How long does it take for a colony to become a chapter in your organization?

[Thetagirl218]

My chapter was colonized and chartered in the same semester.

The DU Chapter at my campus was colonized and chartered within a year.

There was also a Phi Delta Theta colony at one time on the campus, it was a colony for two semesters and then was removed for undisclosed reasons.

[BigRedBeta]

Someone asked earlier why I'm interested. I have heard from quite a few sources that Beta tends to coddle our colonies, and it's one of the things that bothers me about our expansion strategy (though I understand the reasoning). I just wanted to make sure it was as abnormal as I thought it was.

On a thread upkeep note, I realize that there are criteria that must be met in order to charter...that's not the question I'm after. I want to know how long it usually takes to complete those. I realize it's going to vary, but please, put what an average amount of time it takes to do these things. I'm not so much concerned about what they are, I'm just interested in the timeframe, and I'm really only interested in the timeframe as it currently stands, not how long it took 30 years ago.