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Old 08-08-2008, 12:13 PM
ASTalumna06 ASTalumna06 is offline
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Talk to the fraternities! Ask if you can briefly speak at one of their meetings, or just to the chapter in general. Have a couple (or all 4) of you go to talk to them. Dress nicely. Give a short presentation about what your sorority is about. Talk about academics, philanthropy, goals, etc. Hand out pieces of paper. Ask them to write down names of 5 girls that they know that might be interested. (Also, try this presentation at other meetings on campus. Student government meetings, as one example). Then seek out these girls. Write them a formal letter outlining your accomplishments and aims and purposes. Tell them that you'd like to get to know them. Invite them to contact you about the sorority. Tell them about something you do as a group that they're welcome to come to. Maybe a sporting event on campus. Or maybe you want to play an intramural sport, but you need more teammates. Ask them to join you! My chapter used to eat lunch together at 12 on Tuesdays in one of the eateries on campus. We'd invite PNMs to come. It can be anything!

And like everyone here has said, do normal, everyday things to attract people. There are only 4 of you, so getting everyone together shouldn't be too difficult. Eat, study, or play a game outside together in your letters. Just doing something like tossing a frisbee in one of the high-traffic areas on campus is good. Let people see you!

And use the suitcase school environment to your advantage. Not everyone goes home on the weekends. There have to be a portion of girls on campus who stay, or who don't desire to go home every weekend, but do anyway, because there's nothing on campus for them to do. Find them! Show them that there are perks to staying around on the weekends when you have sisters.

And as for the house... the sororities at my school don't have houses either. If you only have 4 members, DON'T GET ONE. You'll run the risk of not having anyone wanting to, or not being able to afford to live in it. As was previously mentioned, get an apartment together or something to that effect first (an apartment on campus is a good idea to start, if you have them). You'll all have a place to go together and it will be less of a hassle than getting a house. And if you're just becoming affiliated with campus again, your main concern should be that, and gaining members.
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