The member section is where department members get to manage their activities within each department they belong to. The dashboard for the member section appears as below:

However, before a member can access this area, they need to belong to at least one department. New users get to join departments by applying.
A department can enable or disable applications to join. Also, each department can have a custom questionaire that prospective members can fill before joining.
A new member can browse through the list of available departments from the homepage and from the department list page.

Members can join a department by clicking on the 'Apply' or 'Join' buttons for each department. A department can be setup to allow members join wihtout needing approval. If this is the case, then the visible button will read 'Join'. However, if the department requires screening, then the button will read 'Apply'.