7.6 Change Sponsor

There will be several times where you need to change a member's sponsor, which can be done through the Geneology->Change Sponsor menu of the Admin Control Panel. You are first prompted for the username or ID number, of the member who's sponsor you would like to change. The next page contains an Additional Information section, which asks several questions.

The first question asks how you would like the member's sponsor changed, and gives three choices:

• Change the member's placement sponsor - Every member is assigned a placement sponsor. This is the sponsor the member is placed under, when a new downline position is created. This option will simply change the member's placement sponsor, and will not modify any downlines, or other information.
  Delete position, and re-add member - This will delete the member's current downline position(s), just as if the member was being deleted from the database. Then, the member will be added back into the program structure(s), under the new sponsor, just as if they first joined.
  
  
• Move downline organization - This will move the member, along with their entire downline, under the new sponsor. If a forced matrix program, there must be enough empty spaces in the matrix, to move the entire downline over. This is to ensure the matrix never becomes corrupt.

The second question asks which program structures you would like affected. For example, if you selected the second or third options in question #1, the action will only effect the selected program structures. All downline positions in other program structures will be left exactly as they are.

The third and last question asks for the username or ID number of the new sponsor. If needed, you may leave the fields blank, if the member no longer has a sponsor. Once done, click on the Change Sponsor submit form, to perform the needed actions.