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Originally Posted by Hegemon
While alum support would be great for every new colony starting out, it isn't always going to happen. If the girls themselves believe in themselves and their organization and work hard, they will succeed. Ok, I know that is a little too optimistic...but wouldn't it be awesome if it always worked that way? 
Again, I say alum support is nice, and sometimes essential, but without forming new chapters across the country how can the group really be expected to grow? With new chapters, you have the opportunity to initiate more girls, many of them who will then stay in the area after graduation, and thus form an alum base. It won't happen overnight, but it'll happen. Just an opinion.
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No argument here about alumn support not being the deciding factor on a colony's success or demise. From my own experience with Sigma Chi, alumni support did make the success of my chapter. We also got a lot of support from the Sigma Chi chapters at Southeast Missouir, University of Memphis, and Ole Miss. I have just always thought that having chapters nearby, willing to help, helps the colony with details and issues they have never had to deal with. The members of my chapter had never done a rush - had no idea really what to do. The chapters nearby gave us ideas and support to have successful rushes. Reasons like that are why I think it helps to have other chapters nearby.