off the NPHC focus, and more towards no council nationals and special interest sororities
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Originally Posted by Mevara
I don't see why another sorority would want to join NPC. What does NPC have to offer them?
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Even though I am an NPC member I completely agree with this. Sure we can let groups opt out of formal recruitment or adjust to having chapters comfortable with smaller numbers but I think our extension policies would completely stifle the growth of any group that has a particular focus or is smaller but trying to grow.
A non-NPC group can be initially spearheaded by as little as 1 or 2 persistent women. And if the group is national in the sense they have advisors and insurance they can often get officially recognized as a sorority with as little as a dozen women and grow from there as they prefer. They can be proactive in their extension attempts and actively reach out to women to start a chapter of their organizations at schools that make sense to them.
Joining NPC would ruin this for them. I don't see how a small general interest sorority could ever compete and win in our regular open extension process. And from my personal experience as a member of a "special interest sorority" I don't even think it serves us amazingly. Though I have never been directly involved with my groups extension efforts this is how I see it: We basically have to hope that special interest groups are formed since we can't actively try to create them ourselves and hope that CPC will let them pursue national affiliation before they either give up, decide to stay local or affiliate with a non-npc group b/c its easier. We have a century of history and name recognition in the jewish community that helps us out but a chapter just meeting npc's membership requirements doesn't have that and i think it would be hard for them to get around it.