Good luck!!!!!
 

Kayla,
Our threads have basically been growing side by side for awhile now, and I just wanted to add my support to the list of people who are rooting for you! It sounds like you're moving right along, and I really wish you all the best in building a sisterhood that will meet all of your expectations and then some!

From one future Greek to another......

Erica

Yep, apparently there was! :)

Congratulations on your new members! I think you all should do a pumpkin carving and spread the word that interested girls are welcome to attend...who knows, you might get a few more great girls.

Hurry up and tell us when the AGC vote is--we're all dying to know!

Erica- I'm thinking...if your chapter and my chapter is close enough I'm thinking...party.. :)

Ach- Gag..the vote can really be anytime the AGC holds a meeting. Once we get all the members needed and everything else is when we'll ask for a vote to be called for us. Then in January (if all goes well) the Trustees will vote whether to let us on campus or not.
OH!!!! Monday night is when we're having a "mini-rush" down at the local bowling alley for all girls interested. But, I also have bad news....Krys has been been hearing rumours that we won't get past the AGC. I've talked to the Delta Theta's, a XOA pledge (a good friend of mine), the LOPsi's so far. We have the fraternities support..just now getting the rest is the problem. I'm just so scared of having any type of announcement like a flyer even saying anything of us, for fear of the bad reprecussions from the other soro's. *stresses* Right when I stop destressing..it all starts all over again!!

Arg, Kayla

Good luck!

TKESweethrt,

You might have mentioned this already, but do the other local sororities on your campus want to go national? While I can understand why some groups want to stay local, being affiliated with a national organization can have its benefits.
:confused:

Do you have a Greek Advisor, or someone from Student Activities that works with the greeks on your campus? Do you know if they are interested in getting their local groups affiliated with inter/national organizations? (I am just wondering this because on my last campus all the sororities were locals, and the Greek advisor there invited national sororities to do presentation. Since then, two of the three local sororities have been affilated with inter/national groups and the interest in Greek life has definately increased on that campus dramatically from years past...and that is greek interest in both the inter/national fraternities that have been on that campus for *years* as well as the new inter/national sororities on campus!)

OK, I'll stop with the 1001 questions :p

Noooooooooo! They can't do that--you've worked so hard!

texas*princess, from what I've been told about this campus, they're very anal about Greek groups. Kayla, you correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told that it used to be a party school back in the 80s and then the administration tried to stop that by cracking down on the Greek system. It does seem weird to me, though, that national fraternities would be allowed, but national sororities forbidden. That makes no sense. I have no idea on whether any of the local sororities want to go national, but it seems to me that they should be allowed to if they want! Kayla, is there any way you could maybe find out if the school would consider opening up to national expansion? If any groups are interested, then you might not have to worry about getting past the stupid AGC--a national group might just start an interest group itself. I don't know any of the rules, though, so would that even be possible??

Achtung: Thanks for the info! And I think it is possible for an interest group to be allowed in the whole process if other sororities there wanted to go national (although it might depend on the school??). That is how an interest group did it at my other school. They were not a recognized sorority, but rather recognized as an interest group when the NPC organizations came to make their presentations, and now they are an official DPhiE colony :D (If you have read a bunch of my posts I have probably mentioned this a zillion times about them, but they really are an awesome group and I'm so proud of them!)

Kayla I really hope things work out!

On the subject of our locals affliating w/nationals: Here's the latest news, I guess that Delta Theta is still in limbo whether to go for DZ, our XOA is trying to re-affliate w/Chi Omega, and...the Lambda's said that they had the 'chance' to get a nat'l, but I don't believe them. lol (If you knew them, you'd believe me, lol)

We're all getting those lovely mixed feelings from the soro's whether they want another soro on campus. I mean, they might as well, really. Heck, we could go belly up and they have no threat anymore, if we excel awesomely then we help and stregthen the already-weak Greek system. I see no problem *shrugs*

Oh, we cant' have any type of 'interest' group. You're either an organization that'll never become Greek or you become a local GLO.
OKay, i'm going to go now, this week we're gonna be buckling down on getting girls and getting to know them and etc. *whews*

Kayla

Any luck yet??

This reminds me of back when my chapter was still a colony and we were COBing to make total...our recruitment chair used to stand up at meeting and go, "OK, we're almost there, we only need 20 more girls!" Ahhh, those were the days.

*warning: short message as follows*

Well, monday night sucked. Krys was no where to be found, Erika was sick as a dog, and none of the other girls showed. So...it was canceled and will be held later. Right now everyone is trying to regroup. Krys is pledging a lil sis to AXN and Erika is still trying to get over her sickeness and me, well, I'm trying to finish up all the TKE letter shirts (6 more to go! :) ) So now..looks like next week is when work will actually be accomplished! :o

This is annoying. We're stuck. The girls that said they were interested haven't gotten back w/-any- of us. :rolleyes: I'm really starting to doubt this. *sighs*

What? Oh, no. I guess it's time to whip those gals into shape--tell them if they want in, that's great, but if they don't, hit the road. :p

OK, let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's the time of year...everyone I know is up to *here* with assignments and tests, so that could be why you haven't heard from them. How are the other sororities doing? I bet they're having the same problem...happens here, too.

Or maybe those girls were just waiting to hear from you all?

Kayla,
maybe you should send them a friendly reminder ;)

Hey good luck with the expansion but don't forget.. KAPPA ALPHA THETA...Theta is very strong nationally and is always looking to expand. Theta is the first greek letter fraternity known amoung women and we're still going strong. I will cross my fingers for you and whichever NPC sorority you choose

Oh yeah here is the website www.kappaalphatheta.org
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!