The Team 32 Recruitment Agenda

[I.M.O.G.]

This thread is the center of a long term recruiting objective implemented for the betterment of the F@H cause, along with the advancement of Team 32, OC Forums, and each individual involved.

The echelon of success this objective will achieve is highly contingent upon the resolve with which 32 as a team engages the effort.

There will be no statistical goals, no ultimate levels of achievement; individual success is determined purely by involvement. This is an objective which facilitates as much or as little involvement as each individual chooses, but gives clear targets and organizes the effort.

This recruiting effort only has one specific target: The new OC Forums member. This past April, we had 966 new members register for the forums. Unfortunately, few of them have had direct personal contact with their great fellow OC Forum members. We are joining together to fix that. This is where I will explain how.

WELCOME TO THE CAUSE!

[I.M.O.G.]

RECRUITMENT MENTOR GUIDE

So you think you want to be a mentor? Here's what you can do:

1) Post in this thread that I can "count you in". This will add you to tracking and I will give you an assignment (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=305582) for the members you can contact. If you like, include a TEAM 32 Mentor (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293668) link in your sig leading to this thread.

2) Personally contact new members within your assignment by PM or IM - welcome them to OC Forums (http://forum.oc-forums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=241747), offer them assistance with anything they need help with or any questions they have, and share with them the pride of TEAM 32 (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61920). Ask if they would like help setting up the F@H service on their computer.

3) Stay in touch with this member if they show any interest, giving them any help they need setting up and point them to the answers for any questions they have. If they show no interest, thank them for their time, wish them well, and move on to another member so we do not bother or spam anyone.

4) Post in this thread to discuss and update the TEAM 32 Mentor thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129) with your progress if you like when you get a new member contributing work units for TEAM 32.

[I.M.O.G.]

TRACKING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

Last Updated 5/11/2004

By becoming a mentor, you will be listed in The Team 32 Mentor Assignment Thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129) and you can then make one post Mentor Tracking Thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=296129) to track your progress.

Work on your own schedule. Post and request new assignments as you feel the need, but don't spread yourself too thin. Try to fill the shoes of what you think a Folding Mentor should be. Offer to help, point people in the right direction!

If you help someone get setup with F@H and join team 32, update your post in the other thread and feel free to post here and talk about it. This thread will remain active for discussion, while the other simplifies the logistics of the cause.

[I.M.O.G.]

Questions, comments, volunteers... Fire away! :D

[Xenocide]

count me in :) we always need more folders :)

[SavageBasher]

Count me in also. I'm always willing to help at such a kick ass place like this!

[Sterculus]

I'd like to participate, but I don't think I'll really be able to do much for another two weeks, as I've got AP exams.

[Papsomax]

Count me in 4 sure. A big Hooah time to recruit!!!!!

[I.M.O.G.]

Pretty good for part of the first day guys, good job!

[linksep]

Hey, I'm in if you want a relative n00bie. I have done a fair bit of reading here on the OC.c and can answer some AMD questions as well as point people towards F@H and explain it is some detail.

[johan851]

Count me in. I'd love to help out with something like this, both for our folding team and OCForums in general.

In fact, had someone done this to me when I joined, I would have been folding MUCH earlier.

[rhino56]

i can try at least

[LiGhTBoY]

LiGhTBoY, reporting for duty , SIR!!!

(count me in)

[Agent_Mull]

Isnt it a bit late for to start march 9th? :rolleyes:
I dont have time to read all of it now as im about to change classes at school.
Edit: Count me in. Even tho im still slightly nooby to the folding program, im sure i can help with the basic installation and such.

[Cowboy Shane]

Count me in!

We may even get a few new ninjas to take back our position from Fast420A and MLMIB...

[I.M.O.G.]

Originally posted by Agent_Mull
Isnt it a bit late for to start march 9th? :rolleyes:

:confused: March? I don't know what your talking about. :D

Alright, great guys! I believe I've added everyone to the list - if your name isn't there, just let me know. Keep in mind that assignments will be given out this weekend, on Saturday at the latest. This would be a good thread to check in on weekly or so.

Just to give you an indication of what to expect, you should have about a week between assignments, as long as the number of volunteer mentors works out like I expect - this will ideally keep the workload very light. The lighter the workload, the more you have to offer each new member!

Thanks for being the trailblazers guys... I hope more follow in your footsteps and this will really be a great movement when it gets off the ground.

[Cowboy Shane]

^ Bump for a good cause.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks don, your added. Keep'em coming, more the better!

[linksep]

Come on people, there were over 60 new members in the last 2 days alone. We only have 12 mentors (myself included) signed up so far. If 30+ new members a day is normal the 12 of us will have to welcome 2-3 (or more) members per day. It dosen't sound like much, but if we develop true "mentoring" relationships with these people it could add up to a large workload quite quickly.

[I.M.O.G.]

My thoughts exactly, we need to get more mentors in here!

I like that link in your sig a lot linksep! I plan to get one in my sig too here soon, but it will take a little time as the formatting of my sig is so dang complicated. :D

Don't worry though, if we do not get many mentors to join up by this Sunday, once we start bringing in new members and I keep updating the thread with our progress, people WILL take notice and we will get more people joinging up. As I mentioned, this will be a long term project, so we may not start off like a slingshot, but our effect will be felt over time.

If each of us can get one new member a week to start folding, I think that would be a great result, and over time the effect of all those members will be considerable. The power of compounding is on our side!

[I.M.O.G.]

If anyone would like a sig insert similar to the right side of my sig, just let me know and I will make one for you and give you the code to copy and put into your sig.

If you want to play with color coding yourself, here (http://64.36.91.82/casualis/files/prog/forum_gradient/forum_gradient.exe) is the program I used to edit my sig tonight. It was written by the forum member Damian in this thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=240918&highlight=text+color) which kind of explains how to use it. Jigpu presents a program that is slightly more complicated in that thread, but it is more powerful and what I used to originally code up my sig.

[LiGhTBoY]

The correct link for the prog is this:
http://64.36.91.82/casualis/files/prog/forum_gradient/forum_gradient.exe

[I.M.O.G.]

Link fixed, thanks lightboy.

[LiGhTBoY]

Can we have our ranks changed to Team 32 Mentor if this works out well?

[I.M.O.G.]

Well there are some problems with the custom rank thing, however I suggested something similar to that but I think it was also pretty much decided that it wouldn't work well or be fair. If you wanted to ask a moderator about it you could see what they say, but I'm not sure what their answer would be. It is very unclear if there will be any rank changes outside of the senior members right now.

[rhino56]

we need prizes, more prizes and more competitions. and more just general awards of folder of the month/ week.
if my sig said "click here to join team 32 and a chance to win a 9800xt, prizes handed out monthly"
i bet my click o meter would be spinning like my electric meter.

[I.M.O.G.]

Haha, I agree that would be a great way to bring in more members, but it's hard to do that all the time with limited resources... I mean, if we are going to get phenomenal recruiting results, like, seriously increasing our numbers we would need to do it in a way that requires less monetary investment than that. But what is even better than doing one or the other? Doing both! :D

The folder of the week/month thing is good too.

I think we could do a lot more than we are currently doing just by being more organized and actively engaging individual members.

I expect that people might be surprised in how well this develops with time. I'd like to see as many people as possible join up as mentors, but even if I only have a few dedicated mentors with me, I think over time, just drawing from the new membership, we can get some serious results.

[@md0Cer]

Hey, I just saw the link to this in IMOG's sig. Could you count me in? I have kinda been doing this all along, when I see a new member, I give them a nice big welcome, and if they happen to have idle temps, I definatly tell them about folding.

So, do I go out and search for new users, or do I get an assignment? A long time ago, I used to search for all of the new members that made at least one post and welcome them to the forums. Now I could shoot em all PM's welcoming them to the forums and mention Folding and what it does.

Only one problem....I uh.....have trouble getting rid of stuff...and my inbox is like 10 away from being completely full....no matter how hard my deleting efforts, I usually hang around 250, if I am going to be doing some mass PMing, that could get a wee bit hard. :-/ Oh well...I will definatly find a way.

-0cer

[@md0Cer]

Here is what I posted in a forum feedback thread:


BTW, my buddy list PMing could be very useful. In thsi FAH thing. I could just search for all the new members of the day before that made a post, add them to my buddy list, and then make a universal PM, welcomeing to the forums and recruiting for folding, and then send it.

