Expansion at SSU
 

***

I'd suggest waiting and listing who is invited to present, but someone else may disagree. I can't wait to hear more!

To keep things fair I'd suggest not naming the six. Usually when groups are invited to present, posting three is okay because by then things are official -- they're coming to present.

Sounds like an exciting time for your chapter and campus as I know several Alpha Gams from that school. Be sure to keep us posted!

You should probably keep a lid on which nationals showed interest. Rumors concerning expansion tend to get a little out of control on here. :) Once you know for sure who is coming to the school to present, let us know.

As to how you should approach the situation, be ready to ask the following questions:

• *Are there a lot of alumnae in the area? How would they support us?
  *Are there other collegiate chapters in the area? How would they support us?
  *How much support can we expect as a colony?
  *What goals will we be required to fulfill before chartering? (How many members, what kind of pledge program if any you'll have to go through, what fees will need to be paid etc.)
  *What is your chapter success ratio - that is, what percentage of your chartered chapters are still open?
  *Will alumnae of our local be eligible to be initiated into the national sorority?
  *What local traditions will we be permitted to keep? What must we get rid of - no ifs, ands or buts?

Those are just a few I thought of - other people probably have ideas.

How exciting. Can't wait to hear your story. I echo what everyone else has said about waiting to post which three groups are officially presenting. Even after that, be discrete about what you post about each group until one official one has been chosen. (I.E. don't post. "Oh we LOVE XYZ, but ABC gave a terrible presentation and now we don't want anything to do with them.")

I was a founding member of my chapter that went from a local to an NPC- actually, the whole campus went from locals to NPC chapters at the same time. The way it worked for our campus was exactly like rush on a larger scale. The local sororites ranked their top three choices of the NPC orgs who had presented and the NPC orgs ranked the local organizations they wanted to invite to affiliate with them. Then there was a matching session where the 7 groups were matched up. Luckily for us, the NPC orgs were all willing to affilate each entire chapter, so there was no membership review with only certain girls from the local selected. That would be another question for the NPCs presenting at your campus: Are they willing to welcome your entire local sorority right now, or are there stipulations involved that only certain girls will be invited or perhaps you need to pledge so many more girls before you can officially become a colony, etc.

Was your local the only sorority that expressed interest in affiliating with an NPC, or how was your sorority chosen as the one that will be affiliating?

What about Sac State?
 

Is your Alpha chapter going national as well? What's going to happen to Chi Delta at Sac State?

thanks for the advice and questions. the questions are GREAT. I'm definetly keeping them handy to ask when presentations come around.

and we were the ones that expressed interest in becoming an npc sorority. we are the beta chapter of our sorority and have been on our campus for 5 years. we had several reasons for wanting to become an npc organization.

thanks again everyone.

How exciting! Georgia Tech is just in the beginning steps of pursuing NPC expansion, and my local (the only one on campus; GT only allows one local at a time) recently announced our intention to pursue national affiliation. (link!)

Good luck! :D

We don't have very much contact with them. But from what I understand they are going to stay Chi Delta.

***

3 wonderful choices indeed!

I can already hear Jill1228 squealing in excitement! She is, after all, RIGHT THERE! ;)

Why would Georgia Tech only allow one local at a time? I don't get the logic behind that. Could you shed some light?

:D OTW is correct! I am not too far away (about an hour and a half or so)
This is exciting!

Not to belittle Locals as I started a Local, but joining with a National Organization opens up so many more doors for You and Your Sisters.

All of the NPCs that you mentioned are great Organizations.:) Any expansion is a plus and while I have not been or seen that school, the area is beautiful!:)

The very best of luck to you and your sisters. Please keep us updated.:D