Alpha Gams are initiated by birthdate. IIRC the new member class are initiated in groups of 7 or so -- it's not a mystic number, just a practical one. It does help to be one of those initiated at the beginning, so you get to see what you just went through!
A couple of weeks after my initiation I was home for spring break. A chapter near my hometown combined initiation and International Reunion Day (=AGD's founders' day) and I got to attend. It was a wonderful reinforcement of my own experience.
(Thanks for bringing this up--I hadn't thought about that last part in years!)
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