[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by dnall

First of all... Unless I'm mistaken, at no time other than examples have I mentioned fraternity expansion. I said national GLO expansion. AND, when I said it, I ONLY said there are SOME ASPECTS of that process helpful to this situation - specifically, the initial blitz recruiting methods.

In no other way does anything I've said have anything to do with any type of greek org, be it NIC, NPC, NPHC, local, co-ed, or freakin green martians. This is broad organizational dynamics.

Second... I don't think it's possible to recruit 5 "solid members." No matter what their capabilities or what they say, there is not depth of dedication. They aren't invested by having been around, & haven't come through a training process with an established org under functional leadership that produces religious commitment. So, no matter who or how many people you recruit, a big chunk of them will not be around by Aug.

The people that are committed... they have a tremendous amount of work ahead to get this group to stand-alone self-sustaining, refocused on their purpose, and doing something in the direction of their mission. Whatever "good members" you do get, you're going to burn them out fast because there's just not enough people to do the work.

I'm not saying 20 because most national GLOs target that number as an initial foundation, and they don't target that number because everybody's doin it. I'm saying that number because it's about the minimum that can endure the attrition and do the work while still recruiting fresh meat to the grinder.

Yes, setting a higher goal is formidable. The task of refloating this org is a hundred times harder. The odds against this org are very very steep already. I don't think the pressure of recruiting 20 versus 5 people makes a whole lot of difference in that equation. If they aren't all in against the odds, they're already done.

You didn't have to say fraternities because NPC does NOT start out that way. We don't get a interest group of 20 or so women to start our new chapters. You might want to check out the expansion threads around here. NPC chapters generally start out with a formal recruitment that targets women of all ages to begin a chapter at about "Chapter Average." This works for NPC because of the rules that govern NPC. We don't go around advocating our methods to others BECAUSE we know that the playing field is different for other groups.