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I think my org's process if fairly simple-- the International President officially approves all AIs based on the recommendation received. There may be a month's wait depending on who she confers with-- and then I guess any hold up would be when the next opportunity to intitiate would be. When I initiated, my chapter held ritual just for me alone. But Internationally speaking, we initiate most of our AIs at Convention or other meetings/conferences.
I think this really all comes down to the org's philosophy on membership. (How can I say this correctly?)-- I think it depends on the "center" of the org's membership-- is it collegian or alumnae focused? Who "controls" the International organization in terms of voting? And I think it depends on the level of promotion of AI among the membership. As some have said-- members have a variety of feelings about AI and some do not even know it exists (although I would guess anyone in DG could not say that now!)
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