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Originally Posted by 33girl
Oh, and make sure that the same people aren't running everything year after year.
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I agree with everything 33girl said, but especially this. Be sure to engage all of your members in active participation. Chapters of any size seem to have a core group of involved individuals (let's call them the "leaders") and a periphery group of "just members." The problem you have is that you have a significant population of "just members" who won't get anything out of the fraternity experience if they don't contribute to it. Build up your committee system, and don't let brothers double up on committee chairs or serve on more than two (arbitrary number, use what works best for you) committees. By doing this you bridge the gap between "leaders" and "just members" as well as creating more "leaders" and a group of "actively involved members" who will grow into "leaders." You aren't going to eradicate the "just members," but the goal is to minimize them.
In regards to brotherhood events, you can plan as many as you want, but I've always found that the strongest bonds are built while doing work for the improvement of the chapter - so get all of your members actively involved! Good luck!