Q: How can I stop the welcome email from being sent when I approve new members?

A: The only way to alleviate the new member welcome email notification would be to change the email address of each member so they do not receive the welcome email, and then after you have all of the accounts and balances properly set, change the email addresses back again. You can do something simple, such as just add an x before each member's email address, and then remove the x later.