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If you don't mind a fraternity man's response....
PERSONALLY, I have thought about joining other social/fraternal orgs that were SMALLER than Alpha in that I was looking for a more intimate fraternal experience.
I decided against it because, well, who has the time??? I'm in Alpha Phi Omega as well as Alpha Phi Alpha and currently sit on a local board for each, with national elected or hired aspirations for each. Right now, APO and Alpha are all I need and serve very different purposes in my life personally and professionally.
Now I know a woman who is an AKA, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Wives, Link, Archousa (sp?), Red Hat Club, and a few more I can't think of. I guess she has the time and resources to do all that, but I don't see the point. Do one or two things really well, not everything kinda okay.
(I don't think she's in OES that I think about it.)
ETA: I wanted to respond to something else you said.... I guess for me, I needed to pledge Alpha after APO because I knew that neither org would fulfill ALL my needs. To paraphrase what Jitterbug said about OPhiA.... in APO I gain brotherhood through the service... in Alpha I serve because of the brotherhood.
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