Answers.Body: <p>Actually the answer is simple, but a little counter-intuitive.</p>
  
  <p>Membership reminders need to be set up under 'Contributions' and not 'Memberships'. So, create reminder for "Contribution Type - Member Dues", sent 'O hours after Receipt Date' in the Schedule Reminders screen.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Membership types can be recorded in the Source Field of the contribution, so you can differentiate between memberships.
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Answers.Body: <p>When a membership is created there is both a 'join date' (member since) and a 'start date'</p>
  
  <p>You should be able to set up a scheduled reminder to be triggered based on the 'join date' and you should get what you need.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Another option if you are using civicrm v4.6 or higher would be to use the date of the activity type "Membership Signup" to trigger a 'reminder'.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to do something pretty simple, but it seems surprisingly hard to do.</p>
  
  <p>When a member joins, they should receive a) A receipt and b) A welcome email.</p>
  
  <p>A) Works Fine. B) Is a problem.</p>
  
  <p>Memberships for this client are all dated from 1st of the year, so the 'start date' is always 1st January.</p>
  
  <p>It is easy to set a 'reminder' to send the welcome letter on the membership start date, but if a new member signs up on 16 July, the welcome letter will never send, because the start date is 6 and a half months earlier than the sign up date.</p>
  
  <p>Can somebody suggest a way to send the welcome letter at the membership sign up time, not the membership start date? Obviously I could edit the receipt to include the welcome email, but that's not the way the client wants it to work.</p>
  
Tags: <civimember><scheduled-reminders><scheduled-job>
Title: Send welcome message at signup date, not membership 'start date'
ThreadText: # Send welcome message at signup date, not membership 'start date'
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-16)
  
  I want to do something pretty simple, but it seems surprisingly hard to do.
  
  When a member joins, they should receive a) A receipt and b) A welcome email.
  
  A) Works Fine. B) Is a problem.
  
  Memberships for this client are all dated from 1st of the year, so the 'start date' is always 1st January.
  
  It is easy to set a 'reminder' to send the welcome letter on the membership start date, but if a new member signs up on 16 July, the welcome letter will never send, because the start date is 6 and a half months earlier than the sign up date.
  
  Can somebody suggest a way to send the welcome letter at the membership sign up time, not the membership start date? Obviously I could edit the receipt to include the welcome email, but that's not the way the client wants it to work.
  
  **Tags:** civimember, scheduled-reminders, scheduled-job
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-07-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  Actually the answer is simple, but a little counter-intuitive.
  
  Membership reminders need to be set up under 'Contributions' and not 'Memberships'. So, create reminder for "Contribution Type - Member Dues", sent 'O hours after Receipt Date' in the Schedule Reminders screen.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What if it's a free membership? How do you separate new memberships from renewals?  
  > **username_0**: Membership types can be recorded in the Source Field of the contribution, so you can differentiate between memberships.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-17. Score: 4
  
  When a membership is created there is both a 'join date' (member since) and a 'start date'
  
  You should be able to set up a scheduled reminder to be triggered based on the 'join date' and you should get what you need.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-17. Score: 4
  
  Another option if you are using civicrm v4.6 or higher would be to use the date of the activity type "Membership Signup" to trigger a 'reminder'.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This works, but then the membership tokens don't work.  
  
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