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"Bored, Danny Wallace placed a whimsical small ad in a local paper, saying simply ‘Join Me’. Within a month he was receiving letters and e-mails from strangers all over the country, eager to sign up. Teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren, pensioners – all pledged allegiance to his cause. No one knew what that cause was. Least of all Danny...

Soon he was proclaimed Leader. Increasingly obsessed, and possibly power crazed, he risked losing his sanity and his loyal girlfriend. But who could deny the attraction of a global following of thousands of devoted joinees?

If only he could come up with something for everyone to do…"

- from the back of Join Me, the book.

Please LOG IN or register -

(it helps us keep track of changes & updates if you edit the wiki — which Joinees are welcome to do!)

NEWS!

Scroll down to read more about Join Me itself, but in the meantime, our latest initiative for May 2015 is...

Food Bank May!

Whenever and wherever you like. Do something nice for a foodbank.

After the election, whatever your political feelings, let's do something for people who need acts of kindness. Find your local food bank and do something, anything, to help them, any day in May.

Go it alone or get others involved, it's up to you!

What you do could even be as simple as taking them some of your used shopping bags so they can re-use them. Or you could contact them and ask about making donations or volunteering your time... the possibilities are very wide.

Please visit the Joinee forum to discuss your ideas for what to do, and perhaps arrange a Join MEet in your local area to work together with others!

Introduction for people who don't know Join Me

(If you already know what Join Me is, click here to jump to your introduction to this site!)

The Phenomenon

If you don't know anything about the phenomenon called Join Me, then find out HERE!

The Book

Details about the book: how to get a copy, what people have said about it, and a sample of the contents, can all be found HERE!

The Karma Army

The collective, and the 10,000+ people who make up the Karma Army, can be found HERE!

Want to get involved?

There's a quick guide to what we're trying to achieve HERE!

Introduction for Joinees

This site aims to explain everything you might want to know about the collective known as Join Me, and it is intended for Joinees old and new alike.

We're working on a new directory of Joinees which you can browse — and if you prefer, you can search for people by name.

It will also tell you what's going on where, and when, like a calendar. See Join Meets coming your way.

A "Wiki" like this is interactive — it's not just for reading, you can write on it too!

It's hoped that everyone involved in Join Me will help add further details to create a comprehensive guide to a collective that is over 15,000 people strong worldwide. (You can find out how to do this by reading the help pages.)

Of course, since it's not written by just one person, you must please remember that what you read is a snapshot of opinions, and it is not "official policy" or any such thing. There are a team of admins, though, and we'll try to keep the information here up-to-date and accurate.

Questions

Here are some handy starting points if your head is full of questions!

How?
What?
When? - and see also Join Meets coming your way
Where? - as above, see Join Meets coming your way
Who?
Why?

Other projects

Danny Wallace is a busy chap. Find out about his other projects here.

