It's very rigorous. The applicant will typically send offerings of gold, ply me with women, song, & spiced goat meat, and beat drums across the miles until I have heard their pleas. When the offerings are considered, I will slaughter a cow and consult the sacred entrails. If the offal shows me that the enlightened ones will be pleased with my humble offering of 3 butterflied steaks, I proceed to make a many mile trek in the searing Florida heat to an isolated (undisclosed) location. There, I build a sweat lodge and meditate on the wonders of the universe while stewing in my own juices. Upon rapture, the answer is called down from the heavans and I will exit the sweat lodge in all my natural, fragrant glory. Maidens will ritualisticly shave me and upon completion, I will utter the pronouncement.
Or, they can just take the easy way and give me a phone call. Nothing big, we can usually have a forum open in 5-10 minutes during a slow day.
Kevin