[Hcoop-discuss] New member application waiting period?

[Davor Ocelic]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:25:32AM -0700, Adam Chlipala wrote:
> We've carried over an unofficial policy of waiting at least two days 
> from the time a potential member applies to join and the time when we 
> approve his application.  This descends from the time when HCoop was 
> completely informal and new members joined by being introduced by 
> current members.
> 
> Does anyone see benefit to keeping this sort of policy now?  The portal 
> allows you to view pending membership applications, and the logs show 
> that this is the 4th most popular part of the portal.  This includes 
> lots of admin hits to that page, though.
> 
> Should we remove the waiting period and add new members as soon as a 
> majority of board members vote to approve their applications?  Or should 
> we keep the waiting period, perhaps shortening it?

Why losing some of the basic spirit. 2 days are a good term, for both
admins and users.