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+| "Bored, [[Danny Wallace]] placed a whimsical small ad in a local paper, saying simply ‘Join Me’. Within a month he was receiving letters and e-mails from strangers all over the country, eager to sign up. Teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren, pensioners – all pledged allegiance to his cause. No one knew what that cause was. Least of all Danny...
+Soon he was proclaimed [[The Leader | Leader]]. Increasingly obsessed, and possibly power crazed, he risked losing his sanity and his loyal girlfriend. But who could deny the attraction of a global following of thousands of devoted joinees?
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+If only he could come up with something for everyone to do…"
-Please '''log in''', top right. It'll save a lot of work in the long run...
+''- from the back of [[Join Me:The Book | Join Me]], the book.''
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+<font color="#a33">'''Please [[LOG IN]]''' or [[LOG IN|register]] -
-'' "Bored, [[Danny Wallace]] placed a whimsical small ad in a local paper, saying simply ‘Join Me’. Within a month he was receiving letters and e-mails from strangers all over the country, eager to sign up. Teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren, pensioners – all pledged allegiance to his cause. No one knew what that cause was. Least of all Danny...''
+''(it helps us keep track of changes & updates if you edit the wiki &mdash; which Joinees are welcome to do!)''</font>
-''Soon he was proclaimed [[The Leader | Leader]]. Increasingly obsessed, and possibly power crazed, he risked losing his sanity and his loyal girlfriend. But who could deny the attraction of a global following of thousands of devoted joinees?''
-''If only he could come up with something for everyone to do…"''
+==NEWS!==
-- '''''blurb from the back of [[Join Me:The Book | Join Me]]'''''
+Scroll down to read more about Join Me itself, but in the meantime, our latest initiative for May 2015 is...
+===Food Bank May!===
+Whenever and wherever you like. Do something nice for a foodbank.
+After the election, whatever your political feelings, let's do something for people who need acts of kindness. Find your local food bank and do something, anything, to help them, any day in May.
-==Introduction==
+Go it alone or get others involved, it's up to you!
-This site is a site dedicated to the collective known as Join Me, for Joinees old and new alike. It's intended to be an archive of information about it, from historical entries to every day occurances, from a glossary of terms to a collection of ideas. Hopefully it will also serve as a directory of who's who, as well as what's going on where, and when. Because it is interactive, and not uploaded by any one person, it's hoped that everyone interested in the development of Join Me (both past and future) will help add further details to create a comprehensive guide to a collective that is over 10,000 people strong worldwide...
+What you do could even be as simple as taking them some of your used shopping bags so they can re-use them. Or you could contact them and ask about making donations or volunteering your time... the possibilities are very wide.
-'''This site'''
+Please visit the [http://www.joineeforum.com/topic/38134-join-us-at-your-local-food-bank-this-may/ Joinee forum] to discuss your ideas for what to do, and perhaps arrange a Join MEet in your local area to work together with others!
-* If you have any comments or questions, click [[User_talk:Karmagraphik | HERE]]!
-* The answers should, theoretically, end up [[FAQ | HERE]], in time.
+==Introduction for people who don't know Join Me==
-* If you want to get involved with Join Me, or you already are, but would like to get involved with this site, click [[Want to get involved? | HERE]]!
+''(If you already know what Join Me is, click [[#Introduction for Joinees|here]] to jump to your introduction to this site!)''
+'''The Phenomenon'''
-* This site was launch on the 1st of [[June 2005]], to celebrate the unofficial [[Karmic Years | Karmic Year of the King]].
+* If you don't know anything about the phenomenon called '''Join Me''', then find out [[Join Me: About | HERE]]!
-==About Join Me==
-'''The Phenomenom'''
-* Don't know anything about the phenomenom called ''Join Me''? Then find out [[Join Me: About | HERE]]!
 '''The Book'''
-* Details about the book - how to get a copy, what people have said about it, and a sample of the contents can be found [[Join Me: The Book | HERE]]!
+* Details about the book: how to get a copy, what people have said about it, and a sample of the contents, can all be found [[Join Me: The Book | HERE]]!
 '''The Karma Army'''
-*The collective, and the 10,000+ people who make up the Karma Army, can be found [[The Karma Army | HERE]]!
+* The collective, and the 10,000+ people who make up the Karma Army, can be found [[The Karma Army | HERE]]!
+'''Want to get involved?'''
+* There's a quick guide to what we're trying to achieve [[Want to get involved? | HERE]]!
+==Introduction for Joinees==
+* This site aims to explain everything you might want to know about the collective known as Join Me, and it is intended for [[Joinee]]s old and new alike.
+* We're working on a new '''directory''' of Joinees which you can '''[[:Category:Directory|browse]]''' &mdash; and if you prefer, you can '''[[Joinees|search]]''' for people by name.
+* It will also tell you what's going on where, and when, like a '''calendar'''. See '''[[Join Meets coming your way]]'''.
+A "Wiki" like this is interactive &mdash; it's not just for reading, you can write on it too!
+It's hoped that everyone involved in Join Me will help add further details to create a comprehensive guide to a collective that is over 15,000 people strong worldwide. (You can find out how to do this by reading the [[Help:Contents|help]] pages.)
+Of course, since it's not written by just one person, you must please remember that what you read is a snapshot of opinions, and it is not "official policy" or any such thing. There are a team of admins, though, and we'll try to keep the information here up-to-date and accurate.
+==Further reading &mdash; and viewing!==
+* A few Joinees have worked on this [[FAQ]]. ''(This is currently a bit out of date!)''
+* Indulge in memories of Join Meets, or just see what we get up to; lots of Joinees upload photos to [http://www.flickr.com/groups_members.gne?id=11145231@N00 flickr]!
 ==Questions==
+Here are some handy starting points if your head is full of questions!
-There's a handy [[FAQ]] set up, but if you've got any further questions, here's as good a place as any to start:
 *[[How?]]
 *[[What?]]
+*[[When?]] - and see also [[Join Meets coming your way]]
-*[[When?]]
+*[[Where?]] - as above, see [[Join Meets coming your way]]
-*[[Where?]]
 *[[Who?]]
 *[[Why?]]
-==And Lastly...==
-...but not leastly...
+==Other projects==
-*[[People who've worked on this site]]
+[[Danny Wallace]] is a busy chap. Find out about his other projects [[Danny Wallace|here]].
-*This Wiki is based on the massive project that is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia], where this project first sprung to life, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join_Me  here].
-*[[Gah! Another Wiki!]]