his help it would look far worse than it does now.

LordRahl2
-Director, The Salvation Army