We could do stuff like on Wednesday, I get tuesday's members, on thursday, another mentor person gets wednesday's members, etc. So each mentor would only have to do it one day a week, or even 2 weeks, but we would cover 100 percent of the new members.

Only thing is, if I drop by the check up on them, I am going to have to save their PM's so I know who it is. It is hard to remember hundreds of members. Also that could be hard with only 10 PM's left.

Ok, the reason I am posting this is forum feedback, what if we had a usergroup for FAH recruiters and we had an enlarged inbox as well as a folding subforum devoted to this effort? Tracking what mentor's day it is etc. would really fog up the normal folding forum. I am going to quote this in IMOG's thread. Now if he didn't have the link in his sig, I would never have found out about this :D

-0cer

[rhino56]

the dedicated members could donate 5 bucks each, ill bet you would do well. so lets save up for a month, have all the prizes ready, donations can be items also. they could be sold in the classified or given as prizes. that way we are a month ahead at least with collecting prizes
prizes can be anything. look around your house and tell me what you have to give.
right off the bat i know i have a "powerup" 350 watt atx psu, 3 ada 80mm fans with 3 pin plugs, and willing to donate 5 bucks for the member of the month to get a 9800xt or something totally cool.
and as the people sign up to win the stuff they will also become donators of stuff and money for the member of the month.
to be elidgable to win prizes must have at least one rig folding
24-7
i may in the future have a brand new 550 antec sleeved with uv stuff to have as a grand prize for the member of the month who has added the most members if all goes well.
but you make the rules of who wins and how.
im just thinking outloud really.

[@md0Cer]

Wow, I apreciate the effort rhino56, but unfortunatly I have bad news, I don't have a job, or any sort of means to pay things online. Not even a paypal account. Unfortunatly, it might be kinda hard to donate 5 dollars every now and then. :(

BTW, whats up with T'pol?

Is that a big bruise or did you give her an occular implant?

lol
-0cer
:cool:

[I.M.O.G.]

All that is a possibility, and I don't think its a bad idea and should be pursued, but I personally don't want anything to do with a raffle or any money collection. Too many things can go wrong. (isn't something like this already going on though in another thread in the folding forum?) But anyways, I think if someone wants to take up that task they should, but this recruitment effort I'm working on is only focused in the one area.

The more recruitment things going on the better though. I'm only going to concentrate my F@H efforts here however so that I can see to it as best I can that this is a success.

I have to get ready for and leave for work soon but I had one question right now... There isn't any post count requirement for the folding forum is there?

[@md0Cer]

I have to get ready for and leave for work soon but I had one question right now... There isn't any post count requirement for the folding forum is there?


No there is not. Guests can even view it.

Sorry for the delayed response since you are getting ready for work.

Have a good one ;)
-0cer
:cool:

[rhino56]

Originally posted by @md0Cer
Wow, I apreciate the effort rhino56, but unfortunatly I have bad news, I don't have a job, or any sort of means to pay things online. Not even a paypal account. Unfortunatly, it might be kinda hard to donate 5 dollars every now and then. :(

BTW, whats up with T'pol?

Is that a big bruise or did you give her an occular implant?

lol
-0cer
:cool:
bottles and cans, whatever, mail it in. everyone can come up 5 bucks, a 4 year old can handle that.
t- pol is borg now lol
but thats just it, its not required, its donated, its all in good fun and for folding. im sure you got a comp part, fishing reel, something worthwhile you could spare to have as a prize.
the number of things donated last month would be the number of things given out this month, always a month ahead.
prizes are the way to go. i love prizes, even if they arent much, it makes it so cool to know that even though you didnt win a prize this month your chances get better each month.

hey if nobody has much to give then i guess we win stones out of the cracks in my driveway. but still better then not winning anything.

[@md0Cer]

Heh, good point. All I was saying was that it might be hard to send money in. I can't afford to throw whatever pocket money I have randomly into this, plus, sending it is another thing. Might have to be via mail.

Anyways, I am more into the recruiting part of this thread, not the prize idea. I am sure you could create a "The Team 32 Prize Agenda" thread or something.

Sorry if that sounded kinda harsh, but I am just being honest with you.

As for your av, want me to make you one where I just take a borg implant and splice it in to look more real?

[I.M.O.G.]

But that isn't what we are organizing in this thread. ;)

BTW @mdOCer, I like how you think big, but I really mean what is in my thread starting post... I would rather not contact every single member, but instead contact a few members that might be likely to join up and be able to actually help them, have something personal to offer them.

I don't want this project to be the Micky D's of folding, or a churn and burn operation... There are already other recruitment things doing similar and people doing this individually, and thats good too. But what I'm asking people to do here is small and simple and we're gonna do it like "Mama's and Papa's homestyle Italian cooking".

We are gonna bring them in easy, one at a time if we need to, make sure they get situated, show them our OCF side, explain or help them find any information they need... And what we will get in return for our kindness is a dedicated folder. As more people continue to be brought in, more people start doing this with us, and we are able to contact more people then, and then some of those people we originally contacted start to be mentors also, and so on.

This is a marathon project, but it will be a hugely beneficial one. It's virtually the same thing Skip, Joe, and Ed did when they started OC. They made a mission statement expressing their values (see sig) and set out to build a community upon an honest dedication to freely teaching all who come here.

That wasn't very long ago, but look at the rate at which the forums are growing. It's a proven method, and all that needs to be done is stick to the model... We are even starting with people who know how things are supposed to be done, our members here are great at helping eachother. We're a big step ahead in this project than any other team out there, we just gotta real take hold of it and we'll see the results soon enough.

That explains a bit better what this is going to be... I was hoping people would start asking questions. When we do things this way we will end up with much more productive team members and the folding team will be even cooler than it is now.

Alright, I've got an hour and 20 minutes to get to work and it takes me an hour and 15 minutes to get there, with a ten minute walk. Heh, I gotta hit the road. Hopefully I'll have more people to count in when I check up later. :)

[rhino56]

Originally posted by @md0Cer
Heh, good point. All I was saying was that it might be hard to send money in. I can't afford to throw whatever pocket money I have randomly into this, plus, sending it is another thing. Might have to be via mail.

Anyways, I am more into the recruiting part of this thread, not the prize idea. I am sure you could create a "The Team 32 Prize Agenda" thread or something.

Sorry if that sounded kinda harsh, but I am just being honest with you.

As for your av, want me to make you one where I just take a borg implant and splice it in to look more real?
sure if your up to it. my avatar is jacked looking. but i love t-pol
so i stuck with it. yeah sorry for the thread jack IMOG.
ill think more on this on my own and see maybe keep it pm.
but i am for sure in the mentor. just let me know what to do on it.

[I.M.O.G.]

Sure thing Rhino, I'll be letting everyone know exactly what the plan of attack is by Saturday night so anyone who wants to get started can do so on sunday.

[GimliHDC]

I would be Happy to help anyway I could.


GimliHDC

[I.M.O.G.]

Added.

Belorsch, if you would like to contact a single member per week, I will count you in. I'm not asking much of anybody involved, and every bit helps. ;)

[seamadan000]

I'll do it, if you would like.

[belorsch]

Belorsch, if you would like to contact a single member per week, I will count you in. I'm not asking much of anybody involved, and every bit helps.
I will give it a try. My communication skills really stink sometimes. I'm just worried about confusing someone more than helping. I just looked at the new member thread for the first time in a long time and noticed no one had welcomed or answered new comers questions in a week or two. I know that isn't what your focusing on but I haven't helped with that thread in along time so I'll try to keep an eye on it too.

[I.M.O.G.]

Great! Thanks guys.

[slater3333uk]

Count me in :)

[Mustanley]

You can add me to the list...

[linksep]

Alright, now we're up to 17 mentors... I'm thinkin less personal work load for the mentors and more personal attention for each new recruit = more likely to fold [stealth-mode] = lay down the pain on [H] and the AU...[/stealth-mode] We should keep this on the DL incase there are spies among us :D

[GimliHDC]

I could make avs that say Mentor in them.....Just add them to your current..Would that be ok ?


GimliHDC

[rhino56]

if you need help doing any of this IMOG just let me know, i know if you got 100 mento's to contact it may be a bit of a work load on you.

[GimliHDC]

Do we start tonight ?



GimliHDC

[Agent_Mull]

ME WANT TO MENTOR [/hulk rage]

[Andyman902042]

Count me in too! I'd like to join the fun. I'll put a link in my sig when I eventually make one.

