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1. Be sure you’ve read the basic information on our website’s join page ( https://www.uwarg.com/join ) as it explains what a bootcamp is and some introductory information regarding the team.

2. To verify that you are a UW student, please type: /verify or $verify in the #verification channel.

   1. For more information, including manual verification, please see https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/fvFg74UH . Being verified will let you see the rest of the channels.

   2. Please do not use the #discord-server-feedback channel for verification bot commands!

   3. If you are not a current UW student please see the below section regarding eligibility for participation in the team.

3. Change your Discord server nickname to [Firstname Lastname].

   1. Preferably uppercase the first letter and lower case the rest of your name as you would with any proper noun!

4. Add your respective subteam role first!

5. In ⁠#role-signup, grab the subteam bootcamper role(s) you're interested in!

6. Send a message in #⁠introductions! There's a pinned message you can follow as a template.

7. Decide which WARG subteam you’d like to join first! See below for our subteam descriptions.

8. Send a message in the subteam’s bootcamp channel so that the subteam leads know that you are going to start the bootcamp.

9. Go over to https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY to get started on a subteam bootcamp!

   1. In discord scroll down to find the bootcamp channel in the subteam categories.

10. Check out the links in #information and feel free to attend meetings. The meeting schedule is available on the Google Calendar and in the Events section of the Discord server. You are absolutely welcome to attend subteam meetings and/or work sessions even before you’ve completed your bootcamp.

11. After completing the bootcamp, follow these instructions to get up to speed: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/N8Kd6UPC

12. Subteam leads will provide further direction specific to the subteam. and please direction questions their way!

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To be a full member of WARG we require prospective members to complete a bootcamp for a single subteam. To become a member of a different subteam we request that you embark on that subteam’s bootcamp as well though of course you are already a member. Once you complete a singular bootcamp you count as a full member of the team! You are of course allowed to complete multiple bootcamps if you want to (they are good fun!) and you can do multiple bootcamps simultaneously.

Who is eligible to join WARG?

As far as official WARG members and bootcampers you must either be a current UW student or someone with an accepted (signed) UW offer. This is a requirement for our team due to funding being supplied by the university. Advisors are not subject to these requirements.

Skipping a bootcamp

In extremely rare instances WARG will grant permission for a bootcamper to skip completion of a subteam bootcamp. If you feel that you have completed a project requiring higher skill level than the bootcamp and would like to be exempt from the bootcamp, you can contact a subteam lead to explain and show them the project you have done. It will be up to the subteam lead’s discretion whether you qualify to be exempt from the bootcamp. If the subteam lead feels that you should still complete the bootcamp, it is because they think you can learn and gain skills from its completion. They may also ask you to complete a portion of the bootcamp instead of the entire bootcamp.

Note that the bootcamp is intended to be a valuable and/or fun design & CAD exercise for students of all skill levels! It can make a great addition to a portfolio and can potentially be a project to speak about in future interviews. For these reasons, it is recommended that students complete the bootcamp in all, however, if you still would like to be exempt, that’s okay too.

Further Readings

• Bootcamp Introduction: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY

• Discord New User Flow: New User Join Experience

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