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i agree with your reasonings! i've been Greek Advisor for just over a year now. apparently, the previous GA had to disband the little sister groups when he got here (about 3 years ago). one of the new officers of a fraternity asked "can we have them back? they really did a lot of work for us." right, which is exactly why your chapter members are now lazy and not keeping it together (sounds like this group is headed down the lazy route). they learn to rely on others and not themselves.
being in a fraternity is about developing YOUR sense of leadership and taking the chapter in the direction the members want to see it go, not how the girls want it to go. it is the guy's chapter, not the girls'.
another arguement is that having auxillary groups threatens their status as single-sex organizations under Title IX. this is mainly on the national level, but i wouldn't hesitate to say to this chapter that if they are going to have these women do the work for them, then they need to be initiated. see what happens then....you'll probably get a lot of "yeah, right" responses, but it may help show them that if they are doing the work for the fraternity, then they should have full rights and privileges of membership.
their reasoning for 3 is just dumb. are they saying they can't ask a girl to stay away unless she is in a group? doesn't make much sense. as for 2, tell them to grow up. then brainstorm ideas on how they can still have fun and stay in the NPC rules. it's not that difficult.
good luck with your endeavor! sounds like it may a tough battle (so to say), but will be worth it in the end.
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