NERO LARP Staff Contact Info
NERO Online Data Base Personnel
Database
Architect: www.NeroDB.com:
Nick Pinkernell
(CO)
Database
Architect:
FileMaker PRO:
Position Available, Joseph Valenti, Matt Sims.
Online Database Administrators:
www.NeroDB.com Updates:
Contact any of these people to add experience for events attended, make character
persona alterations and corrections, etc.
Get Your NERO LARP Chapter Added to the Online Database Today! Email
Joseph Valenti
CT
David Epstein (CT)
GA
Ryan Massey (GA)
NC
Vincent Rivera (NC)
NJ
Rebecca King (NJ)
NH
Robin Acevedo (NH)
NY
Joseph Valenti (NY - White Plains)
NY Trish Buchwald (NY - Rochester)
TX
David Acosta (TX)
VT
Jason Deforge (VT)
Internet
Architecture Administrators
Joseph Valenti
(NY)
Angela
Morris
(CT)
Jason Deforge (VT)
Matt Person
(MA)
Nick Pinkernell
(CO)
Directors and Managers
Director of Tyrran PC Races and PC Cultures:
Bill
Hoffman (OH)
Manager of the Quentari Elven Culture: Alex Ancheta (NY)
Manager of the Barbarian Race & Cultures: Noah Mason (PA)
Manager of the Drae Race and Draelonde Culture:
Rachel Morris (MA)
Manager of the
Dwarven Race & Culture: Matt Sims (NY)
Manager of
Sarr Race Handbook:
Amy Devan (DC)
Manager of
Sarr Myrr Culture Handbook: Amy Devan
(DC)
Manager of the Biata Handbook:
Angela Morris
Manager of Qandari
Elven Culture:
Ryan Massey
Manager of Mystic Wood Elf Race
Handbook: Tom Wilson
Manager of the
Khalwa Gypsy Culture Handbook
(OPEN)
Director of
Tyrran Storylines: Joseph Valenti (NY) (Acting)
Manager, Tyrran Storyline Campaign: Mickey
Golosvker (MA)
Kingdom of Evendarr Nobility
Royal Academy of Arts and Science
Project Leader: Duchy of Niman Storyline: Tim Gile (MA)
Manager of
Zepher
Continent:
Ryan Massey
Manager of National Storylines (Open)
Manager of National Storylines (Open)
Manager of Tyrran
Maps: Chris Hill (VA)
Map Team Member: Thomas Hylton (VA)
Map Team Member: Mike Clancy (VA)
Map Team Member: Rob Conley (PA)
Map Team Member: Open Apply with Chris Hill (VA)
Map Team Member: Open
Project Leader: Graphics Design: Rob Conley (PA)
For Written Documents such as Proclamations, Writs, Scrolls,
Etc.
Manager of Tyrran Monsters: Jason Deforge (VT)
Director of
Operations (Open)
Manager NERO Online Database©:
Nick Pinkernell (CO)
Manager of National NERO Adjudication & Disciplinary
Council: John Thompson (PA)
Manager of NERO College Clubs:
Noah Mason (PA)
Manager of Table Top Games:
David Ciappio
(CA)
Conventions
(See More Info Here!)
Manager of Origins (Ohio) Convention:
Lisa Weekly (OH)
Manager of GenCon (Indiana) Convention:
Loren Skagen (IL)
Manager of Arisia (Mass.) Convention:
Rachel Morris (MA)
Manager of GAMA Trade Show (LV): Open (Joseph Valenti)
Manager of Dragon-Con (Georgia)
Writers & Storyline Coordinators
NERO LARP Game System Rule Council & Group
NERO LARP Rules Council - A group of NERO Chapter Owners and Staff members from around the world that
approve of Game Rules that are put into playtest and taken out of playtest.
Joseph
Valenti (New York)
Matt Pearson (Massachusetts)
Matt Sims
(New York)
Mike Ennis
(Ohio & West Virginia)
Charles Smith (California)
Kris
Harney (Florida)
Mike Caldwell (Texas)
Melissa Brannan (Maryland)
Don Pasqua
(Illinois)
NERO LARP Rules Group (Send your submissions here)
* The NERO LARP Rules Group consists of 1 representative from every chapter. If
you are aware of a NERO chapter that is not represented here, please encourage
them to join by contacting Neroint@aol.com.
* NERO LARP Rules representatives discuss
ideas on how to improve or clarify the
NERO Rule Book©,
NERO Formal Magic System, or NERO Formal Cantrip System with the rest of the
group.
* NERO® Chapter Representatives share
challenges encountered at events or and that arise from members from time to
time or that we may personally need clarification on. For example; let say that
someone needed clarification on whether an explosive trap would blow up another
explosive trap or set it off while attending an NERO event. The Rules Group
representative would post that challenge to the group, along with the resolution
made by the NERO Marshal at the time.
