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You guys really need to get your nationals to step back in. They may seem unresponsive, but it's up to you to make sure that they do step in. It's your colony, and you will play a major role in its success or failure.
Few general tips though:
- You need to change your attitude. Based on what you posted, you're viewing it through the lens that your colony is failing and that you're pretty much ready to give up. Change the lens and start figuring out how to be successful. That way, you'll be coming up with actual ideas that propel you towards success instead of just slowing down an "inevitable" failure.
- Figure out what everybody wants and diplomatically work towards achieving all those goals. This is difficult -- I suggest at least a 48hr retreat for this. A change of environment can open up real ideas and allow people to focus on the task at hand. The length of time is there to ensure that people are relaxed enough to be effective in a discussion-based retreat.
- Build goals, set deadlines, assign them to individuals (for accountability), and achieve them. For example, you mentioned that one of your issues was lack of traditions and rituals. To resolve that, you generate traditions and rituals. Maybe have everyone try to do something fun/interesting by the end of the semester and make whatever worked well into a tradition.
I'm actually a founding father of a fraternity on my campus, and throughout the two years, we've had our ups and downs. By following those things described, my fraternity was able to dig itself out of rough spots and emerge stronger than ever. Problems will come up, but they won't be lingering issues if you attack them successfully.
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