V.S.O.P.:Procedure for a new member

VsopMember

This page is intended for VSOP wiki-sysop people. As for now, and  have such permissions. Hence one of these two guys will create the account. When a new member is accepted into VSOP, here is the list of things to do:


 * 1) Go to Special:Userlogin and enter the first name as userid and choose a simple password. Click "create account". You are then logged as you were this new member.
 * 2) Go to the User page (red link) and add the welcome banner: Welcome.
 * 3) Logout and login as "you" again.
 * 4) Send a mail to the member, with cc to $\pi$,  and, with:
 * 5) * The possible userid/pass of the whole wiki.
 * 6) * The userid/pass combination of his new wiki account.
 * 7) * A note explaining that he must change his password inside the preferences.
 * 8) * Give his User page, stating that he will find there welcome message with explanations and instructions.
 * 9) Go to V.S.O.P.:About and add the new member into the team list.
 * 10) Go to Usergroup:VsopMember and add the new mamber to the list, with his username.
 * 11) Update News and Talk:News accordingly.
 * 12) Add new member's email to the VSOP email maillist at http://www.eso.org/lists/admin/vsop. Use the "Mass Subscription" functionality under "Membership Management", even if it is just one member. As a rule make sure the "Send welcome messages to new subscribees?" is set to "Yes".