[CougarGrad]

Listen, original poster... since you did ask for advice... I looked at the NCM website and read your posts on this thread. Before you make any moves, ask yourselves this: Do you REALLY want to start over? All over? Making new rules and policies? The trial and error of the whole process? The blood, sweat, and tears, which will by far outweigh the "fun" for at least the first few years? I mean, if you really are up for the tasks (and there will be many of them), then good luck.

There must be some reason why NCM (assuming that we're correct and this is the sisterhood you were talking about in the first place) chose to invite you to become a sister, and why you accepted the invitation. Dropping everything and creating a new group just because there is "drama" or some of you don't like how things are going isn't necessarily the answer. Your organization's got longevity and tradition... it sounds like you need to band together to improve the sisterhood.

Maybe it's just the kind of person I am, but based on the information you've given, if I were in your spot, I'd feel like I was abandoning my previous group without giving it my all.

There will always be some drama wherever you go, even if you form a new co-ed organization. There will always be people who don't work as hard as others. There will always be people you can't rely on for assistance or sisterhood. If you're trying to get away from those things in favor of an organization that is more "laid back" or "chill" in some ways, I'm afraid you might be disappointed.

And hey, I'm not chastising you. You do whatever you want, and I sincerely wish you good luck no matter what you choose. I just know that if it were me, I'd work to make better what I already have.

*Edit* And my bad for not remembering before I wrote that out that this thread's nearly a month old... but oh well.