NERO National
Adjudication Managers: These individuals are here to
review and discuss appeals made by members regarding the result of an
adjudication request at a local NERO Chapter. Responsible for collecting
information, organizing it, and utilizing an appropriate project team (ie. the
Rules Council and/or Rules Group or National Advisory Board) to review the
information and provide their individual assessment, this group will work
closely with the Local NERO LARP Chapter and the NERO Member involved. These
individuals will explain the process and the causes for the local
and national decision.
David Cleveland (NB Canada)
John Thompson (PA)
Loren Skagen (Illinois)
Kevin Tjia (Toronto Canada)
Game Map Coordinators
Manager of Tyrran
Maps: Chris Hill (VA)
Robert Conley (PA) -
estar@alltel.net
Graphics Coordinators: Helps
NERO Members make their in-game documents (Writs, Scrolls, Etc.) look fancy.
Robert Conley (PA) -
estar@alltel.net
Avalon Concordance Project Team
Joseph Valenti (NY)
Matt Sims (NY)
Justin Godey (CA)
Maegan Bowman (TX)
Brandon Mason (GA)
All Chapters Plot Liaisons
World of Tyrra Monsters
Jason Deforge: Manager
Bob Hess
Avendale
Hughes, Joseph C.
Nero Metro DC
Kevin Tjia
NERO Toronto
Clint Heilman
MASS
Noah Mason
NCPA
Greg Brothers
(PA)
Evendarr Kingdom, Royal Navy -
Jesse Stills (va)
CONVENTIONS
Marketing & Advertising
Coordinator - East Coast
Manager - Rebecca King (NJ)
Marketing & Advertising
Coordinator - West Coast
Manager -
Mitch Meconi
(NV)
General
Marketing and Advertising Support
Game Stores & Fliers - Matthew Pearson
Convention Attendance Coordination
Victoria Bolton (va) maintains the master
list of conventions that NERO Attends.
Convention Manager -
Gen-Con Indiana (IN)
Loren Skagen (IL)
Convention Manager - Dragon Con (GA)
Mickey Weddington - GA
Convention Manager - Origins Convention (OH)
Lisa Weekly - (OH)
Convention Staff
Joseph Valenti (NY)
Mathew Pearson (MA)
Maegan Bowman (TX)
Victoria Bolton (VA)
Mitch Meconi (NV)
Lisa Weekly (OH)
Dan Burke (NJ)
Dan Comstock (NY)
Every Staff Member at each NERO LARP Chapter
PRESS & MEDIA
Press Releases
Victoria Bolton
(VA)
Plot
Liaisons Group (National and Local Plot Staff)
Project Leaders
John Ziegler Statistics Collector,
Internet Researcher
Jeff Gibson
Treatise and Story Collector (Races, Cultures,
Treatises, Etc.)
Clint Heilman
National Staff & their
NPC's
Ford Ivey (VA) King Mykel Endarr II, Evendarrian King
Mark Blanchard (MA) Prince Kevin Blackfoxx, Evendarrian Prince
Joseph Valenti (NY)
Sir Tivorak Nobel, Knight of Evendarr
Clint Heilman (MA)
Michael Manning (MA) Sir Michael Astaldo Elladan, Knight of Evendarr
Bob Hess (NJ) Sir Anton Valence, Knight of Evendarr
John Klein (NJ)
Brandon Mason (GA) Sir Devron Endarr
Tiny Hughes (DC)
Sir Alexander Norfolk
Tony Lopez (VA)
Prince Gabriel Harcourt
Vince Munro (GA)
Sir Crash McGillicutty
Duby Deenan (TN)
Buddy Landreth (TN)
Dan Veniga (MA)
Matt Sims (NY)
Sir Sebastien Maxwell
Ryan Massey (GA) Sir
Robert William Randolph,
Knight of Evendarr
Members with National In-Game Noble Titles
Mike Weyant
Sir Delhar Greymist, Knight of Evendarr
Scott Wilson
Sir Konrad Alphenwen, Knight of Evendarr
Maegan Bowman Lady Yr'lie, Chamberlain of the
Accords of Avalon
Staff List
Biographies
Joseph Valenti
Joseph is President of NERO International. He
accepted the position from Ford Ivey on August 3, 1998 and leads National efforts to expand and improve NERO.
Contact Info:
NeroInt@aol.com
914-328-9123
Charles Haigh
Chuck almost exclusively NPC's where ever he
travels.
Contact Info: Chuck prefers not
to be contacted.
Rebecca King
Rebecca (Greenwood Lake, NJ) manages efforts in
nationwide marketing at Conventions.
Contact Info: rking@nerolarp.com
Matt Pearson
Matt P. (Framingham, MA) manages the
International website with assistance from Joseph Valenti & Katherine Fleming. He is also the
Head of Rules.
Contact Info: mpearson@nerolarp.com
Matt Sims
Matt (Long Island, NY) is on the
NERO Rules Council and the NERO Plot Council.
Contact Info: NeroNeridia@aol.com
Justin Akremi
-
Contact Info: jakremi@yahoo.com
Justin currently lives in
Wisconsin and
has taken some time off of NERO. HE used to attend the Ravenholt and Avendale chapters regularly,
both PC'ing and NPC'ing. He helped to organize
our presence at ICON Convention in Long Island, NY for several years, and does many and varied projects for
NERO.
