[Gusteau]

In my organization "charter members" are all of the members initiated before the colony receives its charter (we initiate colony members). They are the men whose names appear on the Charter. So for my chapter, our "Founding Fathers," Alpha, Beta, and Gamma pledge classes are all charter members. The men organized by our HQ to begin the colony are known as the founding father class. I can see how the distinction is irrelevant for organizations that initiate all of the colony members together when the colony receives its charter, but for us its a useful distinction.

I have never run across any confusion among Brothers or Associate Members when referring to both groups of people as founding fathers.