Locals absorbed/colonized by NPC Sororities

[ree-Xi]

The thread about New Delta at UTEP made me think a bit. Instead of hijacking that thread, I decided to start a new one. The quote is from that thread.

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

the local New Delta is now a colony of Alpha Sigma Alpha

I checked New Delta's website and it does say this: "Local Organization that will be affiliated with a National Organization this March. They are currently a member of the Panhelenic Council."

I have a few general questions about local affiliating with national organizations (if anyone has been in this situation, I'd love to hear your personal experiences).

- Especially for organizations that have been around awhile, and/or groups that were founded in the hopes of becoming a new chapter of ABC, what is it like to have new "everything", including letters, ideals, history, symbols and colors?

- In general, do all the girls in the current local automatically become charter members, or do they still have to go through that organization's colonization process? In other words, is it the same process to absorb a local sorority or existing interest group, as if the sorority was invited to colonize on campus?

- Similarly, I have read about some I/National orgs offering membership to graduated alumnae of the absorbed local (sometimes for a limited time afterward). Is this common?


PS I don't know why my font is wacky. I apologize.