I met one of the guys on the team thru the street trendz site lol. He complimented the audi and we talked back in forth. I was invited to join the forums. Afterwards i showed with the team about 3-4 times then was asked to join the team offically. So from first meet to offical member was about 3-4 months for me.
New rule we established is that they have to at least show with us 3 times and then can be voted in at a show if at least 3 full members that are present give them the nod.