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From my own experience I understand what you mean by the snowball. It's happening to several frats here at Nebraska. Phi Delt is almost dead - they only have like 10 guys and they didn't get anyone to sign with them during rush. Same thing with Chi Phi.
At one point my chapter was down to 23 guys after a reorganization. I would say that if youre down to such a small number get the help of nationals, and also look at what you can offer. I think that for Beta here, we got a lot of help of from national, plus they made sure to try to get guys who may not have been fabulous, but they were solid and dedicated. They were told from the beginning that they were part of the rebuilding process and that they were the beginning. And from the hard work they put in, we've gone from what was known as the pothead house with the "mattress room" in the basement before the reorganization, to this past semester winning homecoming lawn display, homecoming overall, DG anchor splash, AZD Kareoke Kraze, and Grades for first semester with a 3.403 house GPA.
My point is that more than anything you don't necessarily need the cream of the crop of rushees, but you need people who will work hard, who will try their hardest to meet expectations. I think that everyone can agree that GLO's can improve people and that the sum is almost always greater than the parts. So if you have quality girls in the house now, you can go through and make solid showings in things throughout the year in which you can show rushees that size isn't everything.
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