Starting from scratch or start a new chapter?
 

Hi! I have been wanting to start my own fraternity with a couple of my friends at our university campus. However, I am unsure if we should start from scratch or just start a new chapter of an existing fraternity. Any advice?

Why would people want to start a new chapter and follow other people's traditions and beliefs, when they could just start their own brand new fraternity and have their names as the fraternity founding fathers? I'm confused.

Good luck with that.

Creating a brand new fraternity is a LOT of work. You have to have a very motivated core group of like minded individuals who all want to do it. Too often there are 15 people who start something like this and one who finishes.

Also, many schools do not recognize local fraternities. They prefer for all the fraternities to be affiliated w/ national groups that carry insurance for any mishaps that might occur.

youre not confused, you just suffer from acute founderitis.

Because you connect with the values of an established group and want to carry on their history. Because you want a national or regional network of brothers or sisters.

If everyone had the "why join an existing group when I could start my own" mentality, fraternities and sororities simply would not exist. New members are the lifeblood of every GLO. How would you get new members if no one wants to join an existing group?

I was one of the founders of my chapter and enjoyed the ability to build what we wanted locally but haveing the tradition of one of the oldest fraternities (Alpha Delta Phi)

Either way you go, I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

LOL... ;)

MarqueX

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