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You may have lost contact from other orgs because of you being initiated into another Fraternity. They all have different rules about things like that.
You can take your Local and petition other Nationals for expansion or you can keep it local. That decision would come down to your other members. There are several threads here on GC that will help provide some insight into what is needed to form a local. Just remember that you may still need the school's consent to be a local on campus.
I'd prefer you to do it for Sinfonia, so I'll help you with that as much as I can.
In order to colonize the school for Sinfonia, there are some documents on the national web site that you'll need to read through. They list the requirements that are needed to start the Colony and keep it going prior to Activation. I would also recommend getting contact with your PG and Alpha Kappa for whatever assistance they can provide.
Whomever you choose as your faculty advisor does NOT have to be a Sinfonian, although it may help make things easier.
From a Sinfonian standpoint, you don't need the blessing of your faculty Sinfonians to colonize, unless they happen to be the PG. Part of the process requires the PG's endorsement. From a school standpoint, you'll only have to worry about it if the school requires the department's approval and it's the chair that holds makes that decision.
If you do this for Sinfonia, use tools like My Desktop or Sinfonia Circle to find alumni in your area that are willing to help out. I'm sure the brothers at Alpha Kappa would be more than willing to make the drive down on a weekend or even host your group for events.
I looked into re-colonizing an inactive Chapter years ago and I was stupid enough to try and do it on my own. This was before the joys of MySpace, Facebook, Sinfonia Circle, My Desktop, etc. By the time I had gotten the local contacts that I needed, I didn't have time for it. I've since moved to another state and am currently looking into building up the Sinfonian presence here with other Alumni.
Best of luck with what you choose to do. I, and I'm sure other Brothers, would hope you decide to expand Sinfonia and spread the words of the Object.
SLIBFS!!!!!!
Rob
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