Beginner's Path

Points to be earned

• 2 - edit profile
• 2 - write biography
• 1 - sign up for forums
• 1 - make one forum post
• 1 - send email using rs.org (to instructor/mentor)
• 1 - take one academy course
• 2 - pass one academy course (after grading by instructor)
• 1 - vote on ten quotes (this one is questionable due to quotes not arguably being "beneficial" for the RS)
• 1 - upload one picture to the gallery (if uncomfortable with RL pics, can be of your character)
• 1 - make a funpoints submission

(total: 13 - need more!)

Rewards

• 5 pts - Beginner's Path Ribbon & promotion to Lt. j.g.
• 15 pts - Beginner's Path Honors Ribbon & promotion to 2nd Lt.
• 25 pts - Beginner's Path Master's Ribbon

Brief summary

Excerpt from Licah's email to High Command:

Beginner's Path - A rather coding-intense project that gives someone who's
just signed up a very specific list of things to do in order to earn his
or her first promotion.  I'm sure I fired off an email or five about this
to various people, and I even started working on it once, but basically,
you get promoted to LJG (or whatever) if you:
- Edit profile
- Sign up for the forums
- Make one forum post
- Send one email using rs.org
- Find the pages listing honorary members (two pages - one for those with
the medal, one for those with the roster status) (exercise in using site,
also a bit of a history lesson)
- whatever else you might care to add
This gives people something to do right at the beginning, there is
absolutely no dead time, you click the "Join!" button, and there's a big
"Welcome!" page, and a big "Next Step -->" link.  This should really cut
down on lost members; it's easy, you get rewarded for it, you learn how to
work the site, and you build a connection with the site.  The main reason
I haven't done it yet is the amount of coding involved.  Snap and I have
discussed this, and I'll bet you it could be all done within 4-6 hours of
coding, but I haven't done it yet.  Also, the specific details, like what
exactly the steps are and OKing a change in the bylaws to allow promotion
to LJG, haven't been finalized.
Needed: IO staff, HC approval of project