How It Works

The ASN is designed to provide members a medium through which they can plan, organize and execute their plan in the event it is needed. This is initially done through this website. If it is decided to become a member of the ASN, you will be asked to provide some basic personal information. This information will be cataloged into a file relative to the geographic region that you live in. You will be asked to select 3 of your most prominent skills from a list. These are called skill set designators or SSD’s. You will also be asked to fill out a registration form that will include your name that will be converted into a network name for use within the network from that moment on. Once complete, you will have unlimited access to the online content on this site. This information in the form of training / reference material, checklists, rally point plans and a bulletin board for members, is available to assist you in establishing a plan for extreme emergencies where you can no longer exist where you normally live, and need to seek shelter and safety elsewhere. So, there are two sides to this service – the “pre‐event” side where you join others through this web based service with a similar mind set, establish a good plan for worst case scenarios, and have everything ready. Then there is the “post‐event” side where there is an event that makes living where you are impossible and you desire to join in numbers with others like you. The major difference between the pre‐event and post‐event sides are there will be technological means to communicate and organize in a pre‐event world but it may not be that way in a post event environment, This is what makes this network so valuable. Once you are registered and are assigned a rally point, you can access and download the rally point plan that has been assembled for you in advance. Others that are assigned to this rally point can see the population of the point and (by network name) see who is also assigned there. You will also be able to see what skills are available at each point that can be leveraged for the better good of the group. It all boils down to having a solid plan and ultimately, safety in numbers.

The Agora Survival Network is free to anyone who wants to use it but it does accept donations to support growth and improvements in its offering to members.  All member registrations are manually processed and loaded onto a stand-alone system which is never connected to any network.  As you fill out your registration form under “Join ASN”, you will be asked at that point if you chose to donate.  There is no maximum amount that you can donate but it is recommended that $10 be the minimum to offset the cost of manually administering each membership.  Donations will be used for (but not limited to) the following:  Increasing the size of the network, increasing the capability of the network, creating more offerings to the members, creating incentives for members, potentially providing financial assistance to victims of disasters, and much more in the works.