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I pretty much agree with everything everyone has said. I think that it's definitely our responsibility to reclaim our lost membes! I try all the time. It's hard, though, because like McCoyRed said, people have to WANT to be active. I, personally, don't understand it, unless it is seriously a financial issue. I can SURELY understand if you just don't have the money to pay your dues, lol. But then, there are ALSO your dues-payers-and-tshirt-wearers! I overheard a soror in my current chapter say that she planned to pay her dues and just come to meetings, she didn't plan on DOING anything. Now, I thought that was foul, but what can you do, really?
OA, people lyin' about volunteering and doing community service?? Oh, now really, wtf? That's really jacked up?
On another note, do you think that it's our fault? I mean, what OA said has me thinking. As Greeks, we know the ins and outs of our orgs. We know when it's time to work and when it's time to play, and we indulge in both. But do we glorify one part more than the other? Because I'm thinking like this, if I KNOW good and well that community work is not my thing, I'm not going to try and join a community organization. Just like I wouldn't join a purely social org, either. So what is it that breeds these eternal inactive members? I think that before we can reclaim them, we have to find out WHY it is that they are inactive. We can't solve the problem if we don't completely understand it (the math major in me coming out, lol). I think that this needs to be an initiative within all Greek organizations (NPC, IFC, and NPHC), since it seems to be a problem across the board. I think that perhaps we should make phone calls (we all have telephone trees) to sorors brought into a chapter (specifically grad) that are no longer active, and in a SISTERLY fashion, inquire why. I would say send a survey, but I know how I am with surveys, lol, and I'm active! LOL! After we find out why, we need to address those issues and THEN begin to reclaim our members. Of course, we can try to reclaim in the meantime, but in order to reclaim MANY, we need to start at the root of the problem.
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