Oh, and on something else Tom mentioned:
Alums of locals:
I think its pretty standard practice (and has been for almost
forever) that if an alum of the local returns to the chartered
chapter for initiation, they are listed as a member of the
chapter/national. If they don't return, they're not listed.
With our chapter in 1928 (with ThKN), alums who returned
for the chapter installation were listed as charter members.
When colonizing at Vandy, I think the LXA (modern) rule
was that only those brothers who were initiated into the
LXA colony were charter members (including those who
graduated before installation). This could have included
any alums of the local who returned during the colony
period for initiation (like an honorary)...but I don't think
we had any of those.
Had I not already been initiated at Kappa-Omega, I would
have been a charter member at Gamma-Delta (Vandy),
since I was an active member during the colony period.
However, it's LXA's policy that "transfers" (initiated at
another Zeta/Colony) don't count as charter members.
We did have one guy who associated (but not initiated)
at Ga Tech, then transferred to Vandy. Since he was
initiated at Vandy, he is listed on the charter.
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