Were the Weasleys (particularly Molly) in the 1st OOP?

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No: HPFGUIDX 187830

Carol Wrote:
I find it interesting that DD doesn't actually mention the Order. He only states that there's work to be done and asks if he can count on Molly and Arthur. Bill more or less recruits himself by offering to take the message to Arthur. Then he sends McGonagall on an Order-related errand (asking Hagrid and Madame Maxime to come to his office as soon as possible--more new recruits with a specific mission) and then sends Madam Pomfrey to look after Winky (it's not clear whether that's just her job or whether she's also a member of the Order). Only
at that point does he ask Black to assume his usual form and shake hands with Snape and send them on their respective missions, Black's first. Molly, in short, is placed on the same level of trust as HRH. She must be the one who informs Arthur and Bill that both Snape and Black are helping DD, too. (Of course, she and Bill, along with McGonagall, have already witnessed Snape's revealing his Dark Mark to Fudge.)

Janelle: 
I want to comment mostly on the part about Madam Pomfrey here.  Dumbledore sends Bill and McGonagall on Order business without specifically saying that that is what he's doing, then he sends Madam Pomfrey to Winky.  I always interpreted Dumbledore's sending her to Winky as a convenient way to get rid of her so that he could get down to Order business without her being involved or aware of what he was doing.  The Order is supposed to be a secret organization, is it not?  And obviously it is essential that Sirius and Snape's involvement in it be kept secret.  

I never really thought about how much trust Dumbledore is putting in Molly at that moment- allowing her to know these things at that moment- perhaps if it wasn't such a drastic situation he wouldn't have let her see quite so much.