*does the Elaine dance*

I can't wait to bug them
I know that Shawnee State is in our division

Wooo Hoooo! That is awesome news. Best Wishes to the new colonies out there.
*Btw, it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to know that we are getting new sisters out there.*

:) :) :)

Expansion Updates
 

Hi ladies!

Just wanted to keep you guys in the psuedo-loop. We have been invited to present at two schools that I have heard of in the upcoming months. One is a school with HUGE greek life where I personally think we have a great shot at being invited to colonize.

The other I haven't heard much about but everyone is very excited!!

Keep the feedback, suggestions, and news coming ladies, I think this year is going to be a very exciting one for our sisterhood!!

LITP
Kristen

ARGH
Pirepresent- clean out your PM box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or can someone PM me her email addy????? We've been corresponding about expansion ideas and I was giving her some advice about my campus. I have a big long thing typed out and can't send it cause her PM box is full and she doesn't have a link to email through GC.
Thanks !
:)

Danielle -

It's clean! Sorry about that - I'll PM you my email - easier to get in touch that way!

But by the way... I always wanted one of those "your mailbox is too full" messages! I feel so special and important!!! :D :D :D

so, why is it that people say 'our presentation' isn't that good and that's why we don't get chosen to colonize at certain schools?

i'm kind of upset when people say that. . .
is it because we don't send atypical sorority girls who are blonde and size 2?

actually, they've heard quite often that our materials and presentations ARE very good and right on par with the other organizations. they're about to get even better.

the problem usually is that at the bigger schools you need more $$$$$ (for housing, start up costs, etc) and more alumnae to support the chapter. money is money, and it's always kind of an issue (i think that's the case for ANY glo), but it's mostly alumnae. since phi sig is highly regionalized, it's sometimes tough to find a large group of alumnae who can help out. Last year, for example, University of Arizona (i think) was opening for expansion. They thought our materials and presentations were great. It was just that the org they selected had a better alumnae base. It's a bummer, but we'll get there!

they are working and making a ton of progress on it, don't you worry!! (think about the sisterhood for a lifetime campaign... getting alums more involved financially and personally.... it's alllll coming together). i am super psyched about all the possibilities for phi sig in the next couple of years, and you guys should be too!!!

good

i was getting kind of worried there
i think that if they ever have an opening on the expansion committee. . .i want to apply

Thats great news for us. I know I passed on information about a campus her in Cali that's only about an hour away from us and from what I heard at LTS it sounds like they are checking into the info. The school is small and has no greeks yet and it seems like what we're looking for. I hope something does come of it.

Also, I've heard that we're recolonizing at the University of Findley OH - can't remember the chapter name. We're colonizing at University of Minnesota Duluth this Fall, reorganizing the Nu chapter at U Penn. I was told that Shawnee state fell through - they couldn't get a large enough interest group. bummer.

OY VEY !!!! the drama that occured about the U Penn chapter when they started having problems ! with all that stuff being posted on here does anyone remember that ??!! I'm excited that we have such exciting prospects... I still hope that we get into some bigger greek schools... I just don't understand why we seem to gravitate towards these small schools where we're one of only like three sororities... I mean we need all types of chatpers.. private schools...state schools big small....

cosign

i wish we could start our chapters back up
but the ones that i know about were closed for obvious reasons

I asked about that unofficially at LTS. It seems the problem with us going in to the bigger greek schools, or even schools like USC or UCLA, is that of money. Some of those places you have to have more than a million dollars to even buy a fixerupper type house and we really don't have that type of money right now. Especially because we are looking to build a permanent CO building somewhere in the US. (they surveyed us at LTS about what we want for it)

how can we build a CO building when we have dozens of chapters with no housing
i think that if we could get some of our alum on the ball. . .we could actually have housing at most of the big campuses

i say we get our charter back at OU
don't we have a house there that we're lending to someone