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I'm not going to name names (mainly because I'm not sure at this point who does what), but here are some of the things that I think are (God how I hate this phrase) best practices:
1. Having special groups for younger women. It's a lot less scary to walk into a room full of people you don't know if you know they're all around your age - and lots of new alumnae don't know WHAT to expect.
2. Having geographically-based alumnae chapters, AND collegiate chapter-based chapter associations. Too many times alum chapters end up segregated by collegiate chapter and anyone from outside that chapter doesn't feel welcome. It also pretty much defeats the purpose of being in a national sorority. Knowing there is a place to go to just discuss what's going on at State U alleviates that.
3. Have at least 10 (or better yet 15 or 20) women when starting a new alumnae chapter. If you can't pull that many girls together, then the chapter is just going to be the same people doing the same thing year after year.
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It is all 33girl's fault. ~DrPhil
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