Complementary ECA Membership To All PMS | H2O Clan Members!

[Gypsyfly PMS]

Hi Everyone!

On behalf of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) and PMS Clan Inc. we wanted to offer all of our clan members a one year complementary membership into ECA. This is a regularly a $20 or $15 (Students and military) membership and it's usually only complementary to well known people in the gaming industry such as Adam Sessler, Tommy Tallarico, Amber Dalton, Will Wheaton, and TriXie (Her I"m a member banner" will be on the site soon).


What is ECA?

The ECA is non profit advocacy group for gamers. We're not a lobby group, just a grassroots advocacy group made up by a community of gamers.

The mission of the ECA is to give gaming consumers a voice and ensure that state and local politicians hear their concerns and appreciate their demographic power.

The ECA focuses its advocacy efforts on consumer rights, anti-games legislation, and a host of other public policy concerns like net neutrality, internet usage caps, and broadband for everyone. Besides that it's like AAA for gamers because ECA also provides community and affinity benefits to its members. For people in the gaming industry I usually say it's job security.

The people who run ECA have been in the gaming industry for a long time and saw a gap and a need for representation on behalf of gamers. We spend so much for our hobby and have a huge say in this industry that we sometimes don't take advantage of it.

ECA also owns the following properties you may be familiar with:

GamePolitics.com, GameJobs.com, and GameCulture.com

...and participates in the following charities:

• A Nite to Unite — for Kids (NTU)
• Charity Gamers
• Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
• The Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer
• Get Well Gamers
• Kids in Crisis
• George Washington Carver Community Center
• Child's Play Charity
• Gifts from Gamers
• CT Association for Children and Adults with Learning
  Disabilities
• Kid Wish Network
• FUN for Our Troops
• The House Ear Institute

What do we get?

• 10% off the PC Game CellZenith from Faramix
  Entertprises
• 10% off game related purchases on Amazon.com
  (They will also start to sell ECA memberships similar to
  Wal-Mart.com)
• Daily informative ECA newsletter (You have the option to
  discontinue the newsletter)
• Reduced health insurance through eHealth Insurance (Only
  available when you log into your ECA profile)
• 2 free issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly offered from Ziff
  Davis
• 5%-10% off of any Hyatt Hotels in the United States
• 10% discount to all ECA members off Astrogaming products
• Discounted Admission on Video Game Consumer Shows like

  NY ComicCon

  PAX

  E for All

  VGXPO

  GDC( If you register before the early deadline you can safe 30%)

  And many more...

• Free resume uploads to ECA’s job board site GameJobs.com
• 30-day Free Trial to GameFly, the leading online video
  game rental service to the first 1,000 registered members
• WarCry free 30 day Trial membership in WarCry Choice for
  each member
• Hardcore Gamer® Magazine will offer a discount price off
  of the 12 month subscription cost of $24.99 to ECA
  members for $12.99
• The independent Publishers Group is offering 50% off Book
  of Games to ECA members. The original cost is $29.95.
  Book of Games, is a massive tome of information on current
  games. It features the most important games on the
  market today. It is a great tool to explore available titles,
  and is full of information on games, research, hardware,
  and the future of games.
• ECA Schwag
• Product discounts from our proud partners including:

  Ideazon

  Glitch Gaming

  G8 Brand Clothing

  Leashtec

  Patriot Memory/NewEgg.com

  Girls 'N Gaming Magazine

  PAX Store

  Atari

  Phones For Good

  Red Lion

  and many more..

• LAN centers across North America will offer ECA members
  10-20% off any hourly or daily rates. Visit our LAN Centers
  page. NOTE: We recently partnered with iGames so
  this list will be greatly expanded.
• Each week the ECA will pull a name from our list of
  members. The lucky winner will receive an assortment of
  prizes like:

  Gift cards from ThinkGeek.com and Gamestop

  video games and video game accessories

  pens and pads

  t-shirts

  energy drinks

  even a chance to win a Sony PS3 (One of our ladies from PMS Clan, actually won a PS3!)

Once you log into your profile on the ECA site you can go to the benefits page to see the whole list.

Note: This list is constantly updated and changing


What do I do?

You don't have to send any payment info. After a year and when you log into your ECA profile you should get a message to renew your membership.

Just email me the following info at Daniela@TheECA.com. You can PM me here as well.

Just put "PMS | H2O Clan ECA Member" in the subject title and I need:

• First Name, Last Name:
• Email Address:
• Phone Number:
• Street Address:
• City, State, Zip Code:

Once the information is entered into our database you should get a confirmation message. If you don't after a week, just go to the main site and under "Member Login" there is a small link that says "Forgot Your Password?". Just enter the email you sent me and you should get a password to log into the site to change any profile info and see the benefits page.

This offer is open to all US and all Canadian PMS and H2O Clan members 18 and up. This is for new ECA members only that have never signed up for ECA through PMS Clan, GamerChiX, at a gaming event, an ECA Chapter, on the ECA site, or any other way!

After orientation please email or PM me the following information.

How can I become more involved?

• Join or Start a Chapter

After joining the best way to get involved is by joining an existing ECA Chapter in your area run by local gamers or starting one of your own if there isn't a local ECA Chapter in your area or college.We're currently updating the chapter page so you can automatically join your local chapter, but for now check this drop down list or email me at Daniela@TheECA.com for more info about our chapters.

It's a great way to meet new people, participate in gaming events, meet contacts in the gaming industry, make your voice heard and make a change, and it's awesome to put on the resume as well.

ECA can help with all aspects of starting a chapter from sending you product to use for prizes and promotional materials to helping with getting you started with organization and recruitment, and even possible sponsorship of chapter related gaming events or LANs.

It really doesn't take much to start and run a chapter it just really depends on how active you want to be. Some presidents are more active then others, but you really get one you put into it. Some just communicate and plan events or activities via Myspace/Facebook and email and hold gaming events on Xbox. Others hold events or meetings at LAN's or attend gaming events or town halls together.

• Participate in the ECA Xbox Community Playdate and other gaming events.

Watch the Xbox Calender for the ECA Community Playdate March 1st. If you're interested in volunteering to host or just participating email me. More info TBA.

We host weekly ECA Game Nights on Xbox and PC, those dates also TBA.

We'll also be launching our GoCrossCampus game in January. Sign up for an account to play. It's fast and fun!

• Sign up for Action Alerts

Learn more about our advocacy efforts and what you can do to help make your voice heard.

• Show your support on our social networks

ECA has it's own forums and is on Facebook, Myspace and other social networks found here

• Read my ECA Blog!

TheECA.1up.com is posted weekly about different events I attend with the ECA as my views on different gaming issues and news.

If you guys have any questions about membership that you can't find on the site or about chapters don't hesitate to PM or email me: Daniela@TheECA.com.