# Trying to launch discourse to our membership?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-launch-discourse-to-our-membership/146333
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [31 maart 2020 om 19:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-launch-discourse-to-our-membership/146333 "2020-03-31T19:28:11Z")
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### Author: ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [1 april 2020 om 03:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-launch-discourse-to-our-membership/146333/5 "2020-04-01T03:40:30Z")

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> [@keyval](#):
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> Can someone assist to help me send out the first welcome message out?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but are you looking to send out bulk invitations (first time emails) to members on your database? The question is how you are setting up signing in… SSO? Local login? By Invite only?  
You can send bulk invitations through the Admin Dashboard. Click on Users, then Send Invites:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/7/9/79d099f1a9f1a1bca45dd1df5f7e7cce9235a415_2_690x69.png)  
Then click Bulk Invite from File. The file has to be cvs file. The link below this screenshot tells you what is needed and where to put it in your file.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/e/9ec124cd10e2dab6b927282f302cba2fd3a69cde.png)

> [@Sending bulk user invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-bulk-user-invites/16468):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to invite multiple users to your Discourse instance using a bulk invite feature. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Inviting a large number of users to your Discourse instance can be time-consuming if done individually. Fortunately, Discourse offers a bulk invite feature that allows you to invite multiple users at once. This guide will walk you through the process of sending bulk invites. information_source It is not possible to in…

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