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Originally Posted by naraht
OK, so a school with 20 brothers and 20 sisters is in better shape than one with 14 brothers and 100 sisters (or vice versa).
However a chapter with the 14 brothers and 100 sisters would be able to pledge both men and women and thus bring the fraternity back up to large enough to have recognition, right?
APO-USA had the concept of extension membership for some time in the 1990s, but it really didn't work that well (The reasons vary depending on who you ask)
Randy
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i think a school with 20 brothers and sisters and a school with 14 brothers and 100 sisters (or vice versa) are both in good shape. i even think the school with 100 sisters and 14 brothers (or vice versa) is in even better shape than a school with only 40 brothers and sisters in terms of chapter strength. The only drawback to not meeting the minimum number for a chapter's fraternity or sorority recognition is not being able to send voting delegates to represent a chapter's fraternity or sorority. From my point of view, it's more important to have more members regardless of gender than just meeting a voting requirement.
Yes, a chapter who lacks a number of brothers or sisters may both pledge men and women to meet the requirements for recognition and thus be granted voting privileges.
Can you expound more on APO-USA's concept of extension membership?