[I.M.O.G.]

Alright, got the assignments up. Update the thread with any progress, or request for new assignments.

[hrdwrjnkie]

Count me in on the mentor thing.

[I.M.O.G.]

Consider yourself counted... Your assignment will be up momentarily. ;)

[Papsomax]

PM's and/or emailed my 3 noobs. Am waiting for a reply back.

Hooah!

[SavageBasher]

Ditto. This is fun. :D

[LiGhTBoY]

Well now lets sit back and watch our active members increase

[NedClocker]

Originally posted by IMOG
The echelon of success this objective will achieve...

Huh?



There will be no ... goals, ... This is an objective which ... gives clear targets and organizes the effort.

Uh, yeah, that makes sense. :rolleyes:



...This past April, we had 966 new members register for the forums. Unfortunately, few of them have had direct personal contact with their great fellow OC Forum members.



Once again, I ask, "How many "seniors" do we have? (God, I REALLY do envy all of those blue stars!!! :rolleyes:

[I.M.O.G.]

I'm not demanding any results of anyone... We aren't keeping score... This isn't a race to see who can recruit the most members... I am simply asking people to participate as much as they can, and trying to facilitate some personal connections in recruitment instead of just trying to cattle-herd members. I do not see anything wrong with this approach.

If you want to target my posts and make fun of them while chastising the ranks of "senior member", DO SO IN PM as no one likes being publically made fun of or having their threads crapped on. We also discourage discrimination or personal attacks against groups of members - just as we shouldn't hate on newbies, we shouldn't hate on senior members - it's not nice.

Frankly ned, I have been kind to you in the past and do not appreciate your tone here. Anyone who doesn't like what this is about, does not need to participate - this will work best if only people who like the idea contribute. While we work on this, it would be best if people avoid thread-crapping, but if you have some constructive criticism it is always welcomed.

I hope we can avoid any further discussion along these lines here, and turn back to the topic which was intended for the thread. I encourage contact VIA PM or if your purpose is better served publically, then pursue it within your own thread on your topic please. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

[eobard]

I really don't like moderating stuff outside my own sandbox, it makes me angry.


....somewhere in there is a hint....

[rhino56]

i honestly think its a great idea to have someone contact you when you first join. not only for the folding but to have someone you can ask things like "how can i change my avatar?, what is accepted as far as language? where can i get prime 95?".
all the things a new member may want to ask but not sure who to, with all the forums on the net and with most of them find cussing and flaming regular behavior its hard to not cross that line even in a joke sometimes.
i was lucky i had eoboard to pm me and welcome me to the forums, just really gave me a heads up of what is appropriate and stuff, so thanks for that.
i have had quite a few members pm me and ask me questions about stuff. i look forward to being someone who can welcome a new member to a place that i can feel comfortable welcoming them to.
i wont welcome someone to a board they may get flamed at or discriminated on in any way shape or form. newbie, oldbie whatever they may be, its a nice thing thats happening here and sometimes it can reach far beyond the confines of a computer case.
awesome forum this is and ive gotten so much help and knowledge here it isnt even funny.
i will be happy to be able to give help the way some people have given it to me. looking forward to alist of names.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=290880&highlight=raptor

[Voodoo Rufus]

Count me in too. I can spare a few minutes a day.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks V_R. Anyone else joining up will be added to the list with assignments tonight before I get to bed. :)

[slater3333uk]

So what kind of thing are you guys saying in your pms?? are we being formal or what?

Some one give me an example :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Nice sig slater, I like. :)

I'll probably be pretty casual. If I get one sent out tonight I will share what I write. :)

[SavageBasher]

I sent out all 3 this morning, so far 1 has been read but I got nothing back. I didn't know how much to put, so I just gave a little info... I'm not too good at writing up good letters.

[rhino56]

Originally posted by slater3333uk
So what kind of thing are you guys saying in your pms?? are we being formal or what?

Some one give me an example :)
hello and welcome to overclockers forum.
here at OC we keep a pretty close eye on things and we have taken notice to your enthusiasm into overclocking and general computer knowledge.
you have been selected to participate in what is one of the most monumental tasks ever taken on by this forum.
using our brute strength in mhz, united we work towards a goal.
what we offer isnt much but we are willing to help you with any information you need for what goes beyond the normal computer discussion, sometimes we have prizes for competitions. but we team 32 ask you to join what will soon be the most powerful force of combined computer power to overcome more then we can even understand right now.
it is folding that i speak of. it is working towards the cure for more then just cancer, its helping your mother, your father, your family, anyone can be a victim, together we fight for a cure.
you have been selected not by random numbers, not by chance, but because we cant do this alone. we need your help.
there are some very well known members here that fight hard for team 32 and all she stands for.
but more then anything i myself hope you find what you are looking for in this forum. if i can be of any help just pm me.
thanks, slater

[slater3333uk]

Well sent a pm to my 3 assignments. It wasnt quite as poetic as yours rhino:D but should be fine.

I just said welcome, a little about folding and a little about the mentor program. Then gave them a link to the folding forums and stanford home page and said to ask me if they needed any help.

[Absolute Zero]

count me in, IMOG, i'll do anything to help the team (well, i want to keep my kidneys).

[rhino56]

Originally posted by slater3333uk
Well sent a pm to my 3 assignments. It wasnt quite as poetic as yours rhino:D but should be fine.

I just said welcome, a little about folding and a little about the mentor program. Then gave them a link to the folding forums and stanford home page and said to ask me if they needed any help.
yeah best thing you can be is yourself :D i was just being intense.lol
i like the sig;)

[@md0Cer]

ooo! We have assignments this soon? I didn't think it started 'till next week.

Ok....just those guys I am assigned to. No more though. About 3-5 is all I can handle ATM, you know, week before finals deal. On finals week and after I should be able to load up with perhaps about 10 plus.

-0cer

EDIT: Btw, my PM box is only so big, how do we keep track of the members we PM'ed and how do we know who to follow up on later down the road?

I think we should have our own mentor forum where we can each individually create a thread, and just in our own thread keep track of our own progress. Perhaps post news and stuff regarding our members/recruiting effort and everything related, all in that forum.

[Agent_Mull]

I didnt mention the mentor program at all, I just said like "im writing this to direct your attention to the folding section of our forums, said some words about folding, and linked them to the one click install, and the FAQ's. And gave them my AIM handel, and my IRC server and channel i frequent.

[@md0Cer]

Hello and welcome to the Overclockers forum!
Here at OC we keep a pretty close eye on things and we have taken notice to your enthusiasm into overclocking and general computer knowledge.

You have been selected to participate in what is one of the most monumental tasks ever taken on by this forum. Using our brute strength in mhz, united we work towards a goal. What we offer isnt much but we are willing to help you with any information you need for what goes beyond the normal computer discussion, sometimes we have prizes for competitions. But we team 32 ask you to join what will soon be the most powerful force of combined computer power to overcome more then we can even understand right now. It is a project that Stanford is doing called Folding@Home that I speak of. It is working towards the cure for more than just cancer, Alzheimers, and other diseases, it's helping your mother, your father, your family, anyone can be a victim, together we fight for a cure by using our spare CPU cycles to run Folding@Home. It bassically just runs when your computer is idle, for example, if you are doing a task that takes 100 percent of your CPU, Folding will use 0. If you are doing a task that takes 75 percent, Folding will use 15. But, usually the case is, your computer is doing nothing and using 0 percent. This is when Folding uses the other 100.

You have been selected not by random numbers, not by chance, but because we can't do this alone. We need your help. There are some very well known members here that fight hard for team 32 and all she stands for. More then anything, I myself hope you find what you are looking for in this forum and if I can be of any help regarding ANYTHING just pm me.

I look foward to hearing a response from you about your thoughts on this. Thanks.

Cheers!
-0cer
:cool:

That is what I sent out, thanks rhino. Anyone feel free to use what I just sent out, if rhino, the origional composer does not agree, then don't. I dont think he will though.

And btw, damn I love the send PM's to buddy list feature :drool:

[GimliHDC]

I just gave a friendly hello and welcome. Of course mentioned the Folding program. Directed them were to get info. Linky's and stuff.

[@md0Cer]

BTW, I will bring this up frequently becuase I beleive in it:


EDIT: Btw, my PM box is only so big, how do we keep track of the members we PM'ed and how do we know who to follow up on later down the road?

