RE:
#1 Yes, new member acceptance policies should be configurable by the site administrator.
#2 Useful functionality that we definitely want to try to support. I would suggest adding that to the Features List, so it can bubble up through all the processes we've got going, not just IA.
#3 "skip this step" can be a tradeoff in wizard interaction design. Essential steps for the functioning of the site should still be required. But there should be as few required steps as we can get away with, so the wizard still meets its requirement of getting the site up and running as quickly as possible.
Mikel: thanks for the notes.
RE:
#1 Yes, new member acceptance policies should be configurable by the site administrator.
#2 Useful functionality that we definitely want to try to support. I would suggest adding that to the Features List, so it can bubble up through all the processes we've got going, not just IA.
#3 "skip this step" can be a tradeoff in wizard interaction design. Essential steps for the functioning of the site should still be required. But there should be as few required steps as we can get away with, so the wizard still meets its requirement of getting the site up and running as quickly as possible.