Tonya and Leslie, thank you so much for your help! Writing letters may not reverse IHQ's decision to resolve Theta Theta, but at least they know that we are willing to fight for our chapters!
Tonya, I agree with you that it is a little concerning that so many of our chapters have been or are being resolved. Theta Theta's numbers are low and we are easily the smallest sorority on campus (by the way, that was one of the things I liked about Theta Theta). We have always had a hard time recruiting at Miss. State. We are competing against some very strong sororities. Even though we have been on campus for 12 years, we are still considered the "new kids." AGD just isn't that well known in Mississippi and the majority of our members are from out of state. I guess the thing that bothers me the most is that we were told at the end of last semester that we had until May 2002 to recruit 20 new girls. As of last week they had handed out 11 bids, all of which were accepted. The members were so excited about the new pledges and really encouraged that they were going to be able to meet and hopefully exceed IHQ's goal. You can imagine their surprise when they got the bad news on Monday. Either there was a major miscommunciation or IHQ didn't hold up their end of the bargain.
Keep in mind, I'm hearing all of this second hand. I'm sure IHQ is basing their decision on other things (I hope!). Sorry to vent, but it is so frustrating!
We have gotten such a great response from sisters all of the country. If nothing else it helps to know that other people care. Thanks (I'll climb down from my soap box now
)!
Loyally,
Lee