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[:FrontPage:Launchpad Help] > [:Teams] > [:Teams/Joining:Joining a team]

Overview

There are more than 2,000 teams registered in Launchpad, covering activities as diverse as [https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-eo translating Ubuntu into Esperanto] and [https://edge.launchpad.net/~zope3-dev Zope 3 development].

Joining a team puts you in contact with others working towards a similar goal and gives you access to shared team resources. All you need to join most teams is an interest in the work they do.

Learning more about a team

Let's take a look at Ubuntu's [https://launchpad.net/~5-a-day 5 A Day] team.

Straight away, you can see what this team's all about: each member agrees to solve five Ubuntu bugs per day. There's also a team logo (just like the [:YourAccount/Branding:mugshot] on your own profile page), an icon that shows up on your profile page and a summary of its membership and contact details.

Membership policies

The 5 A Day team has an open membership policy but that's just one of three policies Daniel, its creator, could have chosen:

• Open: anyone can join.

• Moderated: a team administrator must approve membership applications.

• Restricted: you can't apply to join, only the team's administrators can add new members.

If a team is open or moderated, you can sign up using the Join this team button. When you apply to join, Launchpad will email you and the team's administrators. If it's a moderated team, you'll also receive a second email once the administrators have chosen to accept or decline your application.

= Seeing who is in a team =

You can take a look at who has already joined a team by viewing its membership list. This can be useful if you need to contact one of the team's administrators.

A more fun way of seeing who's in a team is its group photo!

Finding a team

Finding a team is pretty straightforward: you can [https://edge.launchpad.net/people search for a team] and [https://edge.launchpad.net/people/+teamlist browse a list of all teams] in Launchpad.

Quick tip: If you already know the team's name, you can visit it directly. For example: https://launchpad.net/~5-a-day

Next step

If there isn't yet a team in Launchpad that deals with the activity or community that interests you, you can [:Teams/CreatingAndRunning:create your own team].