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FratAmerica and KEPike, both of you make me feel proud, and confident that our Fraternity is in good hands. Obviously both of you have intimate knowledge of Memphis' contemporary operations, and I assume you're both volunteer officers within the Fraternity.
Thank you for the kind comments about the FSU cahpter advisor. I'll pass that along to him; he's a friend of mine.
Couple of comments..
FratAmerica, you're right about the political difficulties in getting back on once we leave. However, I think we can get around that by cleaning house down to zero, but not actually giving up our standing as an active chapter. It would require the presence of consultants for months, but it can be done. You never actually step out of line, as it were. So often bad chapters don't have a reputation to live down; they don't have any reputation at all. The trick is to make sure the current members don't have anything to do with the new group.
KEPike, you asked for an opinion about the 50-65-man rule for awards. I wasn't aware of it but I don't object to it. The greater problem is not that a chapter will inflate its numbers to qualify. The greater danger is that chapters will allow their numbers to drop. Having too many men is a problem easier solved than having too few. Just about anyone can grow large by admitting anyone who wants to join. However, a fraternity cannot sustain size unless the members want to be there and see a value in membership.
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