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Yeah, EM, I agree with you partly. A chapter can save itself.
But on the other hand, GZ had been fighting an uphill battle for 5 years before we shut down. We had great recruit classes, enthusiastic, hard working, that accepted a bad situation and tried to make it better. But after years of things not getting better, your school work suffering, added stress, etc., of trying to keep a chapter open, sometimes it is just too much to ask for a group of 18-22 year olds.
It's easy to say that they didn't work hard enough or have the dedication. But I won't. Not after my situation. Sometimes when a frat puts everything into it, for years, and they keep having bad things happen (some their own doing, some mistakes, and most things they had no control over) they have to give up.
On a sinking ship, you can bail water over as fast as you can, but at some point you will get too tired and will have to abandon ship.
"They have no concept of the dedication that is required to save a chapter on the brink."
Sometimes it's not their fault. Maybe they did try? Just because you have dedication doesn't mean you will/can save a chapter. Sometimes HQ will ask a chapter to do the impossible. Sometimes the chapter themselves will attempt the impossible.
In Gamma Zeta's case/environment/situation, not much could have been done. Trust me we tried for years. We had a president fail out of school because of all the time and dedication he spent trying to save the house. He FAILED out of school because of the chapter.
Sure we probably could have saved it. But it would have also meant that we would have to spend all our own personal money, drop out of school to work on it full time, and completely end our social lives and not go home for summer or winter breaks. And part-time jobs, forget about it.
At some point, no matter how much dedication, love or hard work, it simply becomes too much for a group of 18 year olds.
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