BFulton,
That's cool to call them SID. I like that cuz that's exactly what is going on. Sweet. I learned something new
EQ, that's how my org does things too. We have to be an IG for a certain period of time before coming a colony. We apply for colony status (pray we make it!) then move on to becoming a chapter. During colony, we pretty much function like a chapter, except we don't do Rush. We again work, work, work and after we've achieved our goals, we apply to become a Chapter (pray) and then hopefully we can move on to becoming a full fledged chapter. At this status we have all the rights and privileges as the other members. There is like 1 or 2 things we can't do until after a certain period of time, but other than that, we are legit in the eyes of Nationals.