Membership Status: Pending and Active

Hello, 

I was wondering if anyone has any experience in dealing with pending memberships.  As I understand it, a pending membership does not become active until the initiation date hits and the expiration date of the current membership expires. 

However,I've noticed that many of my pending memberships with initiation dates marked months ago are not activating.  

If it's not relying on the initiation date, then what will trigger the pending membership to become active?

Thanks, 

Rey