your thoughts on large lines
 

So since no one answered my first question of the day, I have another question.
What are your thoughts on large lines? I am talking 100 plus.
What are the pros and cons? I am not trying to be controversial I am truly interested in hearing what people think.

Ummm...I personally don't care. If a chapter has that many qualified canidates then more power to them!

There was 33 of us on my line. I had a hard time remembering all of their information:

First, Last Name
Hometown
Major
Line name
Line Number
Classification
How many siblings, etc, etc,:D

I learned it though! I can't imagine being on a line of 100 or more. However, if the candidates are qualified, then as stated above...more power to them!

yall feel free to delete this post if I've said too much.

I'm partial....On one hand, I just cant see how one could have that bond and really KNOW each other, however, there are people who came in on small lines and really don't KNOW each other....

Quality not Quantity.

Exactly!

GREAT TOPIC !!!!!!
 

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Not Meant To Be Negative
 

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settle down sorors settle down.....we're Finer Women! :)

I was waiting for you to get on and say something !!!!!

I personally thought my line was rather big...we had 10.

Shout out to HEFA02!!!

But very recently the ladies of another organization had a line of 30. I have very strong feelings on the subject. I feel like how can you possible have that TRUE sisterly bond with 29 other chicks.

I hear what you're saying about some small lines don't truly know each other. And I'm not saying I'm best friends with EVERYONE on my line. However, I do honestly love all 9 of my line sisters and would do anything in the world for them.

Finally, I saw first hand how there is no bond between the 30 of them. At the club one evening, a guy and one of the members of this sorority got into an argument and he started fighting her (like smacks and punches) and every last one of her "line sisters" stood there and watched it go down. A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. ,my organization had to pull this "man" (and I use the term loosely) off of her.

So much for sisterhood...

I just don't see how the size of the line has anything to do with the bond. You could have 2 people on a line and they show no love to one another. And you can't force people to do anything. Either the love and respect is there or its not.

Hey
 

It wasn't me this time!!!!

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LOL

I just thought about something...

Now we all know that our lines are considerably small but what if we actually crossed huge lines?? Would this still be an issue?

First of all I want to say hello to my lovely sorors of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

To reply to your post I say this. I am the son, brother, nephew and grandson of AKA women and since I am a Sigma I have been "a part of" Zeta processes and I will say this. There is no difference in the bonding of one group over the other. I have seen small lines in both organizations and I have seen line of 86 AKAs cross my cousin being the #79. I have also been around while my girlfriend, at the time, crossed 56 of 80 DST. I have yet to really see a correlation between # of people online and the bond that is created. The larger lines have cliques in them but so do the smaller lines. I think it has more to do with the personalities on the line rather than the # of ladies you have on the line. So to answer your question it is really a #s game. The more members you bring in the more likely you are to have a large grad chapter of women who are willing to work and stay financial. That is what an organization needs is women who are willing to make a true commitment to the organization and its values both in money and in time. There is another question you need to ask yourself. I think Delta and AKA have taken a really good step in the right direction. The more you have the more likely you are to have members who will stick around. The more likely you are to have that lady be the mother, sister, cousin, or aunt of another young lady who will know from a very young age that ZPhiB is THE WAY (my father, both my brothers and my nephews are Sigmas). Think of how many women go to college knowing AKA is for them or DST is for them it is because they knew someone or was related to someone or who was educated by someone in that sorority. Don't we want ZphiB to have access to those women also? A line of 5 ladies can get mad at each other and never become active again but if 5 women out of 100 get upset you still have a chance of 95 of those women staying active. So I understand what you mean by quality over quantity but I also understand the idea that "cream rises to the top"(to quote my grandfather) so you can have a line of 100 women and let 50 just pay dues and let 10 really stand out and let Zeta use that money to effect the world with it's wonderful sisterhood or have 10 ladies and let those 10 be exemplary and those 10 pay dues and then we have an org needed money to carry out the GREAT IDEALS OF OUR BELOVED SORORS (The 5 Blu-tiful Pearls). Just my 19.14 cents worth.

Brotherly,
LoJ