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I just wanted to say that this is why I love my Sigma Kappa sisters. I love the pride you women take in everything you do! My Chapter used to be one of the smallest chapters as well, but in the last couple of yeas, despite what anyone thought about us, we have successfully re-built to be bigger than ever before. Yes, numbers are important, to an extent, but I feel assured that I know every one of my sisters personally. Our rentention rates have skyrocketed, and my chapter is doing better than ever. We have more women coming back for formal recruitment than I have heard about in the past 10 years, even after 15 members just became alum. We are successful, we are climbing the numbers ladder, and no one can take that away. Yes it excites me when I hear we have more members than houses that we have never been close to in the past, but keeping that close sisterhood that binds us is what is more important. I would rather have 5 wonderful women to call my sisters than 100 I know as aquaintances. (NOTE: I am not ripping on chapters that regularly do have 100 members, total here is only 90- I say only because I have heard so many who have 150 as total on a regular basis on other campuses)
Please do not judge the "weaker/small" chapters based soley on their number. I know that each of you has either been a part of or known one of your chapters exactly like this. There are enough people out there that perpetuate the stereotype that small equals bad, and I know all of you are better than that. It may be different in other areas of the country (someone mentioned the southern schools) but I know that every chapter should respect every member of their conference, no matter the number. I know women in the largest chapters on our campus that respect us as equals. And why shouldn't they. We are.
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