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Originally Posted by PhiMu_Gator
I'm just wondering why people feel the need to create SOOO many of their own frats/sorors. It seems like there are tons and I almost feel like the whole point of having a Greek letter org is to have something that is expanded and national and creates a cohesive efforts and connection among its members. There are just so many out there that really serve very similar purposes. I understand that the organizations available might not be exactly what you want, but part of the reason you join is to add something you want to it and to improve it so that it's YOUR org and something you contributed a lot to. Reading all of these threads I see that there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of Greek letter orgs and it seems slightly redundant at this point to continue to create them when we're not strengthening the ones that are already existing. They have hundreds of years of tradition, but still every pledge class or new addition of members can add something special and important. So, I'm asking for input from those who have started their own orgs or those who might understand the plethora of Greek letter orgs and those who might have similar questions!
Thanks =)
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I totally agree with this. While I can understand the enthusiasm in wanting to create a new org, people often focus on what they think an org can do for them as opposed to what they can bring to the org. If more people thought in terms of what they could offer an already established org and in making that org stronger and better because of their membership, there wouldn't be a need for so many orgs with similar ideals and philanthropies. While having choices is great, having so many orgs causes some newer orgs to have to struggle to increase membership and establish new chapters. It also takes away from the prestige of Greek Life and GLO's. And I'm not talking about those GLO's with a long standing history but more the fly by night ones you hear about in popular threads that read something like "Starting a New Org..." How about starting a new chapter of an org and make it your own, focussing on what you can bring to the org.