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Originally Posted by BAckbOwlsgIrl
So if you have NM classes of 100+ and chapter size is 310ish. Wouldn't chapter size be 400ish? What happened to the 100 members that left? That is a dropout rate of 25%. What is being done to retain members? Sure we can say that part is finances, some don't like sorority life. But 100 members is HUGE! Then again, 25% is huge. I wish that this board would address membership retention more. I realize that it walks the line on membership selection, internal chapter operations, etc.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I'd like it to be that chapters aren't lauded/penalized for making/not making quota, but rather for their retention rate. I have no doubt that some of the chapters that are getting bitched at after every recruitment would all of a sudden be the fair-haired girls, and vice versa.
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I suspect that in most cases, these 300 plus chapters are over campus total even after members quit or become alumnae. Also, the chapter may not hear much about retention from their HQ simply because HQ knows that these "mega" chapters are likely to have retention issues. Yes 25% is a huge amount and I am sure the HQs desire to retain everyone. But I am guessing it would be difficult to develop specific retention programs for these “mega” chapters - especially in the cases where campus expansion is possible and thus more manageable chapters.
Frankly, I wouldn’t know where to begin to address retention issues for such large chapters.