Hmmm... The local sorority I was a member of was less than 2 years old when we became an AEPhi colony. It may just be AEPhi's policy to accept all members of a local regardless of its age... not sure.
I did appreciate the fact that we were allowed and encouraged to hold formal and informal rush and choose our own additional new members, rather than national officers choosing them for us. AEPhi did ask us to recruit to a total of 25 members (up from 10) before we could be chartered.
I should note that my fellow chapter founders and I were initiated as soon as we completed the new member program, even though we were still officially a colony. I gather this is unusual... but I'm not complaining
Silly question..... NBO hasn't been around very long. If AXiD only chooses to accept only some of NBO's sisters, what's to prevent the new colony from turning around and extending bids to the rest?