I think we should have our own mentor forum where we can each individually create a thread, and just in our own thread keep track of our own progress. Perhaps post news and stuff regarding our members/recruiting effort and everything related, all in that forum.

[rhino56]

Originally posted by @md0Cer


That is what I sent out, thanks rhino. Anyone feel free to use what I just sent out, if rhino, the origional composer does not agree, then don't. I dont think he will though.

And btw, damn I love the send PM's to buddy list feature :drool:
no problem im glad i could help, anyone feel free to send it out.
nice additions to it also @md0Cer:D just like folding, anything good usually takes more then one person.

[GimliHDC]

This is what I sent.




Just wanted to say welcome to the best forum on the net.
If you have any questions, just ask. I and everyone here are here to help.
I would also like to introduce you to folding. Something we take very serious here. If you would like any info please ask me or visit the Folding Team Forum. Please contact me if you decide to fold. Any questions about installing or running Folding@Home please ask.
Thank you for your time,
GimliHDC
Folding Team 32 Mentor

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[rhino56]

Originally posted by GimliHDC
This is what I sent.




very nice and certainly welcoming

[linksep]

Nice Sig GimliHDC.

Here is what I sent to my assignments:
Welcome to the forums *USER NAME HERE*. I would like to offer a more personal "hello" than the standard note you get for signing up.
I will be happy to assist you in any way I can, be it some friendly advice on overclocking, helping you locate answers to tough questions, explaining forum slang, or just chatting (I have a fair bit of automotive knowledge in addition to my modest overclocking and general computer knowledge).

The reason I am offering my services to you is because I am a team 32 Folding@Home Mentor (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293668), we are a group of forum users that run Folding@Home and wish to spread the word about Folding@Home because it is a very worth-while cause and requires almost nothing of participants. Folding@Home allows Stanford University (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/) to use the excess Mhz our computers have to hopefully find cures or preventative measures against horrible diseases such as Cancer, Alzheimer’s, BSE (the human variant of "Mad cow"), Parkinson's, MS, and many more.

This is a great team fighting for a great cause. Do not feel obligated to run Folding@Home. I am merely asking you to check it out. I respect whatever you decide to do and will help you with any questions you may have regardless of your choice in the matter. If you would like more information on Folding@Home check out the Folding Team forum (http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21) and read the stickies. If you have any questions not answered in the stickies, please PM me and I will be more than happy to help.

Respectfully,
linksep


I am ready for 3 new assignments, but from here out I think it'll be 3/week so I really can do the things I am promising to new members.

[Papsomax]

Here is my PM to my three (short but to the point)

Hi and welcome to OC Forums!
I want to personally welcome you to our forums. We believe we have the best pc tech-info oriented forums in the world. We are friendly, we are honest and we are here to help all n00b to ocing.

My forum name is Papsomax, but my real name is Richard. I also would like to invite you to join Team 32 (us) in to using your pc in helping out biological research and our Team competition for folding at home.

I have been assigned to you as a mentor here, to help you in anyway I can in your oc efforts and especially to help you and "your" friends begin folding.

Please visit our Folding Team Thread here and feel free to email me or PM me for any questions or concerns you may have.

Again, welcome to OC Forums and hopefully to a future folder. If you do decide to fold, please let me know and I;ll get you folding asap.

Hooah!

BTW When I went to visit Team MAC OS X, I got 2 emails and 3 PMS from 2 of their members. I appreciated that a lot.

[Andyman902042]

I PMed my 3 assignments. This is a really great idea IMOG!!!:thup: I'm not too awful good with this stuff but anyway here's what I sent:Hello <new member's name>,
Welcome to overclockers forums. I hope you have a good time here. :)
I'd like to tell you about an importand distributed computing project called Folding@Home. The object of the project is to find the cure for many diseases such as AIDS, Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Mad Cow Disease and more. It is put on by Stanford University. O/C forums has it's own team , team # 32. We are currently third out of the whole world. With your help we can be in first.

For more information about folding, check out this thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108580)

For info on how to install the folding@home client, check out this thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=231247) You should use Wedo's One-Click installer on that page rather than Stanford's installer as the One-click produces faster results.

You are under no obligation to do this, but it would really help medical reasearch and team 32 (the O/C forums team)

If you have ANY questions about folding or anything else just send me a private message anytime. I'd also like to know if you are interested about this project.

Sincerely,
Andy
(a.k.a. Andyman902042)
It's fine with me if anyone uses this.

[GimliHDC]

I just have to add that a in the year that I've been here nobody has ever welcomed me, said hi or anything like that. Although for 9 months I was inactive due to reasons I would only explain in pm. We do need a welcome crew. Not just for Team 32, but for OC Forums. IMOG has the right idea. We need to follow through.
It is our duty as members to make EVERYONE that comes here in ernest, to make them feel welcome. This is a great community. Filled with alot of great people. We need to let every new member know that. If we make every new member feel at home they will FOLD. They will see the passion we all have in folding (or addiction take your pick) see that it is for good reasons. We all have them. We all have our reasons for doing it. Others will follow our lead. Everyone in Team 32 should be a mentor. We all have so much to teach from our own expierences. That is what makes us a team.
Ok. I'll step down from my soapbox and go. Thank you for listening *bows*


GimliHDC

[SavageBasher]

I'm ready for 3 new ones also. I'm going to ponder tomorrow after school and combine all of the ones you guys posted into one, which has all of the main points that have been pointed out here. This place is the greatest. :)

[don256us]

Here is what I sent. It was personalized based on a read of a thread from each person.

Hi <insert user name>

As you can see, I am don256us. I'm writing to welcome you to the forums and to urge you to join the overclockers.com folding team. <insert observation from users own thread>

As a member who has belonged to OC.com for a bit, I would like to offer any help that I can to make your time here more productive and enjoyable. Please feel free to PM (Personal Message) me at any time. I am pretty good at responding to all who do. If I don't know the answer, I can point you to those who do.

Additionally, I would like to invite you to join team 32 (OC.com) to fold for a cure. The project itself is here. (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/) Team 32 is currently #3 overall in the world. We are racing against OCAU and [H]. You can see more here. (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_overtake.php?s=&t=32) The other members of the team are very friendly and helpful if you get stuck or have a question. Take a peek here (http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21) to see for yourself.

In a nut shell, the folding program uses spare CPU cycles to do its thing. That means that it does not slow down any game or any other task that you may be doing. The results could be used to produce a cure for any number of things.

To get started, download the program from here. (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/download.html) You may be able to use '<users name>'. The team number is 32. That's it. You would join the ranks of many good people helping out a great cause.

Please consider it once your machine is back up and 100% again.

Thanks.


I then went into the same thread that I read and posted a public welcome. I also let them know to look in thier personal messages.

I may modify based on what others say.

I know that we have sent PMs to most of our people already but now comes the part where we have to maintain the relationship. I can understand your egerness to get more but slow and steady wins the race.

[I.M.O.G.]

I gotta hand it to you guys for really producing some great stuff. I was impressed when Gimli contacted me via PM with his, and I especially like Linkseps also - they are very close to my personal style... Anyways, when I first joined as a lost intarweb-newbie brought in by www.overclockers.com, I didn't know where to find the bathroom, the elevator, or the peep hole to the girls locker room... I would have really appreciated receiving any of the messages you guys have posted here. Really great stuff.

Originally posted by goheels
count me in, IMOG, i'll do anything to help the team (well, i want to keep my kidneys).

Don't be silly - we only take one - we aren't trying to kill anybody. :D

Consider yourself counted. I will be assigning all new mentors and handing out all new assignments tomorow, so be sure to check back.

Originally posted by @md0Cer
And btw, damn I love the send PM's to buddy list feature :drool:

I hate you.

;)

(@mdOCer knows my account is inexplicably handicapped)

[I.M.O.G.]

Here's what I sent out to Ri0:

Hey Ri0!

As a F@H Team 32 mentor (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293668), I wanted to take a minute to welcome you to the forums (http://forum.oc-forums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=241747) - glad to have another great member posting here! :)

I hope you've already found that many of our members really have a love for this place and are very receptive to new members. If there's anything I can personally help you out with, or any questions I can answer, you can PM (Private Message) me anytime and I can also be reached on AIM at the screen name ll IMOG ll - I am often online. I always enjoy hearing from fellow forum members.

