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-If you are reading this as a prospective member, please skip to the second section.
+====== Membership Application Process ======
-====== Procedure ======
+If you are reading this as a prospective member, please skip to the second section.
+===== Procedure =====
 Guests are permitted limited access to the space during open events (e.g. Tuesday Open Nights or Themed Thursdays) or when accompanied by a member of the space. However they are not permitted use of the space tools or consumables outside of the guest allowance. Guests wishing to become members are asked to follow the procedure below. An email (contents also below) should be sent to the new member for return to the public discussion list.
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-====== Email to send to prospective members ======
+===== Membership Email Format =====
+You should sign up to the <code>57north-announce</code> and <code>57north-discuss</code>
-Thank you for showing interest in joining the 57North Hacklab.
+[[resources:57north:mailing_list|mailing lists]] as detailed in [[admin:membership_application_process#How to receive announcement emails and take part in group email discussions|below]]
-Guests are permitted limited access to the space during [[:open_night|open nights]] or themed evenings. However they are not permitted use of the space tools or consumables outside of the guest allowance. Guests wishing to become members are asked to follow the procedure below. Any person who wishes to become a member of the hacklab must submit (a) a remittance to meet the first month's subscription and (b) a typed application for membership.
+Once you are subscribed to these lists, please fill in your own responses to the following points, and email them to the 57north-discuss list. If this is proving to be a challenge, just come in and ask on an open night or on [[resources:software:irc|irc]].
-You should pay your first months fee (£20) in person to any [[https://57north.org.uk/about|board member]] whilst at the space, who will give you a receipt upon request.
+Use the email subject header: **Member Application Intro**:
-We also ask new members to make a typed application via an introduction email to the public discussion list. Your membership will then be considered by the board with member input. You will be notified of the application outcome 7 days or less from the date that both application and remittence are received.
-Assuming no negative outcome, you are invited to visit the member account registration page at https://guest.id.57north.org.uk/register.
-Finally to complete your registration visit the member login area from the main site (or https://hub.57north.org.uk/hub), login and click the application button. Here you **must** add **any outstanding personal details** to Hackhub to complete your membership application.
-Your subscription fee will be refunded in the event of your membership not being accepted.
-You should also sign up to the <code>57north-announce</code> and <code>57north-discuss</code> [[:mailing_list|mailing lists]]. Once you are subscribed to these lists, please fill in your own responses to the following points, and email them to [[mailto:57north-discuss@lists.57north.co|?subject=Member%20Application%20Intro 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co]]. Use the email subject header: 'Member Application Intro':
 <code> 1. **Your Name (nick):**
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-====== How to receive announcement emails and take part in group email discussions ======
+===== How to receive announcement emails and take part in group email discussions =====
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 Our **57north-discuss@lists.57north.co** list allows subscribed people to email out to all automatically once they are subscribed . "Reply" buttons clicked when reading announcement emails *should* automatically use 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co to send their reply but some email apps don't do this properly, sadly.
-To receive announcement emails (if you don't already), you need to join/subscribe to the so-called 'announce mail-list'. To join, just send a blank email to 57north-announce-join@lists.57north.co and follow the instructions in the automatic return email. Do check your junk folder as the reply email //can// get labelled as spam until you OK it (e.g. google do this).
+To receive announcement emails (if you don't already), you need to join/subscribe to the so-called 'announce mailing-list'.
+To join, either:
+  * just send a blank email to 57north-announce-join@lists.57north.co and follow the instructions in the automatic return email. Do check your junk folder as the reply email //can// get labelled as spam until you OK it (e.g. google do this)
+  * Fill in the form on the [[https://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-announce|list webpage]]
-To send emails to the group, or to respond back to the group (if your cannot do this already), you need to join/subscribe to the so -called 'discuss mail-list'. To join, just send a blank email to 57north-discuss-join@lists.57north.co and follow the instructions again, checking your junk folder.
+To send emails to the group, or to respond back to the group (if your cannot do this already), you need to join/subscribe to the so-called 'discuss mailing-list'.
+To join, either:
+  * Send a blank email to 57north-discuss-join@lists.57north.co and follow the instructions again, checking your junk folder
+  * Fill in the form on the [[https://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss|list webpage]]
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+{{tag>admin process membership new_member}}