From 00ee7549c900d8c3bcae94141a8b8c774d943731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:25:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update new member example to not be broken.

Took forever but better late than never.
---
 examples/new_member.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/new_member.py b/examples/new_member.py
index 67e700a4f4..31a953bb60 100644
--- a/examples/new_member.py
+++ b/examples/new_member.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ async def on_ready(self):
 
     async def on_member_join(self, member):
         guild = member.guild
-        await guild.default_channel.send('Welcome {0.mention} to {1.name}!'.format(member, guild))
+        if guild.system_channel is not None:
+            to_send = 'Welcome {0.mention} to {1.name}!'.format(member, guild)
+            await guild.system_channel.send(to_send)
+
 
 client = MyClient()
 client.run('token')