Nope, they all get member or w/e until you assign them one, to do that you have to manage alliance and configure rights, make the rank you want to give them and then do it on the members list.
Oh, this made me smile... My xmas wish list: 12 extra fleets slots, 11 new farms, 10 ZE rubies, 9 more nanites, 8 bigger mines, 7 more planets, 6 fleets to crash, 5 more RIps, 4 thousand cargo, 3 more wsa tech, 2 more wars, and 1 simple feature : ACS attack