What this page is
This page shows step-by-step instructions on how to set your region. The instructions are geared towards the Illinois::Naperville region of NaNoWriMo but could very easily be used by other regions.
What does having a Home Region mean?
Having a Home Region really means just one thing: your word count can be tallied by your Home Region and used in inter-region wordwars as an additional motivational tool. In addition, for Illinois::Naperville and other regions that create it, your Home Region might add you to a regional wordcount graph.
How does setting your Home Region differ from being Affiliated?
Home regions:
- means your wordcount aggregates upward into your home region's pool. This total can be used in inter-region wordwars.
- your donations also aggregate into your home region's pool. This total can be used in NaNo fundraising regional contests
- note that you can only have one Home Region
Being affiliated to a region:
- means that you will receive e-mail that is broadcast from that region
- note that you can be affiliated to more than one region
Instructions
Go to My NaNoWriMo
This will take you to your NaNoWriMo profile
Go to User Settings
This will take you to your User Settings page
Go to My Regions
This will take you to My Regions
Click on the Regions tab
This will take you to where you can search for the region you want to affiliate with
Search for the Region
In our case, we will search for naperville
Click on the red Join link
This image below doesn't show the Join link because I'm already affiliated with Naperville; but the cursor does point to where the Join link would be if you aren't already affiliated.
Go to your Home Region tab
This will take you to your Home Region tab
Select your home region from the list of Affiliated regions
Just select your home region from the list of Affiliated regions and click on the Submit button. And that's it! You're done!
