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The guy said he's in a chapter with 20-something guys, while the other chapters on campus have 50-60.
I did not at any point (nor have I ever) say 60 guys is ideal. There is no real ideal. If I was a 20 man chapter I'd be trying to grow to 30, 30 to 40 to 60 to 80 to 100, and really I don't like the idea of going over that while keeping brotherhood strong.
The only ideal is to achieve your ritual/creed goals while having enough money/manpower to operate at a high level in competition in order to deliver sufficient long-term member satisfaction.
While I agree there are plenty of gray areas across the spectrum, at some point near the bottom of that spectrum you have such limited resources that it prevades almost every decision you make and is a serious limitation to ever doing anything big.
When I'm hungry, it's nice to think about what I'd actually like to eat and go get that rather than say, oh well I can't afford anything so it'll be PB&J again.
That's all I freakin said to the guy. I didn't say his greek experience automatically sucks or anything else. I said life would be much better if they can grow and bring in additional resources. Otherwise he faces some disadvantages. That isn't trashing his org or telling him his life is over. It's motivation for him to work his tail off to make his org grow and achieve great things.
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