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Originally Posted by dnall
That's all nice. I'm not slighting any of it.
But, that's not an NIC fraternity. Very few people join (or will continue to pay/stick around with) an NIC fraternity so they can do study hours with the highest GPA on campus or participate in a philanthropy event.
It's a lot harder to run an event that generates 50k/yr to a charity when you have 20 people to work on it. It's a lot harder to have a party every other weekend that actually complies with school/national rules when your social budget comes form less than half the money paid by only 20 people. I'd be a little short of my personal personal annual entertainment expenses on half the dues rate my chapter charges times 20.
At no point have I said he'd have a horrible greek experience and should end himself immediately. That's just dumb. I said they'll always be resource strapped as long as they are small. That will define them because it will restrain almost everything they will want to consider doing.
I've been there and it sucks. The difference between broke and comfortably well off is massive. Regardless if it's an individual or a chapter.
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If you're a 20 man chapter (and every other chapter on campus is 60+) and trying to run a 50k/yr event, you're doing it wrong. If you're on a campus where 50k/yr events are the norm, then of course a smaller chapter won't have the resources. No one disagrees with you there.
BUT if you're not on a campus that does 50k/yr events, 20+ massive social events, it doesn't matter. This is what people are trying to tell you. A 25 member group can do just as well as a 40-50 member group on my campus without being broke. I have seen it happen.
You have to realize everything isn't either/or. There are shades of gray that don't match your experience.