My Pledge to You

1) Value. I hope you enjoy each others company and share a sense of ownership in New England Actor community.

2) Clear Benefit. I will maintain the site with emphasis on allowing you to promote yourself. What does this mean? A few things are: promoting the site, showing members how they can use their 'page' to promote their work, showing casting companies or other companies how to use the site to find talent.

3) Site Features. Although much of this has to do with the features created or offered by Ning, I try to show and promote the benefits for members.

4) Usability. Giving you the ability to create, share and exchange content. Again, much of this has to do with the features offered by Ning, so if you see a need for a feature let me or them know! Note: as long as your content does not contain "objectionable material." (see #8)

5) Spotlighting or featuring. When one visits the Member page, one may see a particular member being featured. This is to recognize him or her for something they've accomplished or the like. For instance, for June and July 2008 it was Osmani Rodriquez for landing a principal role on a recent international American Express commercial. For Sept-Oct it was Chris Conte for being hired directly from the site by EMC for a viral video.

6) Frequent monitoring of the site. I will monitor to the best of my ability, to keep this site morally on cue. Meaning if I cannot show it nor explain it to my young kids, I most likely will not allow it. I will also do my best to ensure whoever joins is an actor/actress, print model or voice-over artist, not someone just having fun. For instance, a gentleman from Bucharest, Romania applied to join. There were 2 reasons why he was not approved 1) he was not from New England and 2) links from his personal web site were border-line pornographic.

7) Requirements for Membership. New Members must demonstrate their sincerity to the craft of acting, modeling or voice-overs by, including but not limited to:

·         Uploading an 8 x 10 professional or quality photo (headshot) uploaded as their Profile Photo.

·         Showing effort (taking classes, auditioning, creating VO demos, community theater, etc.) or obtaining work for the past year.

·         Upload a resume to your Profile Page.

·         Provide a full name. Unless you’re Cher or Madonna, a casting agent will want a complete name.

·         And anything else we deem necessary for your to show professionalism and get found by those who hire us!

8) Objectionable Material. This is very subjective…by me. If I feel any items (photos, videos, blogs, etc.) a member uploads is objectionable – by this I mean from generally acceptable moral principles (the God factorJ), the item does not flatter the actor (i.e. detracts from the actor’s talent), would insult another actor, producer, casting agent or my kids.