The Team 32 mentors (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293668) are a group of forum users that run the Folding@Home (Folding At Home) client and wish to help other users get setup with Folding@Home because it is a very worth-while cause and requires almost nothing of participants.

Folding@Home allows Stanford University (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/) to use the idle processor time of our computers to perform protein folding research - ultimately, F@H can help find cures and vaccinations for many horrible diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, and many more.

This is a great team fighting for a great cause. Do not feel obligated to run Folding@Home though, I just wanted to introduce the project to you. I respect whatever you decide to do and will help you with any questions you may have regardless of your choice in the matter. If you would like more information on Folding@Home you can check out the Folding Team forum (http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21) and read the stickies... Or just ask and I'll have all the answers you need. :)

If you decide to get started, or you have any questions, or there is anything at all I can help with, please PM or IM me and I will be more than happy to help!

See you around the forums, :D
Matt

[linksep]

ha ha ha IMOG... it's not plagiarism cuz you changed about 3 words. LoL. I am honored that a senior would give such praise (don't they say plagiarism is the highest form of flattery?)

Any one else that wants to borrow some ideas from me please do, I think that's the reason we posted our PMs (atleast that's why I did). Also if anyone has any ideas for improving my PM please post them, I was always HORRIBLE at english. (Ever notice native english speakers are the worst writers/speakers of english?)

[GimliHDC]

How about a Mentoring Newsletter.
This thread is going to get awefully long.

[I.M.O.G.]

Something like that Linksep - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ;)

Depending on how things go, we may have monthly incarnations of this thread, to reduce clutter. I'm not sure about another subforum just for this project, it sounds like it might be a good idea, but I don't know if its completely necessary. We should be able to reasonably keep this at one active thread at a time I think - especially once we settle into the routine.

I'd appreciate it if everyone could please post assignment requests in red. Thanks! :)

As always, PM me to grab my attention if I miss a request or anything - the red color should help prevent that though.

[Andyman902042]

I'm Ready for new assignments.

[linksep]

Originally posted by IMOG
Something like that Linksep - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ;)

Close enough :D


Depending on how things go, we may have monthly incarnations of this thread, to reduce clutter. I'm not sure about another subforum just for this project, it sounds like it might be a good idea, but I don't know if its completely necessary. We should be able to reasonably keep this at one active thread at a time I think - especially once we settle into the routine.

I'd appreciate it if everyone could please post assignment requests in red. Thanks! :)

As always, PM me to grab my attention if I miss a request or anything - the red color should help prevent that though.

How about a private thread only for mentors? Each mentor gets 1 post in a private thread and edits it to show old assignments, new assignments, and recruits. Could the powers that be provide you with moderator privleges for that thread only?

[I.M.O.G.]

I think that sounds pretty functional linksep, and it can probably be done without any necessity for moderator privileges.

I will create something for this purpose tonight when I make the new assignments - We will use the one post per mentor rule and each mentor can keep their post updated with certain information - that would be a better way for me to manage assignments.

This thread can remain as an introduction and for discussion, and will help to keep the other thread neat.

[slater3333uk]

More Please !

Assign me as many as you can next time cous it only took me a min to send the last 3. I got one reply but it was from a guy who allredy folds for us:D

[Papsomax]

More, more, more...send me more

[linksep]

Originally posted by IMOG
I think that sounds pretty functional linksep, and it can probably be done without any necessity for moderator privileges.


As long as the thread remains 100% pure. If people start coming in and thread-jacking off-topic or mentors have a momentary lapse of judgement and start replying to peoples achievements with good job or something it could get way big.

[Agent_Mull]

Wow, you guys are going fast. My assignments havent responded yet.

[I.M.O.G.]

Alright, the Team 32 Mentor Thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129) is up, and that is where future assignment requests can be made. Feel free to let me know what you think.

I will be updating the assignments later tonight before bed, and they will include all of the requests already made in this thread too. :)

[linksep]

Here's one happy n00bie (PMed from pablo906)
...thanks for the warm welcome.

[GimliHDC]

How about at least making our other thread a Sticky .

[rhino56]

cool, got mine and sent out a warm welcome to all of them.
:D

[KaK05]

I think i made a big mistake as my first post.. I asked for being a mentor in the mentor thread rather than in this thread =( Anyhow.. as i said at the other post.. I am in F@H for about 2 months and i would love being a mentor for Team 32..
I am watching your forums since i got started but today i decided to log in..

Due to school exams i will be able to start mentoring from June if thats ok with you.. Spare time in between exams will be spent on recruiting for sure..

I have to say a big thank you to LiGhTBoY who introduced me in F@H and in OCF..

[I.M.O.G.]

Great, good to have you around KaK05. Check out this thread for your assignments:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129

[KaK05]

I am glad i can help.. I am waiting for my assignments.. Still none! :P

[I.M.O.G.]

You've got assignments now my friend, if you'd like to make a post in the mentor thread feel free - just try to follow the format of Linksep's or Savagebashers posts as that makes it easiest for me. Thanks for joining up. :)

Anyone who is active and hasn't done so yet, should go here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129) and make a post. That's where everyone should request new assignments once they have joined.

[@md0Cer]

Originally posted by GimliHDC
How about a Mentoring Newsletter.
This thread is going to get awefully long.

I think so too. That is why I think we should have our own subforum for this project. I might propose it to an admin.

[I.M.O.G.]

Here are just some of my thoughts on this stuff so far.

A subforum would be fine by me, but I'm not totally sure as I think about it. I started thinking simplest would be best... And I'm not sure if another forum would be simpler or if keeping two active threads is simpler - but I figured avoiding work for the admins might be good too. Also, one of the main points of this project was to strengthen Team 32, so I would sort of prefer not to splinter from everyone else and instead keep things happening right in the middle of everything else. I have mentioned to @mdOCer VIA PM that a subforum could be alright and he could look into it with the admins if he liked, but I am kind of wondering if it is a good idea the more I think about it. I don't want to lower our chances of bringing in more mentors.

I like the way this thread and the mentor thread look so far. Even though everyone is using their own style in the mentor thread, it makes it pretty easy for me to find assignment requests. I am considering making a template that people can use to copy and paste, then just fill in the details as that might make things even faster to read. Once I get the time, I will work on this then post up the code for it and ask everyone to use it - then everyone can just copy and paste it into a post and fill in the details.

I think any newsletter ideas should perhaps be funneled through the Folding team newsletter, as that is already established and may help us expand more. I also know that they would like additional writers for the newsletter last I checked - perhaps we should try that pursuit?

Basically, your suggestions are very legitimate possibilities and I have nothing heartily against them, but I just had some thoughts on it. My intentions are just to keep the logistics of the project in order and as simple as possible. Keep letting me know what you all think, I appreciate it.

[linksep]

Originally posted by IMOG
My intentions are just to keep the logistics of the project in order and as simple as possible.

No doubt. You have taken on a big task here by voluntering to dish out new assignments AND be a mentor your self!

I agree that a sub-forum may not be needed, however a sticky for the mentoring progress thread would be good because when we have all the mentors posts in there it will keep going down the list and get harder and harder to find. (Aren't we supposed to each have 1 post in that thread that we simply update?)

Also isn't the mentor's thread intended for asignment requests, personal mentoring logs, and maybe a little showing off (with long lists of recruits, not other random postings)?

[I.M.O.G.]

Correct linksep - one post per person that keeps getting updated - the mentor thread is intended for assignment requests primarily and also to facilitate each mentor's own tracking along with the group as a whole. It helps for each of us, and all of us as a group too, to know what we have covered and everything.

I was already considering placing a request to have the mentor thread stickied (I think you or maybe someone else mentioned it earlier) and will talk to a moderator on that tonight. It is better for everyone if the thread remains in the same place.

As far as mentoring and dishing out assignments, it isn't much work really... If it was I wouldn't see the project lasting long term. I have a good system for getting assignments, and mentoring I just take at my own pace. I spend less than 45 minutes a day dedicated to the project and that works pretty well with my schedule.

I just hope that everyone else does a good job at pacing their assignment requests. I won't hand out more than 6 a day to one person anyways, but if anyone gets to the point where they have a lot of outstanding messages they might be surprised once they start getting them all back.

[linksep]

Originally posted by IMOG

As far as mentoring and dishing out assignments, it isn't much work really... If it was I wouldn't see the project lasting long term. I have a good system for getting assignments, and mentoring I just take at my own pace. I spend less than 45 minutes a day dedicated to the project and that works pretty well with my schedule.

