Anti-griefing and Anti-build

[StorAxis]

I agree with Saint, here. I don't think that new players will be all that attracted to the server if they can't build soon after they've joined the server, you could either let people set up their own regions, or just make sure there's always someone on hand to do it for them.
I don't think the application idea is as good, though. It'd cause quite a bit of clutter on the Forum, and it'd be hard to keep track of all the applications.