The [[Trust & Safety Team]] handles new signups. The process was recently described in the It's Happening blog post.
We are asking potential new members to sign up on the CoSocial Mastodon instance.
That first prompts potential new members to accept the [[Server Rules]]. After clicking on accept, you'll see the standard Mastodon sign up form:
![[cosocial_masto_signup.png]]
The "Why do you want to join?" is required. You can help let us know what about the CoSocial Co-Op is interesting or important to you.
The Trust & Safety team will be notified, and send you an email asking you to pay for your membership by going to the [[Open Collective]]. Basic co-op membership is $50CAD per year, and includes your membership fee in the co-op.
When payment is completed, we'll activate your Mastodon account, and you're ready to further set up your profile.
There is more [[Member Onboarding]] to be done, but having an activated Mastodon account is a great start, and you can communicate with all other members on the server itself.
Welcome to CoSocial, thanks for becoming a co-op member and helping to own your own Canadian social web service!