Prestige Choices
Submit your prestige request to the DC. |
Recommend or verify "outah-townah" prestige. |
- US ANC Prestige Website - All
you need to know is here. Somewhere. Probably.
- US Prestige Addendum - Good overview of the whole concept.
- Prestige guidelines - Good info on the hows and whys.
- Prestige spreadsheet (.xls) - good way to track your own prestige, if you have Excel.
From the US Prestige Addendum:
The Camarilla relies on members who volunteer their time to provide all of the organization's services and events. Because members are not paid for their time and effort, the Camarilla has developed several ways to recognize those who volunteer. The most common form of recognition is with the prestige point system. Coordinators award prestige points for service to the organization. Prestige points are a reflection of effort, time, and energy volunteered to the Camarilla. Prestige points are not awarded for actions or events that result in experience point awards, monetary gain, or other forms of compensation.
Members who have earned prestige points can qualify for a higher Membership Class, resulting in awards, recognition in the organization's publications, and more flexibility in character creation. Members who advance in Membership Classes also take on more responsibility for supporting the organization and helping other members. While a higher Membership Class does show distinction and grant some privileges, it does not give members authority over one another. All members are treated equally regardless of the Membership Class they have earned. It is easy to become caught up in the race to gain another Membership Class by earning as many prestige points as possible; however, the true value of the time and effort you volunteer is found in such intrinsic rewards as new relationships, completed projects, and leadership experience.
Members may earn three different types of prestige: general, regional, and national. General prestige can be awarded for service to the organization by any principal coordinator. If a member or group of members contributes to the organization beyond the needs of the local level and assists with the needs of the larger organization, the Regional Coordinator or National Coordinator can convert some of the prestige award to regional or national prestige, respectively. Regional and national prestige is only awarded when the supervising coordinator has commissioned an activity or project or when a successful local effort was expanded to include the entire region or nation.
These different types of prestige help members consider the larger structure of the organization and encourage them to pass ideas up the reporting chain to help the larger organization. Most prestige awards will be general, simply because local activities are the building blocks and primary activities of most members.
Because prestige points lead to recognition and privileges in the organization, they can become a hotly debated issue. A member may think it unfair that another member gains prestige for doing something he or she cannot do. Some members, for example, cannot give blood for medical or philosophical reasons, so they argue that some compensation should be given to them for not being eligible to earn prestige points for a chapter blood drive. However, members should remember that all prestige activities are voluntary, and there are many other ways to help the Camarilla. If a member cannot donate blood, that member may consider alternate things that the chapter needs and focus on what they can do instead. A member who cannot donate blood may instead help organize a book drive, find and clean a game site, organize a Walk-a-thon team for the chapter, design or maintain a database, or volunteer in other ways. There are many ways to earn prestige!
If you would like to start a project, you should begin by discussing your idea with your coordinator. Your coordinator can explain your chapter's needs and help you tailor your ideas to fit with the goals of the chapter. If you are not near a chapter, you can get in touch with your Regional or National Coordinator and begin to build a chapter in your area. Building a chapter is one of the most difficult things to do, but it is also one of the most rewarding.
