Project PF Proliferation - Free Gold Membership!

Greg Bernhardt

We are proud to present project PF Proliferation! It's a very simple way to spread the word about PF and get free gold membership for 6 months! What you do is print out the below PDF flyer. Post it on a university/college bulletin board or sign post (legally) and take a photo of it posted up. Post the photo here (add what campus) and boom, instant gold membership and you help spread the word. Now what are you waiting for!? Go Go Go!

You can also get 6 months gold membership by linking to PF on your website.

Attached Files

Physicsforums_flyer.pdf (74.0 KB, 1385 views)

Evo

Oooh, I'll ask Evo Child to post. She had voluntered to help tutor English comp and grammar here because she wants to help PF, and she's a University tutor in those subjects.

thrill3rnit3

can i blur out my face in the photo?

Greg Bernhardt

sure... :)

Saladsamurai

Out of curiousity, what if you already have a Gold Membership? Would you get another one?

If not, I will do it anyway. I promote PF amongst all of my friends anyway since I truly believe it has an invaluable resource.

I also plan on subcribing to some of those free subscriptions! They look great!

And I will convince my girlfriend to do the Free Golf Membership thing. She just signed up for PF anyway (Though her screen name is lame, so we may have to do something about that; something a little more creative than her email address )

Greg Bernhardt

Yes, I can add on years :)

turbo

Not strictly to the letter because my sensitivities to fragrances keep me out of most public spaces, but here goes. (I didn't post a picture of myself next to the notice, but that's OK - I'll re-up anyway Greg.) I took a run to the Kennebec Valley Technical College to post the notice. I accosted a young man to find out where the best place to post it might be, and he turned, hollered my name and ran over to my vehicle. I had no idea my young friend was taking classes, but he was on his way to Physiology class, and he promised to post the notice on the public bulletin board in the learning resource center. (Marden resource center). I explained the philosophy and workings of PF, and he seemed pretty excited about being able to help.



Here's the school.
http://www.kvcc.me.edu/

With the down-turn in the economy, there are a lot of people taking technical courses to upgrade their skills, and they often are working part-time or full-time, caring for family, etc, and so having PF as an on-line resource that is accessible when their instructors are unavailable should be valuable.

Greg Bernhardt

Awesome!! If you ever find his user name let me know :)

turbo

I'll probably give him a call sometime and see if he signed up. There are two more colleges in town (including Colby College), so don't be surprised if he wants to score a Gold badge for himself, too. I told him how that works.

turbo

I showed this thread to my wife, and she was pumped. She know that I spend a lot of time here every day and that C**** and other young folks can get help here with scientific courses. So many young people are stressed and searching for ways to advance their careers. Kids going to Middlebury, Dartmouth, and Harvard have resources. Young adults flocking back to technical colleges and community colleges rarely have such resources and they deserve help. I'll re-up with pay-pal if that will help, Greg. The Proliferation program is a worthy enterprise, but PF users (aside from ad-revenue) should be willing to provide some financing. Your business-model is your own business, but you should consider letting us in on it...PF is valuable and should not wither due to lack of funding

Rubix

I can't do this at a high school? ;D

what is gold membership anyways? JW because I like these forums, they entertain me o.O

Redbelly98

The main benefits (that I like) are that you don't see any ads, and you get to choose an avatar image. Here is the full list of gold membership benefits:

No ads,
recognition graphic,
set invisible,
custom title,
signature,
avatars,
profile photo,
200pm limit,
who's online,
user notes,
boolean searching...

To become a gold member, a.k.a. "PF Contributor", click the "Upgrade" link near the top left of the page. The cost is $15 per year.

fluidistic

I'm also willing to renew my gold membership with a paypal.

What are "boolean searchings"?

turbo

Boolean searches let you use functional/conditional words like "or", "and" etc to filter search results instead of just getting hits on key-words.

fluidistic

Thanks :)

Maroc

What if you give it to head department at our school to announce ?

Monocerotis

Hey, glad to help out Physics Forums and become a gold member in the process.

Here I am next to the physics forums flyer just put up in the bulletin board at York University, Keele Campus.

My Camera has a bright flash