[DoctorD]

the master list is what was gathered from irishpipes.

Results are gathered from a variety of sources - twitter, facebook, and verified by information from IHQ.

I do not post anything until it has been released through social media, either from people I know in chapters, chapters themselves, or IHQ.

So, to answer your question, I have no idea if it includes informal recruitment. I do use whatever number IHQ publishes as the "final" for numbers posted for each chapter.