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Originally posted by lilbluie
I know what you mean Randy.....though I been told on this forum not to give out too much info but I am right next to SJSU.  I am interested in how this extension works. I'll email them and see what happens. Thanks!
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In no way am I the expert in this, but my understanding is as follows:
You need to contact APO to get a Chapter going. You'll also need to get approval from the school to bring APO here. No approval, no go. But I recommend you contact the National Office to understand what you need.
Once you do have this approval, you can start recruiting people and do some service projects. You need a minimum number of people and have done a minimum number of projects to be giving status as an Interest Group. You'll also be assigned an alumni as your sponsor who will guide you thru the whole process and will help you understand what you need to do, and what you can/can not do as you work toward being a chapter.
The next step is to become a Petitioning group. You need to increase your numbers and do more projects, and I think other things, and get approval to become a PG. During this time you'll get a big brother chapter who will work with you.
Once you get approval, you become a PG, and you are then Petitioners, which are kind of like pledges. As a PG you need to develop your pledge program, membership program, service program, etc as you increase your membership and get approved for chartering as a chapter.
Its a lot of work. The whole process can take some time. But its worth it as being able to say you're a founder of a chapter says a lot.
Hope this helps