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Thanks, everyone, for your responses. I'll try to address some of the issues you've raised.
I'm not an officer. I hold a chair position, but all of us do - our chapter is too small to have all positions covered without complete involvement from the sisterhood. Some of us even hold multiple chairs.
I'm sure there have been discussions among the Officers that I'm unaware of. I don't mean to suggest that I'm completely in the know. I haven't had an "official" discussion with them regarding my concerns. I guess I feel like they have an obligation to share pertinent information with the sisters, and I've been leaving the ball in their court, hoping they'll fill the rest of us in soon. I'm still waiting...
I don't know what to do about our advisor. I realize that having a better advisor won't fix everything. But I have to think it would help. I've mentioned to the chapter that I think we need to find someone who will be more involved, but the general response is, "Why?" (I need to say that there are some sisters who recognize why, and they are with me on this, but it's hard to know who to contact, how, when, etc., and what do we say to our current advisor? "We're sorry, we want someone who's going to help us. Thanks, tho.")
It is just so overwhelming. I was hoping to have a group of new members to help with all this. But we're so busy convincing these girls they didn't make a mistake that we don't seem to have the time/energy to devote to the chapter revamping that needs to happen. It's just hard to know how to increase chapter morale, improve our chapter's reputation, successfully COB, go to class, eat, sleep, blah, blah, blah... There doesn't seem to be enough time.
I talked to my real life sister about what's going on. She put me in touch with an alum (of my chapter, not hers) from several years ago. It was really great to talk to her. She didn't realize things were as hairy as they are, and plans to help as much as she can. She's about 2 hours away, planning a wedding, working full-time, etc, so she doesn't know how much she can help. But, at least I feel like I'm finding people other than the recent graduates who are willing to help us with this endeavor. She's going to try to attend the closed meeting. (I still don't know what that is, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.)
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