That is still a great amount of dedication... I don't have 5+ hours a week that I want to spare for volunter work. That's why I fold instead of working a soup kitchen. ;)


I just hope that everyone else does a good job at pacing their assignment requests. I won't hand out more than 6 a day to one person anyways, but if anyone gets to the point where they have a lot of outstanding messages they might be surprised once they start getting them all back. [/B]

That's why I posted this several messages back:

I am ready for 3 new assignments, but from here out I think it'll be 3/week so I really can do the things I am promising to new members.

Although I did request more today... I don't think starting out the first week with several assignments is too bad of an idea but this is a marathon, not a sprint. IMO doing 3 assignments per day long term would blow up your PM box pretty quick and also discourage n00bies because I dont know anyone that can handle REALLY MENTORING 21 new people per week, especially if they are doing more than just linking them to the one-click and then severing comunications.

[I.M.O.G.]

I updated all assignments and included another new mentor. Next assignment update will be Thursday night or Friday morning. Great job so far guys.

I have decided against making a standard template... I'd rather you guys just format your posts however each one of you think is best. Keeping the assignment requests at the top and in red was very helpful. :)

Just FYI as it seems we have a lot of mentors that may possibly remain inactive - I plan to reassign their assignments if they aren't contacted within about a week or so, and remove their names from tracking if they have not made a post in the other thread. I'd like to keep my list current so I know about how many mentors are active at any given time. Before I do that though, I will send out PM's to anyone who hasn't posted in the mentor thread yet, and ask if they still plan to participate or if I can remove them from the list.

[KaK05]

If no answer is given back to us.. What will happen? I have contacted 6 new members in 2 days and still none has read my msgs... What if no answer is given back to us?

[I.M.O.G.]

I guess, then there is no answer... Often times in my past experience new members either do not check their messages or do not respond after they read them. People come here for many different reasons, so when contacting people with very low post counts their interest may be fairly low and you are going to run into people who just don't write back. Often times it also just takes time though - I've gotten messages back from new members weeks or even over a month later.

Just getting the messages out though we will reach a lot of people who appreciate it.

[KaK05]

Really hope so.. Anyhow.. We shall wait.. and ........... Keep FOLDING! :P

[GimliHDC]

I havn't recieved any replies either, but its only been a couple days.I'm thinking of a follow up PM to send out after a week of the original

[KaK05]

Must be becareful not become too pushie.. :P

[I.M.O.G.]

It might be better to keep their profile links stored, and see if they are active at all on the forums in a week or two... If they are it might not hurt to send another PM maybe.

[KaK05]

Thats true.. :P
We will see in a few days! :P

[LiGhTBoY]

I don't think it would be a good idea to send another PM, they might take it as spam

[@md0Cer]

About the subforum thing, now that I think of it, I kinda like our 2 threads the way they are. This one is getting kinda lengthy though, but that is ok.

[GimliHDC]

I vote no subforum. Sticky for the other thread. This one will stay alive all on its own. The other one might float a bit between assignments.JMO..

[LiGhTBoY]

I don't think we need a subforum.

PS.

Come on IMOG, give us more, MORE :D

[rhino56]

well if you got more send em in, i havent got responses yet and 2 are unread still.

[GimliHDC]

No more for me till after June first. I am moving from Indiana to Charleston S. Carolina. So it will be a little while before I can post again. See you all when I get back online.

[I.M.O.G.]

Back. Going to update mentor thread. :)

I asked about getting that thread stickied I thought, but I have gotten no response yet. I will keep pursuing it. :)

[SavageBasher]

Sweet, it got stickied.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for the update SavageBasher, many times i go straight to these 2 threads without entering the folding forum. ;)

This is a reminder for all active mentors about the mentor thread:

Through a quick readover, I'm noticing that some mentors who have updated their tracking post recently still have "more please" noted without listing their new contacts in their post. Try not to request more assignments until you have listed your last ones within your post - I don't want to replace your last assignments if you do not have them in queue at least - to be sure I won't give any new assignments until the last ones are listed in your tracking post.

Thanks again to everyone whos putting a little work in on this, I'm real happy with the results so far and you all should be too. :)

[@md0Cer]

Sorry about that, I just got it updated.

I had an idea....what could happen...is lets say I ask for more, and have to leave for a day or two, you give me more, but I am still asking for more and later you give me some more but update the assignments to show the current three, yet, I would then hypothetically miss out on the other 3.

So what if we were to just leave the assignments in your assignments post, and just add to them? I know it would get lengthy, but we could prune the old ones after a while. What do you think of this?

-0cer
:cool:

[I.M.O.G.]

I had thought about doing that, and its a good idea... the only drawback is that things get a little messy in the vB tagging formats with the more names I put there.

So far though I look at 3 things when giving new assignments - More please, the time/date on my last assignment post edit, and the time/date on each mentor's last tracking post update.

Thats working alright so far, but I may start keeping semi-current assignments like you suggest - still seeing how things go.

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but I really like it so I wanted to let you guys know that I noticed. I think thats great how @mdOCer and maybe a couple others have sent out some follow up PM's with people who have already gotten folding and/or been contacted - I think contacting people after they have started to see if everything is going well will help to keep them around and make them more likely to ask you for help with anything they might need.

[GimliHDC]

Originally posted by IMOG

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but I really like it so I wanted to let you guys know that I noticed. I think thats great how @mdOCer and maybe a couple others have sent out some follow up PM's with people who have already gotten folding and/or been contacted - I think contacting people after they have started to see if everything is going well will help to keep them around and make them more likely to ask you for help with anything they might need.

Thats funny, when I mentioned doing just that it was considered SPAM ....

[linksep]

Originally posted by GimliHDC


Thats funny, when I mentioned doing just that it was considered SPAM ....

Whatever it is I am sending 1PM and that's it (unless they reply/have questions ect.)

GimliHDC don't worry about it, rest easy knowing they are just jelous of your signature (color fade) and want to pick on you because of it ;)

[GimliHDC]

lol

[I.M.O.G.]

Well people you get folding might appreciate a follow-up PM after you get them started - it might show them your efforts to help were really honest and make them more apt to ask you anything they may need help with.

I hope everyone is also still offering help and welcoming people, as much as they are introducing folding. A lot of us have been striking out on recruits, but a lot of us have also had some appreciative responses. :)

[rhino56]

i think this will also be interesting just for the fact that the owners of the forum can look at this and see how many come here, register, get their problem solved and may not be back.
the pm button needs to flash or something if you get a pm, when i was new i never even noticed i had pm's for a long time.

[KaK05]

Still no responses.. And the worst... only 1 from the 9 people i contacted read my PM... grrrrr

[KaK05]

I couldn't agree more with rhino56.. The popup msg with the notification of a new pm should not left alone... A flushed button for pms or something like this should be made...

[rhino56]

maybe a little software that could make thier comp beep endlessly until they search the forums here for the the help of why it happens lol. i am soooo bad sometimes.lol

[slater3333uk]

w00t!! i got my first reply from a non folder 2day. He was a bit concerned about it zapping his performance but i told him all would be ok.

Hopefuly he will join up, I gave him the link to the FAH install guide thing Wedo wrote.

[I.M.O.G.]

Cool Slater, hopefully he will go for it. Maybe follow it up in a day or two to see what he thought of the install process or if he has any more concerns about performance. I have never heard of anyone noticing a performance difference.

[SavageBasher]

I believe I have gotten my first recruit! :D :D

Basic is the name, folding is his game!

[Absolute Zero]

i would like to help recruit, if you don't mind

[basic]

hi guys! i'm the new basic ;)

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome to the clubhouse basic. :) Glad to have you.

From what I've seen, you've got more to offer the forums than you have to ask, but its always good to have a new member either way. :D

Hey go heels! Didn't I talk to you in PM or earlier in the thread? I remember you, and I gave you assignments a few days ago I think... Your name is listed in the assignment thread here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129), so just check it out and make a post there, and you can help out as much as you like! :beer:

[I.M.O.G.]

Check out the recruitment thread for your new assignments guys - they were updated early this morning.

[I.M.O.G.]

As always, any new mentors are welcome to join up - the project has been going very well so far, but it would go even better if we were to have even more mentors!

