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title: "Membership period."
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You can define a membership period for each team member using date pickers and add, edit, or delete memberships.

Once you define a membership period, skills available in that time frame are automatically added based on the skill's start/end dates set on the **Administration > Resources** page.

> ℹ️ Team memberships must be edited where they were created. Membership editing is disabled when a team is inherited (created in a different box but also assigned to another box).

## Add memberships

### Start date

A membership entry must have a start date. This allows the app to include the member in calculations.

A start date must also be provided when adding a new team member. 

![Screenshot of adding a new team member in the Teams module.](media://7d5fed72-5b2c-440d-abd4-7e9c4dc7ce4e)

### End date

The membership end date is calculated automatically when you add a new membership. The end date is set as new membership start date - 1 day:

![Screenshot of a team member's memberships.](media://09898d24-1635-4d59-b504-c628555ceb23)

## Edit memberships

You can edit the **start date** of a membership entry using inline editing. 

The end date is calculated automatically based on the next membership entry and can't be manually changed.

**Limitations**: you can't edit the value if the team was inherited. Changes have to be made in the box the team was created in. 

![Scfreenshot of editing the start date of a team member's membership.](media://ec7fad7e-2cfb-4075-8e21-f933b8e021f8)

## Close memberships

> ⚠️ Deleting a team member from a team will result in them being completely removed.

**WORKAROUND: **Add a new membership period with 0% availability to end a membership period without losing data connected to their past assignment to a team. 

![Screenshot of closing membership for a team member in the Teams module.](media://ffbec095-375e-4423-bf19-c9fb9d527367)

The end date of the previous membership is automatically filled in, and the new membership is marked as "Unavailable”.

![Screenshot of closing membership for a team member in the Teams module.](media://b25bd4f8-691c-413d-9a3c-5f53ac17c164)

## Delete memberships

To delete a membership, click the **Delete** button.

When you delete a membership, the End Date of the previous membership is automatically extended (the last membership doesn't have an end date). 

![Screenshot of deleting a membership for a team member in the Teams module.](media://a2b86d10-13ee-4d3a-840f-2adb9e0da6b5)

## Inherited team

Inherited teams are marked with an arrow next to the team name. 

![Screenshot of the Teams module with an inherited team.](media://14f04931-5f85-405e-a118-a16ac816502f)