22 | | 1. You should immediately receive a message from the DESI Trac system requesting verification of your email address. Please follow the instructions in that email. This will put your DESI Trac account into a state where it is ''ready'' to be approved. ''If you do not receive this email immediately, please notify Jeff Newman at the address below.'' |
23 | | 1. You will be sent an email with further instructions. This will usually happen quickly (within a few days), but there may be delays due to weekends and holidays. These instructions will include a **"Membership Form"** that you will have to fill out before your account is approved. **It is important to answer all the questions on this form**, including those on both: the service tasks to enable DESI which you will undertake and the DESI research you plan to do. If you are a sponsored member unfamiliar with DESI, we suggest you discuss your answers for these questions with your sponsor before filling out the form. Your sponsor should also review the [wiki:NewMembers New Member instructions] to assist this process. |
| 23 | 1. You should immediately receive a message from the DESI Trac system requesting verification of your email address. Please follow the instructions in that email. This will put your DESI Trac account into a state where it is ''ready'' to be approved. ''If you do not receive this email immediately, please notify Axel de la Macorra at the address below.'' |
| 24 | 1. If you applied to join DESI via the earlier (Trac-first process), you should have been sent an email with further instructions that must be followed before your account can be approved. However, if you have not yet filled out the DESI Membership Form, please use the new form (with link provided by your sponsor). **It is important to answer all the questions on that form**, including those on both the service tasks to enable DESI which you will undertake and the DESI research you plan to do. If you are a sponsored member unfamiliar with DESI, we suggest you discuss your answers for these questions with your sponsor before filling out the form (new sponsored members of the collaboration are given a one-year grace period to identify service tasks). Your sponsor should review the [wiki:NewMembers New Member instructions] to assist this process. |
25 | | If you have questions or concerns about your account approval, please contact the co-chair of the Membership Committee, Jeff Newman <janewman --at-- pitt --dot-- edu>. In particular, please inform the chair right away if you are not affiliated with a DESI institution, are unsure, or are moving to another institution soon. |
| 26 | If you have questions or concerns about your account approval, please contact the co-chair of the Membership Committee, Jeff Newman <janewman --at-- pitt --dot-- edu> and/or the New Member Coordinator, Axel de la Macorra <a.macorra@gmail.com>. In particular, please inform the chair right away if you are not affiliated with a DESI institution, are unsure, or are moving to another institution soon. |