Pi Phi will come in right after Fall Formal Recruitment (1st day is Sept. 11).

When DG colonized, they started recruitment about a week and a half after formal recruitment. I assume it'll be about the same for you guys.

I'll be graduated in May, but will still be living in the area, since I'll be student teaching.

Awesome! I am definately going to try to be there in the fall!

The colony will rush this fall and official installation will be in early 2005. As a member of the Raleigh alum club, there are lots of people really excited about the chapter and ready to get things up and running.

And yes Tri Delt will come on as the next group no earlier than 2006 and then KD will come on after that no earlier than 2008.:)

Yay! Another Pi Phi who lives in NC!

I'm so excited about this expansion. I definately am going to try to go to installation!

I noticed that Pi Phi didn't put in to expand at Clemson. I wonder if that means we have something else big up our sleeve? I think NCSU is great, and I love that we have a very conservative expansion policy--I think it makes for stronger, happier chapters that are less likely to close--but I love to see new chapters too!

I agree, I do like the conservative approach in extension, but it would be great to see chapters present again in SC; either at USC or Clemson.

We are very excited about NCSU, it's going to be a wonderful new chapter! There is a lot of alum support, those of us who attended the presentation represented over 22 different chapters!

Starting a new chapter IS a lot of work... but the rewards outweigh everything. I look forward to meeting both of you at the installation whenever that may be and hope that my former CPP is one of those in attendance as well.

I can't speak "officially" but I think that if housing is part of the requirements for success and such housing is not provided by the university, Pi Phi will be very conservative about expanding. It does not help the long term success of a chapter to saddle them with a huge mortgage before they've established themselves on the campus. I don't know the exact reasons why we left Clemson or USC but membership numbers and filling a large house might have something to do with it.

Karen,

I agree, housing is a big issue and I know they are looking at what I think is one empty house on greek row at NCSU or alternate locations for NC Delta.

Do we know if pi phi still owns property at any universities where there are dormant chapters?

I don't know which, if any campuses, Pi Phi still owns a house after the chapter has left. The decision is based partly on whether or not we think the chapter would ever come back. NY ALpha is a good example of that. When they recolonized at Syracuse in the late 80s, Pi Phi still owned the original NY ALpha house (AO Pi was renting it). That information is something that either the Director of Chapter House Corporations or GVP Finance would know. If a house is sold, the proceeds are held in trust for a number of years for use if a chapter recolonized. Otherwise, the money goes back to the Fraternity. For example, the DC Alpha awards were funded from the proceeds of the sale of the house at George Washington Univ.

Would they ever use that money to purchase a house for another chapter?

It is possible that house corporation loans would be one use for the proceeds of sales of a house after a chapter has left. In some sororities, chapter houses are owned by their international fraternity. That is not how Pi Phi is organized. Houses are leased/ purchased by local chapter house corporations (each are legally incorporated in their home state/ province). The fraternity will loan $$ to a chapter house corporation either for the purchase of new property/ major remodeling or refurbishing. House corporaton loans are not just for new chapters or new houses either.

I want Pi phi to expand to University of Delaware.

our TCG pointed out that we have a small philanthropy budget (we actually have 1.56% of the recomended) or so Im told.
I think we should have some kind of requirement for this, and also required workshops to help get philanthropic programs upa nd going. We have 1 huge event a year that raises a lot of money, but I talked to a Beta from an all guy's school who says that they do a lot of philanthropies w/ the Pi Phis from Butler (yey for erin!) and he made it seem like they got together for this more than once a year like we do. That's my biggest concern, during recruitment Pi Phi community involvement is talked up, but in our chapter we dont to as much. I've also checked out outher chapter's calandars and they do things almost once a week with local schools and local organizations and also larger events for Links, Arrowmont, and Monmouth.
It just seems like so much fun and helping others is what I would like Pi Phi to be known for more.
Erin, if you could let me know what all you ladies do down there or when your next event is, I woudl love to help out. Please keep me informed.
Pi Phi Love and Mine

no chapters in Maryland anymore :( I'd like to see them brought back....please?

and I bet the Maryland Betas out there would love to see their chapter be recolonized! I went to the installation when NY Alpha was recolonized at Syracuse. It was very special because so many of their alums came from across the country.

Heh, bringing in what I said in the Greek Relatives thread, I would like to see a chapter at Grand Valley State University. That's in Michigan. Just think - had I gone there like most people in my area, I would never have become a Pi Phi! :(