Look for new assignments later this evening! :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Assignments have been updated, check here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=296129)

[H2]

I need help setting up for folding.
I set up a account for Folding Team 32 I think?
I got a e-mail with my user name of H2 and my password.
I installed a program called Folding@home.exe
When I installed the program it said it needed a user name with 3 or more letters so I used H_2 and for team I put 32
I have no Idea if this is really right or not. I did fold a protein I think and am working on a second one.
I want to be part of Team 32 and use some of my extra computers to help out. I've read the forums for many hours and still not sure whats going on. Can someone help me out a little or getting me reading the right stuff. Thanks for any help. I hope this is posted in the right section. Thanks.

[slater3333uk]

Hi, H2 :) your most welcome to ask for help here

You are folding because you have appered on the sats page here :http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=88251

However you are probably not running the best version of the folding@home program which will make it quite slow. A good place to get the most up2 date program and a good guide to installing it is here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=231247

It is very worth while swapping to the up2 date version so if you need any help just ask us

oh and welcome to the fold :D

[H2]

Thanks for the help. I appreciate it very much. I will install the Gromac program on my other computer and see how it goes. Thanks for the Stat page. Now I know I'm part of the team and can start competing in a small way. With only 5ghz the contribution will be minimal but it all helps.
How can I use the search on the Stat page? When I type in H_2 it comes back with the error I have only two letters and need three. Should I change my name now while its early. Thanks much

[slater3333uk]

Yeh i guess this is the time to change name if you want to

Why not try Slater3333uk hehe :D

5ghz is far from minimal and every little helps. I will warn you tho that stats page gets you hooked so after a few weeks you will be out putting FAH on every pc you can find. honest :)

[Agent_Mull]

Yeah, 5ghz is a pretty big contribution. I only contribute 2-4ghz on a good day.

[H2]

I have the Gromac.exe set up and running now, but I can't see the progress my computer is making like with the folding@home version software. What utility do you suggest I use to keep track of the frames or % of a WU is folded. Thanks much

[slater3333uk]

ahh that would be EM3 find it here: http://home.comcast.net/~wxdude1/emsite/

[H2]

Do I continue to run the Folding@home.exe program? The Gromac.exe program just edits the Folding@home.exe so it runs faster on my computer. Is this right? I went in and edited WEDO out on the config line and put in my name H_2 does this sound right? Do you have any other suggestions to get me headed the right way. Thanks

[slater3333uk]

No you should uninstall the original folding program (which you should be able to do in add/remove programs)

Im not sure why you are calling it Gromac.exe? i cant remember it being called that?

Basicly all you have to do is uninstall the old folding program, download the oneclick installer from that thread i linked you to, Then edit the 'Wedo' bit as you have done and click on the installer file and it should start working in a few secs

[Agent_Mull]

The zip is called OC-GROMAC.zip
im pretty sure thats why he is calling it gromac.

[H2]

Ok, I uninstalled the Folding@home.exe and rebooted. The program OC-Gromac.zip is now running the Fahcore_78.exe at 99% so I can see that it is running, but I don't have any way now of seeing what % of the WU is done. Do you have a monitor program or utility for me that I should use to see where I'm at or something. Thanks much for the help. Sorry I seem so lame on this, it is just very new to me.

[bigdaddyTank]

ahh that would be EM3 find it here: http://home.comcast.net/~wxdude1/emsite/

Download Electron microscope, extract it and run EMIII.exe click on options then click on the computer icon next to box path, then browse to the FAH directory, should be C:\program files\FAH\ then select FAH4console.exe then click the add to box button and it will appear in the options box. Now whenever you launch EMIII it will show your status.

[slater3333uk]

The zip is called OC-GROMAC.zip
im pretty sure thats why he is calling it gromac.

ah right, Wedo keeps on changing it :)

EMIII is a great little program :clap:

[Agent_Mull]

Maybe we could talk to a mod and make it so that imog can edit our posts in the mentor thread so that when he changes the new assignments, he could also change our status back to ok?

I find EMIII very bloated for my tastes. I use KDFOLD my self.

[mdcomp]

Maybe we could talk to a mod and make it so that imog can edit our posts in the mentor thread so that when he changes the new assignments, he could also change our status back to ok?

Most likely the answer will be no because of obvious and some not so obvious reasons. Yes, IMOG is a great trustworthy member, however, only mods get mod priviliges. I have looked into similiar things in the past, relating to the Adopt-a-Rig project and my request was denied pretty much. It can't hurt to ask, but I just don't want you to get your hopes up or anything. Good luck!

Matt

[Agent_Mull]

I was just wondering if there was an option on a perthread basis.

[mdcomp]

I was just wondering if there was an option on a perthread basis.

Unless it is some new feature with vb3, then most likely no. There may be some sort of hack for it, but for now I doubt that the admins or Inet Staff want to install anything until the forums are back to running as they were before the upgrade and all the bugs are sorted out.

Matt

[Charloz24]

Is it too late to be a mentor, If not, count me in! :beer:

[I.M.O.G.]

Is it too late to be a mentor, If not, count me in! :beer:

Hah! My plan to psuedo-disappear and lull everyone into thinking the mentor positions were easy seems to be working! A new mentor! :D

Charloz, you will have assignments before I get to bed tonight = within an hour. Thanks a bunch for joining up. :D

Just make a post in this (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=296129) thread to track your progress and request new assignments. ;)

[LiGhTBoY]

Can I get KaK05's assignments? He went to France on a school trip last Saturday and will be back in about a week.

[I.M.O.G.]

They are yours if you PM him so he knows... It wasn't mentioned in his post, so thanks for letting me know.

I will be sending out PM's to many mentors also to let them know the thread is updated.

[CrashOveride]

I'm in:D

[Cluster]

Count me in too :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Awesome cluster, and I've already welcomed crash! :D

Just make a post in the mentor thread here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=296129) and you will start receiveing assignments. :D

Assignments will be updated tonight, and I will start giving people 5 at a time unless there are any objections. Judging by the rate at which people read and respond to our PM's so far, 5 at a time should be no problem I think.

[slater3333uk]

Good idea. Are we getting cloe to contacting every new member yet? because if we are not give me 10 at a time. ;)

[I.M.O.G.]

We have contacted every new member with one post or more in the span from 5/2-5/22 and 5/26-5/27

We are definetly going to be caught up soon, I'm really going to kick up assignments a notch for this next week, so keep checking back. ;)

[LiGhTBoY]

Good idea. Are we getting cloe to contacting every new member yet? because if we are not give me 10 at a time. ;)

Seriously, I have the time to contact 10-15 members a day, IMOG please give me that number, or I'll visit your house at night :sn:





:beer:


TY IMOG, now I have something to do instead of looking at my screen and getting bored :clap: :attn: :burn:

[I.M.O.G.]

Ask and ye shall receive. Just keep in mind the ideals of mentorship - you need to be able to offer assistance to everyone who responds.

If you get too many responses by some stroke of luck, post here and ask for help following up on them. :)

[LiGhTBoY]

I wish it was like that, but most of my PMs are not even read :cry:

[Voodoo Rufus]

I think that's to be expected. Not much response. I got 2 replies. Of the few that were read they ignored it.

[I.M.O.G.]

There are a lot of no-responses and no reads... After watching this trend since we started, I feel comfortable bumping up the assignments for those who request it.

I hope to atleast keep up with current new members throughout summer, and once people become more active in the fall again, or maybe sooner depending on how things go, we'll work back into established and still active members who will respond much more.

[Agent_Mull]

I dont mind having 6-7 like you gave me this last time. Its actually easier b/c then i already have the word document open and can just copy and paste it into the pm.

[rhino56]

you can give me 20 a time if you want. at some point ill be moving down south and be off a few days but i have internet access there also already.

[slater3333uk]

Who been succsessful so far then?

Ive had 2 positive replys but i cant say either of them have come to much. :( I will send out some followups soon.

[rhino56]

it may take time for a person to come back around, some may never fold but dont ever give up on them. they might.

[Agent_Mull]

Ive gotten 0 :eek:. One replied and asked for some more info and never read my response.
Should we re-pm the people who have read them but not responded?

[Voodoo Rufus]

Could try it, if they asked but never read it. Maybe they haven't logged in since either...

I believe the quote was "opiate of the masses", not opium.

[stan03]

i want to mentor

[slater3333uk]

Cool, Make a post in the mentor sticky and IMOG will give you some work to do when he next updates :)

[@md0Cer]

i want to mentor


You got it!

Also, check this thread:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=306090
A mentor announcement.

