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We just did a colonization and we followed the same procedures as DZ plans to. Even with area alums and volunteers, along with HQ staff, there aren't enough people to do an actual recruitment. So what ends up happening is participating in the first round of recruitment to let the women going through rush know that the group is colonizing. THEN, you drop out and do interviews with the women interested in joining the colony. It actually works out very well. Campus total where we colonized is 50 and we recruited 43 women, so that was good I think. After that, we did COB to 50 and it worked out great. The colony will do their first formal recruitment as a group this fall.