Phenomenal Men Of The Web - Apply for membership

Disclosure Statement

You may become a member of Phenomenal Men Of The Web with this seal. It is given to men on the Internet with outstanding websites. Sites with pages of Excellence, Honor & Intelligence. Membership is not given to everyone that applies. There is only one seal. There are no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place winners. If you are awarded this seal... your site is extraordinary. The recipients of this award must meet certain criteria outlined below.

	Your site must be something that reflects you... the man that you are.
	It must have at least one subject in which you are giving back something to the world. In my case I have Spyder's Poetry Empire and Empire:ZINE. It is comprised of writers all over the world submitting their work to be published on the web. It is a way of doing something for the writing world in which I reside.
	It must be structured and not be a page of links to other people's sites.
	A special consideration will be given if you are honoring a great man of the world.
	Your site should be considerate of your fellows on the internet in that you have your own graphics and are not linking from another's server for the ones on your pages. Also... Giving credit where it is due. If you use another's work, link back to them as per their request. Liking something and grabbing it is easy to do on this big Internet... but reputations are made quickly. Besides, chances are when you acknowledge another's work, they in turn will do the same for you, increasing hits on your page. Know this too: I read the source of every page I review.
	You site may be personal or business as long as it is written, maintained and you are the "Sole Owner." Your site may not be a incorporated within another's site. Example: your site is located within your wife's, lover, mate, partner, child's ...etc. It must stand on its own alone. You must also be the only person writing and formatting your site. YOU are the person behind the keyboard of your site. YOU send your site online through FTP. Yes, you may use an HTML editor, but it is YOU who is the sole proprietor of your site. You may NOT have either a paid "webmaster" or a friend format your site. EXCEPTIONS: Special features of your site such as cgi (perl) scripts, JAVA scripts, and JAVA applets may be used from outside sources - since many of them are free to use and implement on your site.

If you are accepted within this organization, you will receive a seal of acceptance that you may place anywhere on your website showing the world you are an accepted member of The Phenomenal Men Of The Web. Your site will be listed in Phenomenal Men Of The Web Menu of Profiles with a detailed description of your site. I do mean detailed. I want the reader to see by just reading the description of your site why you were chosen as "A Phenomenal man Of The Web," and want to go view it. You will be sent a URL to fill in an individual profile with a complete description of your site - plus you may also use a banner from your site - all of which is linked directly to your site both URL and e-mail. Your profile will then be listed in the menu of accepted member sites by the month you are accepted. You will also be eligible to participate in all of the other areas of TPMOTW - such as joining the official webring of TPMOTW.

NOTE: January 10, 1998 As of this date, no sites dealing with D/s (Domination/submission) will be considered or accepted into TPWOTW or TPMOTW. You may read further here for an explanation why.

The Phenomenal Men Of The Web - does not endorse or accept for membership XXX rated websites.

APPLICATION for MEMBERSHIP:

Your Name:	REQUIRED
Your E-Mail:	REQUIRED
Your URL:	REQUIRED
Name of Site:	REQUIRED
How long has your site been online?	REQUIRED

Personal Site: Business Site: REQUIRED

1. Are you the person sitting behind the keyboard (The Webmaster) of your site?
Yes: No: REQUIRED

2. Is this site maintained exclusively by yourself: Yes: No: REQUIRED

3. Are you the "Sole Owner" of this site? Yes: No: REQUIRED

If you answered No to any of the 3 questions above in the shaded area, or did not answer the questions, you will not be considered for this seal, please do not go further. Also, please don't apply if you are a part of a company, and construct their site. Or if you are a part of a site, example: your site is located within your friend's, wife's, mate's etc. That is not considered a "Sole Owner." Your site must stand alone.

Tell us about your site. Describe in DETAIL the different
facets of your site. Previous awards and memberships from other sites are unimportant, please don't list them. We will be looking at your site as it stands on it's own.

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NOTE: This is a preliminary form which is used as a guide when reviewing your site. If you are accepted into The Phenomenal Men Of The Web, you will receive an e-mail you with a URL that you will go to and enter in all the unique details of your site. Your site description will have it's own page among the accepted members listing for the month and year you are accepted. You will also be given the code for your seals to be displayed on the pages within your site - along with information on joining the official webring of the PMOTW. Note: please do not confuse your membership in the PMOTW and the official webring --- as they are two separate and distinct things.