Sorry if you have a poor memory and read that thread and follow the link here and then read this and follow the link there, and go on and on and on :eek:

j/k :)

Also, I updated the assignments. Well, I got about 3/4 of you guys. I will finish up right after this post.

Happy mentoring!
-0cer

EDIT: fixed link.

[@md0Cer]

:eek: I wonder how that happened. I will fix it.

Anyways, all assignments are updated.

In case anyone is wondering why they did not receive any new assignments, here is what could be some of the reasons:

-You are inactive and/or have not added your current assignments to your post
-Your asking for more was not in red, and the red is what I look for, so make em red. Thanks :)

In case anyone is wondering why they did not receive the quantity of assignments they requested(up to 15 max), here is what could be some of the reasons:

-You didnt request in your status post in the mentor thread
-I ran out of members and figured it best to distribute so everyone gets an assignment.
*note-this should not happen too often

[@md0Cer]

Good idea. Are we getting cloe to contacting every new member yet? because if we are not give me 10 at a time. ;)

Yes we are. I am using new members who have registered over a span of 3 days or so. Im not sure if new registrations have dropped, but I will try to cover 100% of the membership as best as I can.

To get a greated percentage of people who actually respond or even start folding, be sure to send checkup PM's to everyone every sevral weeks. If they still dont respond, maybe mark them on your status post to not bother checking up on for a while, or not at all if they are completely inactive.

Remember, dont checkup if they request to be left alone.

Speaking of which....I should send a checkup PM to all of my current mentoree's.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for joining up Stan, your doing a good Job @mdOCer, I'm glad I handed it off to you as you are being much better with the updates. :)

[@md0Cer]

Thanks for joining up Stan, your doing a good Job @mdOCer, I'm glad I handed it off to you as you are being much better with the updates. :)


Thanks IMOG. I wish I were, somehow I completely messed up Slater333's profile links, but oh well. All fixed now. :)

I'm glad I accepted, this little project is kinda fun. Gives me more to do. I always wanted more to do here at OCforums other than just posting and reading :)

Also, thanks to our mentors, you guys are doing a great job, keep it up!

[@md0Cer]

I think we have had enough new members to hand out assignments to all mentors. Expect an update tommarow!

To reach my goal of getting 100% of the new membership, this one might be close, I might have to take on some assignments to get em all, but, it shall be done!

[@md0Cer]

Updated!

I have updated all who have asked for more in red and have their current assignments listed. To maintain my goal of 100% coverage, I will give myself the rest.

Happy mentoring!
:cool:

[@md0Cer]

Well, does anyone have any comments, feedback, suggestions, or improvement idea's on the Folding Mentor Program? Anything you would like done or done better?

[@md0Cer]

bump

[@md0Cer]

OK, here is the PM I send out to follow up, and inside the quote is the PM I send out to members. Feel free to use these guys. It works pretty good for me. If you have something better let me know ;)

Hi! Just a follow up :)

Hello. This PM is pre-written by me and it is reaching sevral members at once. What do all of you have in common? Well...I am your folding mentor. You all received a PM looking like this:


Hello and welcome to the Overclockers forum!
Here at OC we keep a pretty close eye on things and we have taken notice to your enthusiasm into overclocking and general computer knowledge.

You have been selected to participate in what is one of the most monumental tasks ever taken on by this forum. Using our brute strength in mhz, united we work towards a goal. What we offer isnt much but we are willing to help you with any information you need for what goes beyond the normal computer discussion, sometimes we have prizes for competitions. But we team 32 ask you to join what will soon be the most powerful force of combined computer power to overcome more then we can even understand right now. It is a project that Stanford is doing called Folding@Home that I speak of. It is working towards the cure for more than just cancer, Alzheimers, and other diseases, it's helping your mother, your father, your family, anyone can be a victim, together we fight for a cure by using our spare CPU cycles to run Folding@Home. It bassically just runs when your computer is idle, for example, if you are doing a task that takes 100 percent of your CPU, Folding will use 0. If you are doing a task that takes 75 percent, Folding will use 15. But, usually the case is, your computer is doing nothing and using 0 percent. This is when Folding uses the other 100.

You have been selected not by random numbers, not by chance, but because we can't do this alone. We need your help. There are some very well known members here that fight hard for team 32 and all she stands for. More then anything, I myself hope you find what you are looking for in this forum and if I can be of any help regarding ANYTHING just pm me.

I look foward to hearing a response from you about your thoughts on this. Thanks.

Cheers!
-0cer
OC Forums Team 32 F@H mentor

This is just a follow up PM, and I know some of you are folding, and some of you are not, so really my question is, to those who are folding, how is it going? Do you have any questions? Anything I can help you with?

For those who are not folding, why not? Does anyone want me to stop bugging them? Go ahead and reply. Thanks.

I hope you all are enjoying/will continune to enjoy/enjoyed your stay here at OCforums.

-0cer
:cool:

[NedClocker]

Questions, comments, volunteers... Fire away! :D

EXCELLENT idea!

If not already, perhaps assign a mentor to the NEW MEMBERS POST HERE sticky thread, to simply welcome new members to the team? Can make all the difference in the world.

[I.M.O.G.]

Hmm, good idea Ned, though I believe you hated this idea earlier in the thread. :D Thanks for the suggestion, maybe I will take up that duty myself.

[Karbon]

I don't know how many of you play games and use Gamesurge as an IRC server, but I have a channel #ocfah (overclockers folding@home) on gamesurge so feel free to stop by. every day we get more and more people to fold thru irc :D

[Maxvla]

i had no idea this was what mentoring was. i already do this quite often :o i just never clicked on this thread.

i guess sign me up. when i go all out i usually go for 100-200 at a time so i can handle whatever you throw at me :)

just did about 50 tonight and i see on the list that a couple of the ones i hit tonight were someone's assignments! sorry! :o

[Voodoo Rufus]

Still no replies to any of my former PMs. :/

[@md0Cer]

EXCELLENT idea!

If not already, perhaps assign a mentor to the NEW MEMBERS POST HERE sticky thread, to simply welcome new members to the team? Can make all the difference in the world.

That is a nice idea. We need more mentors for that though. I am already taking up alot of assignments myself, plus increasing the amount of new members each mentor receives. I have now made the standard 5 at a time, and those who ask for five I give em 10. I figure they can just take their time, or ditch them, but we need to catch up.

IMOG, nice to see you are volunteering to do that :thup: If you would like me to cut down on your assignments so you have more time to do that, just holler! :cool:

Karbon, over on ZIRC I recruit a someone to the fold as well. I might drop in your #ocfah every now and then. We have a team channel that is COMPLETELY unofficial to OCforums called #octeams on zirc.

Maxvla, check out this link, and thanks for being a mentor! I will add you to the list. You can go ahead and create your tracking post in the Team 32 Mentor sticky.

Voodoorufus, send checkup PM's that is what I do. I think I posted it above all of these posts right here in this thread. I just add all the members to my buddy list and just send em off 5 at a time ;)

THANK YOU AGAIN FOLDING MENTORS!!! :clap:

[@md0Cer]

oops. Sorry Maxvla, I forgot to give you the links. Here they are.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=305709
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=307811
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=306090
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=311180

[@md0Cer]

I will now use in my folding mentor PM's, the link to the flash animation that we are now allowed to post in our sigs that I just posted in here:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=318418

[upstreamcurrent]

Sign me up.

[mtb856]

I'm not a FAH mentor, but I just PM'ed my new buddy, a new member "red barron" and he said that he would seriously consider folding....

BTW, are mentors required to PM people all the time? I'd like to be a mentor, but I'm not as good with just PM'ing random people to fold.... it's easier with newbies that I've had a chance to talk with for a while.

[RangerXLT8]

:thup: Count me in, it's the least I can do for a good cause.

[tenchi86]

Ok to long for me to read. Though if you still need help.( not a folding guru but know basics) You can

" Count me in "

[threeme2189]

i started folding yesterday but im never gona finish a WU cause my cpu aint on 24/7 and i need 2000 frames to finish one frikkin WU grrrr...im at 575 or somthing roght now and cpu go byebye in an hour so that sux...

[tenchi86]

Wus get saved. You turn off your pc at 600 frames it will come back on at 600 frames. Also use the normal thread for questions I think this thread is naimly to sign up for mentoring and getting assignments.

[@md0Cer]

hey, check out the sticky at the top of this forum. We kinda revised the whole project, some things are different now, but anyway, check it out and let me know if you are still interested. :)