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Here are some (late) updates for the Department of the Interior, August 2010 edition!

Secretary of the Interior: Herr Vootsman
Deputy Secretary of the Interior: PrincessMedyPi

Goals:

Establish multiple points of contact with new players.
This is done in several ways. The first contact a new player gets is the new citizen welcome message. This message should make the game as exciting as possible, with the goal of retention rather than education. All new players will be contacted by the Community Development Program and given links to articles about fighting and wellness, as well as the tinyurl.com/NewCitizenHelp form. The Flying Unicorn Squadron will maintain a presence in the in-game chat room to help out players who may wander in there. Finally, US Job Hubs will also send a welcome message (Similar to that of CDP) to all new employees.

Provide 24 hour response.
We have a lot of programs that either distribute items to new players, or provide an offer of help to them. It is the goal of all programs to consistently respond to requests within a 24 hour window. The goal is to show a presence of other players, and to let players know that there is help available if they need it. By establishing contact with new players, we hope to show the prominence of the social aspects of the game, and also show that the government is here and is working to help new players.

Provide Educational Tools, Resources, and Materials
We will make resources available for those players who want to learn more or participate in the eRepublik community.



Free Stuff:

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* All new players, under level 12, living in the eUS, are eligible for free food.
Meals on Wheels is responsible for distributing the food. Players should request food through the http://tinyurl.com/NewCitizenHelp form.

Guns:
* All players are eligible to recieve free weapons.
Arm America, distributes weapons to players who request weapons, limit one per week. Supplies are limited and need based (ie lower levels) do have priority. Request your weapons here: Arm America Requests



Programs Overview:

USA Welcoming Committee


USA Welcoming Committee

The USA Welcoming Committee is one of the best known programs in the eUS. They are a "jack-of-all-trades" in that they do a little bit of everything to help new players out. The Welcoming Committee responds to all requests for help, be it food, weapons, or moving tickets. Finally, the Welcoming Committee often is responsible for running the "Guns for XXXX" program, where free guns are distributed to citizens to help win major battles during war.



Meals on Wheels


Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels is one of the traditional Interior programs and is likely what most players think of when thinking of citizen help along with the Welcoming Committee. The goal of the Meals on Wheels program is fairly simple; to provide food to our new players.



eUS Mentors


Mentor Program

The goal of the program is to make itself available to provide guidance and help to new players to the game. The Mentor Program contacts new players who request help from the Department of the Interior. They also respond to requests for assistance made directly to them. Finally, the Mentors are working to establish a presence in the in game chat room where they will be available to help players who have questions in real time. If you are interested in becoming a Mentor and helping our new players you can sign up Here.



US Job Hub


US Job Hub (McFarland Training)
The goal of the US Job Hub is to provide another point of contact with new citizens. By making contact, the Job Hub will provide it's new employees with educational information, access to resources, and an offer of a mentor. The Job Hub will also serve as an economic backstop to the skill 0 job market and will ensure that there are always jobs on the market, should the private sector be unable to meet the demand for low skill labor. As this program requires significant man power (to message every new citizen), we are looking for qualifed volunteers. If you are interested in making a huge difference to new players, apply here



Community Development Program


Community Development Program

The Community Development Program was created in response to the need to have proactive contact with our new citizens. The CDP works each day to send a message to every new player who joins the game in a US region. The CDP utilizes the API feed and the citizen database to identify those players who are new and each days assigns a group of it's members to send those new players a welcome message. If you are interested in helping the Community Development Program contact new players in the US, you can sign up Here.



Flying Unicorn Squadron


Flying Unicorn Squadron

With the transition to V2, the Flying Unicorn Squadron is on hiatus. Stay tuned for updates!



The Salvation Army


The Salvation Army

With the transition to V2, the The Salvation Army is on hiatus. Stay tuned for updates!



REACH


REACH

The REACH department is the outreach program for the eUS government. The focus of REACH is to work on off site recruiting projects in efforts to increase exposure of the game, increase interest in what is happening, and ultimately drive new players to join our world. Currently, the REACH organization is focused on creating and managing a government Facebook group in an effort to increase exposure through social networking. If you are on Facebook check out the group eUS Government Hub . If you are interested in helping the REACH Organization please ask in #eus-interior







We Need Your Help

Currently the Department of the Interior programs have approximately 50 players contributing their time to help with retention, education, and recruitment. If you have the time and are interested in helping out, please take a moment to contact the programs that are currently looking for volunteers. If you are interested in contributing, but don't have the time, donations can be sent to the USA Department of the Interior Organization. From there your contribution will be funneled to the appropriate programs and used to best help our new players.

Herr Vootsman
Secretary of the Interior