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Getting Started

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Getting started

Signing in — no password

orgware has no passwords. You sign in with a magic link sent to the email on your member record.

  1. Go to waccamaw.org/members.
  2. Enter the email address the tribe has on file for you.
  3. Check your inbox for a message from the Waccamaw Indian People and click the secure link.
  4. You're in. Your session lasts about 8 hours, then you sign in again.

The member sign-in page

Didn't get the email? Check spam, and make sure you used the address on your membership record. If it still doesn't arrive, contact tribal leadership — your email may need updating on the roll.

Why no password? Passwords get reused, forgotten, and stolen. A link to your verified email is both simpler and safer: only someone with access to your inbox can get in, and there's nothing to remember or leak.

The member portal

Once you're signed in, you land on your member portal — your home base.

The member portal home

From here you can reach everything your ring gives you:

  • The Tribal Record — the tribe's knowledge library. → Guide
  • Meetings & the podcast — the meeting archive and the tribe's podcast. → Guide
  • API access — get a personal key to query the record from your own tools. → Guide
  • The User Guide — this guide, available right inside the portal once you're signed in.

Your record

The tribe keeps a record for you. Signed in, you can:

  • See your record — your membership status, member-since date, tribal ID, and the contact details on file.
  • Update your contact info — your name, email, phone, and mailing address, plus your newsletter preference. (Membership status, IDs, and official fields are maintained by the tribe's recordkeeper, not self-service — if one of those is wrong, contact leadership.) Every change you make is logged, and you get a confirmation email.
  • Add a photo — upload a photo for your member record (JPG/PNG, up to 5 MB).

If you're a member of leadership, you'll also see the roll-management tools, the contact directory, and the cost console. → For leadership

Signing out

Use Sign out in the portal (or visit waccamaw.org/logout) to end your session. On a shared computer, always sign out.

A note on the "security check"

The first time you visit a /members page, Cloudflare may briefly show a "Performing security verification" screen. That's normal edge protection for the private area — it clears itself in a second on a real browser and then you won't see it again for a while.


Next: The Tribal Record.

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