In practise you do not--its just a time marker like the 75 posts are for civitates. However, It probably makes the most sense to talk to your patron or an admin before you start aquiring civitates. We can show everyone the ground rules...Mordhak brings up an interesting point - do we Civitates who have had such a privilege for 2 or more months (Under a patron or not) require an official 'promotion' (not public) from a Curator or Triumvir before we can go about helping to recruit other civitates?
NM