Chapter Expansion for locals
 

Hey everyone,

I wanted to know if any locals have more than one chapter. We did have two chapters but the other one has to be rechartered. I was wondering how do locals go about starting chapters at other schools. We have about 5 schools in mind for expansion and we were wondering how it works. I know with our Beta Chapter when it was founded we had a sister who started school there and then she got some girls together who wanted to join and that's what happen. But, I need some help with this one.

Please help

I really need help with this questions also

You will have to contact the school and see what procedure you would have to follow to become a campus organization... for example at my school you have to have your constitution written and get a petition signed, have a sponser organization, etc.. it would vary from school to school... once you find out what you have to do you should recruit women to help you do it !!! I suggest looking up student activities or leadership office, or greek life... one of those type of offices to help you get started at these campuses !

Hello Zetagymnast,

You had posted this in another thread and I answered but I will post it again here. What my organization has been doing, as a local as well, is posting flyers aroung the campus you would like to expand to. Some campuses will not allow you to do it around the student center, but in the dorms they let you. Go onto that campus wearing your letters. If you are having an event or something hand out flyers on different campuses. That will also get some interest. Promote your website, if you have one. Also defenatly conact the school greek life and check out their requirements. These are juts somethings that are working for my org, hope it helps.

Jessica

Actually, I really don't remember posting this in another thread. So.........I don't know. Thanks for the info anyway.

Thread in "Locals"
 

originally posted by Zetagymnast
<<<Can anyone give me any advice about starting other chapters at other schools? We have talked about it and have about 4 schools in mind. The problem is we don't know how to go about it. I need help........ thanks


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EssenceofOmega is correct, you asked the question and she answered it.

Since I'm not in a local and never have been, I can't really offer much advice, although I would recommend contacting colleges fairly close to you, to make everything easier. Go to their campus and put up flyers, if you're allowed to. Hand out flyers. Every little bit will help! :)

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Well, as I stated before I didn't remember. You don't have to be rude about it cause I post alot and I didnt even remember that I posted it. I did thank everyone for their info so please don't have a attitude of something this little. And why is my signature in your? I don't appreciate that. I would not disrespect you GLO like that so please give mine the same respect. Also, you can out of no where and was rude to me as i state I didn remeber posting that other thread for the third time.

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Your signature is in my post because I was quoting you and I quoted your entire post. That is what the >>> <<< mean. I have no interest in having your letters in my own signature since I am not a member of your group.

No one is "disrespecting" anyone. aopiinthesky simply cut and pasted the post, rather than using the quote feature.

Thanks for clearing that up......I didn't mean to sound all crazy. I just didnt know why it was like that. :D

Beta Chapter
 

We just installed our Beta chapter this weekend. Really great since they were installed on the day of our 1st year Anniversary.

Woo hoo!!:D

Congratulations!

Expanding that quickly will be a huge undertaking.

In Sigma Nu's early days, members of our Alpha Chapter enrolled at other schools to start them off. They recruited new members and got the new chapters rolling. Many of those chapters are still around today having started in the late 19th century.

We started our Beta Chapter in 2002...13 years after the Alpha Chapter. :)

we are thinking about it, we were concerned that we would have to give up the deaf emphasis but we found one with a deaf chapter that we like....... SO its a long process and we will see what happens.

Personally it would be nice if our sorority was to become national but it know its really difficult, most national are esablished in 18 or early 1900.......

Hey, I am part of a local that has not yet taken a Beta Chapter, but I am close friends with a Beta Theta Pi (nat'l frat.). They just come on our campus, and I can tell you how they did it. First, nationals took out ads in the school paper advertising interest meetings. Dates, times, etc . . . were all placed in there, and set up in advance. Reps from beta came down (in suits) and presented the ideal of beta. I think there were about 100 men intrested. Reps accepted "applications" of sorts, and they contacted the young men with a time to meet for an interview. I think they required business casual dress. Out of 100 applicants, 22 were picked as "Founding Fathers" of that chapter. The FF all had to go to weekly meetings (much like pledge education) to learn about beta. They took tests, and overall, everything was micromanaged by the national reps. No pledging was involved, their membership and initiation at the end of the semester hinged on their test scores and continued intrest in attending the meetings. Their chapter is well, and I attribute this to the professional, well-put-together image that the older boys portrayed during recruitment, as well as their continued presence in the lives of the potentials. It seems to have worked for them, and I think that my sorority may try this method when we expand. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice, we are thinking about bringing our Beta Chapter back to active status next fall. Also, we are thinking about founding our Gamma Chapter next fall also.

Speaking of Beta chapters.....apparently some girls at Shawnee University are wanting to have a Lambda chapter there..so..we'll be starting the expansion process here soon..wheee..... :D

correct me if i am wrong, but once you have a beta chapter, youre not a local anymore are you?

this may sound dumb and i might be completely wrong, but that is the impression i am under

Locals are fraternities and sororities that are not national no matter how many chapters they take. Nationals are part of some sort of national council eg.npch, ifc. Just to clear this up.

