I was a colony member of my AXiD chapter...as I understand it, your friend isn't an initiated member of Sorority X, since they're not chartered yet. So basically what she's in could be considered a very long pledge period. Now does the rule about the calendar year say that the year starts from the day she signed her bid card, or the day she depledged?
Another thing, no matter what the rule says, you should think about how well the rule is enforced. On my campus, girls have gone through rush one year, pledged a group, then depledged. The next year, they went through rush again and pledged another group. It couldn't have been a full calendar year for them since they depledged, since rush is at the same time each year...so obviously the rule must not be very well enforced. Maybe it'll be similar on your campus. Good luck to your friend!!!
PS to answer honeychile's question -- I'm pretty sure you do sign a bid card and fill out all the other paperwork when you pledge into a colony, same as if you were pledging into an established chapter. That's what happened in my case, at least.
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