|  Citizenship Referral Program: 
                        The Citizen Referral Program has begun. Active 
                        Worlds will be trying a new referral program to reward 
                        citizens who are helping us grow. When a new customer 
                        registers they will have the option of entering the Citizen 
                        Name of the person who referred them to Active Worlds. 
                        Once the new customer has been registered, in Active Worlds, 
                        for more than two months the Citizen that referred them 
                        will receive a free month of Citizenship. (depending on 
                        the activation method a new customer can enter your Citizen 
                        information in a "Comments" field or in a "Referred 
                        by" field) Active Worlds Browser Toolbar Contest: Want 
                        to showoff your creative talent? Think you know what the 
                        Active Worlds Toolbar should look like? Then prove it! 
                        Starting November 1st you can send in your submissions 
                        for the Active Worlds Browser Toolbar Contest. Simply 
                        send your submissions or questions to tom@activeworlds.com. 
                        1st place will receive a P-30/5, 2nd place is a P-20/5 
                        and 3rd place is a P-10/5. The top three winning toolbars 
                        will be included in the next Active Worlds update. Contest 
                        has been extended till December 29th. (Toolbar examples 
                        can be found in your default Active Worlds directory under 
                        “toolbars”)
 VoIP Changes: Starting December 4th all P-50/5s 
                        and above will be eligible for free VoIP. This is optional 
                        and must be activated by AWI at your request. There is 
                        an additional hosting cost of 49.95 for any world hosted 
                        by AWI that has VoIP enabled.
 Personal Avatars: A Personal Avatar or 
                        PAV is an Avatar that will stay with you no matter what 
                        world you enter. Though certain theme specific worlds 
                        may disallow the use of them for theme or game based purposes. 
                        PAVs are currently $39.95 to submit and enable and available 
                        through
 e-mail only. For more information on the submission process 
                        please see the Active Worlds forums or e-mail tom@activeworlds.com.
 PAV Approved vendors: Starting this month 
                        we will be selecting and enabling a few PAV Vendors to 
                        start operating in Active Worlds. These vendors submissions 
                        will be pre-approved and they will be able to offer PAV 
                        services to the community at a discounted rate. Look soon 
                        for information on these approved PAV vendors in the AWGate 
                        and the next edition of the AWNewsletter.
 AW V-4 Builders Contest: Think you are 
                        the best builder in all of AW? Prove it! To join simply 
                        e-mail tom@activeworlds.com. 
                        Plots will be handed out on the 15th of December and winners 
                        will be chosen December 29th. The top three winners will 
                        receive V-4 builder rights in AlphaWorld.
 New Public world - AWVoice: AWVoice will open 
                        it's doors early this December. This is a simple world 
                        were people can hang out and voice chat.
 Active Worlds Best DJ Contest: Chosen 
                        by the Citizens of Active Worlds through voting in "AWVote" 
                        each month we will crown one DJ as "The best in Active 
                        Worlds". That DJ's Radio Station will be featured 
                        in many of Active Worlds public and game worlds. Find 
                        out last months winner in AWVote now.
 Active Worlds Movie Contest: Think you have what 
                        it takes to make your own movies? Both stories and commercials 
                        can be submitted and voting/viewing will open on December 
                        15th in "AWVote". The only rule is that your 
                        movie/video must be 90% filmed in the Active Worlds Universe. 
                        You can send your submissions to tom@activeworlds.com 
                        please make sure your movies are in wmv format. First 
                        place will receive a P-50/20 with tourist access good 
                        for 1 year.
 
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