Incorrect. You do not have to be a member of a govening council to be a national. There is not real definition what exactly is a national. Some say that you need to have chapters in more then one state to be considered a national. If you have chapters only in a state, some say you are considered a regional. If you have a chapter outside of the US, you are considred an international.

Ok, now I am confused. That is how it was explained to me.

so having more than one chapter....local or not?

last i heard, as soon as there is a beta chapter, you are no longer a local

a local fraternity or sorority is only located on one campus. So, having a beta chapter makes a GLO no longer a local.

I guess that is your interpretation of it. I know some sororities in Cali that have more than one chapter and consider themselves a local.
So, if you not a local than what are you called?

As I have understood it is that if you have chapters located in a similiar region and still have a few chapters (under 5) you are a Regional. After you expand to other states or have a chapter much more farther where you are, you're National, also if you have a lot of chapters (10+).

There are a few words: regional sorority, Independent sorority (I've heard that a lot), private sorority (don't really like that one personally) or community sorority or even "local area sorority"-of which there are several chapters in the same city/ area but aren't really spread out enough to be national. I know if you do a google search on "regional sorority" you'll find a few sororities that have like, 3 chapters. That's how they define themselves.

Personally I believe it is your organization and you can define it however you want.

I, personally, think about it like this. Local is in a small area-maybe the same town/city, regional is in the same state or region of the country (like New England), and National is in more than a few states. I thnk this because, Tri-Kappa for instance is NOT a local sorority-they have over 100 chapters, but they are ALL in Indiana and no where else. So I would consider them a regional sorority, specific to the Indiana area. Some people will argue local can only mean one chapter.

I mean if a bank opened in your town and in the next town over, it is still a local bank. Not a national one. I think of sorority as the same thing.

thanks for clearing it up. i was pretty sure i knew what i was talking about, local means only found at one place. not here and wherever the beta chapter is.

I think it would be awesome for a few locals to expand to Iowa State. The one local that is here (Adelante [it's not a Latino organization, just has a Spanish name]) get a lot of unwarranted crap from most of the GLOs here.

I met a guy from a local at MIT- Phi Betta Epsilon- earlier this month and it was interesting to hear about the differences and struggles not only of a greek system placed in a larger city but of a local GLO as compared to National groups.

Re: Re: Chapter Expansion for locals
 

What the crap???

No one said anything about Kappa Delta OR Massachusetts anywhere in this thread....

If this is some sort of twisted question...I would say, yes, in general it would be much easier to start a colony of a national soroity, rather then a local, because it is much more standardized and a national has more funding.

PS Crack Kills, please note.

Hahahaha, that almost made me wet myself. ;)

I am a sister of a local sorority. Last year we registered our organization name and ever since have been considered National by our campus. We are only one chapter, but are looking to expand. I don't know if this helps or if I am wrong, but as far as our school says we are National.

--Paola
Delta Sigma Delta

From some of the research I have done U are considered a Local as long as U have 1 established chapter. Once U establish a second chapter U can be considered to be Regional. A National Organization can be defined by a few different ways. 1) By your States Article of Incorparations. 2) Having a National Executive Board setup in your GLO's Constitution. 3) Having an established chapter in another time Zone. As long as U stay with in your time zone some will say U are Regional.

Do not crucify me. This is just from some research I have done in the past year or so. But I would advise any1 to do research for themselves.

Just like I said, it depends on your organization and how you want to define yourselves. Everyone has a different take on it so I not going to try to say what the definitions are no matter how much research is done.

Thats what I think it is too. If you are taking it for the literal meaning of local and national.

Some colleges and universitys consider everyone local if they aren't affiliated with the national conferences (e.g. IFC, NPC, NPHC, etc).

how does that work? where did you register your name? and how does registering your name make you national? I'd love to learn more about this.

My local is Incorporated in the state of New Jersey and is in the process of Registering our Name and letters as a Trademark. But neither of that makes us National at all.

The biggest hurdle facing locals wanting to expand is the fact that locals usually don't have insurance...making the organization a major liability to a potential University.

Does anyone have advice for expanding to campuses where locals are not recognized by the university?

NIC requires that a new member have at least 5 chapters and that at least 3 chapters have been in existance for 5 years. I know that Phi Kappa Phi only has 6-7 chapters and is a member, and Kappa Delta Phi has more that that, all of which, except for maybe one, are in New England, is not one, but I think could be. I know that there are several GLOs that only have chapters in one state, but would have the number of chapters needed to be a member of NIC. I don't know about Panhel or Pan-Hel. I think that NIC is the only one of them that has added new members lately, but I could be wrong.