colonization

[PKPILZ003]

It's truly different for every group. In Phi Kappa Psi, we start new Chapters in 1 of 2 ways - either an interest group comes to us (group of guys or local fraternity) or we go to the school, ask to come on campus and then our staff spends a quality amount of time recruiting the initial men of the Colony. After that, it's up to those men to meet the requirements that we have set for them and the 10 goals that they have to accomplish. They then turn in a petition to our Executive Council and must receive a unamious decision.

Theere is no set timetable on that - I've seen colonies get charters in as soon as 11 months to 2.5 years. While they are a colony, they are given a Chapter name with Colony behind it (Illinois Iota Colony, for example). They have their own ritual, their own grip, their own badge and their own pledge button. usually when it's time to charter the chapter, it's a big weekend, with parties, the initiation with the National Officers performing the ritual (one who initiated in 1947 and has been to every chartering since his own - Mr. Phi Psi) and a huge banquet. It's something to see.

As for badge order, since you do not recieve a standard badge until the chartering, your number starts from 1 and goes to the last Founding Father

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by JonoBN41

This is an interesting topic because I didn't realize (or even consider) that various groups do it differently until last week when a senior member of Phi Sigma Kappa told me he recently helped install a colony and it took all weekend. It was then that I realized their colony members are not initiated until installation (and there were a bunch!).

In Lambda Chi Alpha, a nearby chapter initiates all members of a local fraternity or interest group immediately upon colonization, who are then numbered beginning with 1. Thereafter, the colony initiates its own new members. Installation as a chapter is essentially just a banquet to celebrate the satisfaction of requirements and the new chapter's Greek-letter designation.

I was initiated simply as #41 in the colony and only became BN 41 a few weeks later.

Tom Earp once gave me a badge marked "2". Undoubtedly it belonged to a chapter founder, but from where I will never know.

Jono

Jono is correct in so many ways but times do change even within LXA!

The Colonys were supposedly not given letter designations at the time my local was colonized. They were stored some where, who knows where?

It is a long story but not for here.

Today, Colonys are given numbers and given Chapter designations upon full filling the requiremnents to be Chartered.

But, if a member was a member of the local who had graduated or left school still was able to be Initiated into LXA.

I was privilaged enough to be at the Initiation of one Hank W who was one of the two Founders of EKD which was then affiliated with LXA as BN after he graduated from FTI.

It was a high point in my life as a LXA and am very near and dear in my heart to BN of LXA!

As ktsnake said, each GLO has their way of doing things and that is why We are all different, we still have a common thread.


Good luck on the main quest!

Interfraternily Yours,