| sigmaceli |
12-17-2010 05:36 PM |
You know, this thread really led me to think about recolonizations becoming a focus, since we've had so many closures. We have 78 closed chapters on our chapter roll! There are a number that I feel would probably be a priority in the next few years to make happen, if the conditions are all right.
Of course, we would want single letter chapters to reopen, including: Delta (Vanderbilt, if we want to be sneaky ;)), Zeta (Buffalo State), Iota (Northern Colorado), Kappa (Miami-OH), Rho (Florida State), Sigma (Western Colorado), Tau (NM Highlands) and Phi (Ohio).
But there are some prominent institutions that we were not successful at and sad closures that could also be prime for success in present-day Tri Sigma-land. I would argue these because of alumnae strength in most of these areas and/or institutional size/support that we would have the pieces in place to be successful at these institutions if they were open for expansion and we were invited to present: Alpha Delta (Drexel), Alpha Eta (Butler), Alpha Sigma (USM), Gamma Alpha (Illinois), Gamma Eta (Loyola NOLA), Gamma Theta (Bradley), Gamma Omicron (Northern Iowa), Gamma Upsilon (Marquette), Delta Mu (Rutgers), Delta Phi (Kansas State), Zeta Nu (UMBC), Zeta Sigma (Duquesne).
I wish there were more that I could personally argue could be successes at this time. I may be wrong! And there are those dream schools and killer recolonizations that we likely don't have the means to make happen now. I won't bore/depress you with the details, lol. We know who they are. And one day, I believe that we will be able to prepare for them. NHQ has really made strides to be more successful/rebrand our efforts. With time, I think we can slowly start to make these happen. But we need our current chapters and colonies to meet their goals and be stable before those BHAGs can be reached!
/end philosophical Tri Sigma rant...and back to work. :(
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