Dan Comstock
(Connecticut) -
Contact Info: targetref@yahoo.com
Dan has been an active
member of the Avendale Staff since 2000. He was recently added as a
Nero Rep and is working on editing in-game plot information for public release.
Dan also helps to integrate histories of new chapters into our existing world,
and attends conventions in the New York, New Jersey, CT, and Boston areas.
Mike Ennis
-
Contact Info: war@stratuswave.net
Mike is currently running multiple
chapters and campaigns in the Ohio and West Virginia area. He has a lot of
experience in making Nero a success for many chapters at once and is working to
provide new policies that he has used in his chapters informally. Mike is also on the Rules Council.
If you have any Rules ideas you can send them to him.
Mickey Golosovker
- Contact Info: silway@aol.com
Mickey (Boston, MA) is working on
editing in-game plot information for public release. He also helps with input
on rules and policies, and regularly plays in a number of chapters in the
Northeast. Mickey is working on regional and National plot in addition to his
other responsibilities.
Michael Manning
- Contact Info: michaelelladan@aol.com
Michael Manning
(SALEM, MA) joined NERO in 1989 and has been playing ever since then. Michael is
also a great source of knowledge on the history of NERO the early days. Michael
has been involved with several chapters over the years, as a PC, NPC, and Staff
member. He is currently playing a Royal Knight of Evendarr, and several other
NPC roles. He is also very willing to talk, and recruit for NERO at any of the
conventions he regularly attends.
Mitch Meconi
- Contact Info: nerostuff@msn.com
Mitch Meconi (Las Vegas, NV) works with the Las
Vegas chapter and with the other southwest chapters to coordinate plot and
events. He is also working on finding reliable sources of inexpensive but good
quality costuming for players and chapters.
Dan Veniga
- Contact Info: dveniga@nerolarp.net
Dan is working on creating national and region
plot. He helped to organize our presence at ICON 21 in Long Island, NY and
often works with Justin Akremi to make weapons and other NERO props for
conventions and chapters.
Jamie Close
Project Leader
of the Quentari Solidification and Expansion Project: From Bellingham MA, Jamie
began playing NERO in 1991, really only has one PC, an Elven fighter named Togan
Iccitari., who is about 19th level. I am now playing out of
NERO Boston (Volta) as my home chapter.
I'm interested in getting involved in all things Quentari. Jamie’s goal as a
national project team member is to flesh out the Elven Race and the Quentari
Culture so that players of Quentari characters, nation wide, can get the most of
the race. Jamie is also focusing on generating plots and intrigues that
originate from the Elven Kingdom of Quentari, adding additional depth to the
world of Tyrra, adding to the atmosphere of every chapter nation-wide.
Jesse Stills
Jesse joined
National Staff in September of 2002, as the Evendarrian Royal Navy
Solidification & Expansion Project Leader. He has and continues to gather
information regarding the Port cities in Evendarrian Duchies, and has compiled a
lengthy set of treatises to edit to our world and make public. See the
Evendarrian Royal Navy Handbook!
Bob Hess
-
Contact Info: bhess1@optonline.net
Bob helps with
the National Monster Databases, by altering statistics of the Monster as the
game rules are altered. He joined the staff of the
Avendale Campaign, as a Storyteller for
the 2003 season. If you have any
questions regarding the Monster Statistics, contact Bob via email at
Amy Devan
Amy has helped expand the Sarr (Cat Scavenger) Racial
Handbook and the Myrr Culture Overview. She will help us to write the package
clearly, in our new format, so that we can then move all of our handbooks to
this format.
Victoria M. Bolton (Virginia)
Victoria is a Project Leader who works directly for Joseph Valenti and leads
several projects.
Convention Coordination:
Victoria works on National
Conventions staff, researching possible conventions that NERO can attend, and maintains the
master convention list. She also specifically coordinates local chapter
attendance at Conventions, and attends the Conventions in the VA area.
Press Releases:
Victoria Manages and
prepares Press Releases. This includes writing, editing, and submitting
approved press releases regarding NERO National and the Local NERO Chapters
to distributors designated to release information for our company. She also reviews the
Quarterly Project
Manager Status reports and the Quarterly National Project Status Report and will
choose important announcements and information that are candidates for press.
Meg Regula (Pennsylvania)
Contact: tenshiryushubiata@yahoo.com
Meg has assisted in the opening of two new NERO® chapters in Virginia and
Pennsylvania. She is currently Staff at POLAR, and has been an active Local
Staff member for over two years. She will be designing flyers and assisting with
marketing for NERO® National.
Dave has been actively playing NERO for
over nine years, and has been Staff at three different chapters (PRO, VORPL and
POLAR). Dave is a Plot Coordinator for POLAR and will be handling editing and
proof reading for NERO National.
John Ziegler (Virginia)
-
Contact info: seronianero@yahoo.com
John assists Joseph Valenti in collecting data and statistics relevant to
national projects. He also plays many different NERO chapters up and down the
east coast and has been working with National since 2002.
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