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Originally posted by skip101
On my campus the number of GLOs has doubled in the past 10 years. The number of students going through rush is actually down. Organizations that used to have between 50 and 90 members and now down to 20-40 and some have less than 10. Some of the groups on our campus have lost their houses and some have even died out.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent national organizations from opening new chapters?
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So sorry to hear about the Greek trouble on your campus. It sounds as if the Greek Life department didn't do a very good job of communicating with the National GLO's who were interested in expanding to your school. They are suppose to weigh the amount of students going through rush and the number of members in each house carefully in order to determine if the Greeks on your campus are equipped to handle a new GLO.
Did the person in charge of Greek Affairs on your campus even inform the existing GLOs that a new group was interested in colonizing? If not, that issue needs to be brought up - and quickly. In most instances, the existing GLOs can provide the best information on whether or not the campus can support a new group and still maintain the other ones at the capacity they are used to. If the existing GLOs are left out of the equation completely and aren't given a say in the addition of a new GLO, problems like the one you've mentioned are usually the result.