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Originally Posted by Senusret I
For your GLOs expansion process, at what point is the initiation of the members?
Are they initiated at the same time the chapter is chartered -- at the end of the whole thing?
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For APO, our Chartering process (our requirements are on our website, btw) is basically this:
A group comes together at a school.
After meeting a certain number of requirements (minimum number of people, basic school approval, couple of other things), they officially become an Interest Group. (official designation is always as an IG at that school).
After meeting more requirments (more people, more approvals, certain number of activities), they can become a Petitioning Group. As part of the PG group status, they will go thru a PG ceremony, based on our Pledge Ceremony, and be given PG pins (similiar to having a pledge pin, expect that PG pins may be worn forever to show that you helped start a chapter).
After meeting even more requirements, the group will be Chartered as a chapter. They go thru a chartering ceremony, which is basically our initiation ceremony, and all are now Brothers of APO. At this point the Chapter will receive their greek name (or get it back if they are re-chartering a chapter).
We now have an 'after care' period of a couple of semesters, in which their sponsor (assigned APO alumni staff) will keep an eye on the new chapter to make sure they are stable, etc.
Some notes. Until they become APO Brothers, they can't wear letters. They CAN note that they are an Alpha Phi Omega IG or PG, etc. If rechartering a chapter, they don't get the original chapter name back until rechartering (so refering to themselves as 'Alpha Alpha Alpha PG of Alpha Phi Omega' is a no-no). Time period is not set, but its hoped that going from IG to Chartering would be about a calender year. In can take longer, but if it gettings longer then a couple of years, people will be concerned about the viability of the group.
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