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Originally posted by Three_Love
I personally think that we (Delta) should have a moratorium on alumnae level intake and focus on RECLAMATION. Most alumnae chapters don't NEED to have intake - we have enough members to run the chapter effectively, and even more inactive sorors in the area who could join in the work effort if we reclaimed them.
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Alumnae chapters may appear to have sufficient members in the sense of sheer numbers, but my experience has been that a small percentage actually want to run the chapter and work properly - that's why intake periodically (5-8 years) helps breathe new life into chapter activities. I've been just about every office in my chapter at least once! I also think alumnae chapters need to work more with collegiates in the transition process and that collegiate chapters should be held to task about their transition rates. It should be a 2-way process - there should be some education around the differences between working in a collegiate chapter and working in an alumnae chapter. If there is going to be a moratorium, it needs to be across the board and when collegiate sorors understand their obligation to transfer and remain active then an alumnae moratorium or ban on alumnae MIT period might work. Every reclaimed soror isn't trying to do anything for the Delta chapter she re-joins. Reclamation sometimes requires education on working in Delta and it can be difficult if not handled with love and commitment to Delta as opposed to personal commitment. Delta isn't the Links or the Black Womens Club of city XYZ and that's hard for some folks to hear - you can have a chapter management handbook right in front of them on a particular issue at hand and they will still insist on doing things their way.
As for disassociating with certain Deltas, as long as they have their pearls I would never do that, but if they need a "break" from the sisterhood, I wouldn't stand in the way - take your break - do what you need to do and come back!!