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Originally Posted by gee_ess
I agree with Wavycutchip.
I think the comment about just being thrilled with some invites, is actually pretty valid. We read this sort of thing in recruitment stories all the time. "Girls were hysterical all around me because they only got invited back to one house. I was so thrilled to have a nearly full schedule."
I assure you, this feeling was a rarity at Arkansas until this year. Maybe this experiment will pay off...
But, and it's a big but, AOPAngel is right. Retention is key. I do think the whole system is working to be cooperative and supportive of each other. Housing will definitely help. The road is long but I do think it can happen.
Another thought - the larger chapters have retention issues as well. These large classes are a liability to sisterhood and it becomes easy to drift away from the group.
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I would have to think the larger you get the harder it is to keep all your members engaged. Some retention with the upper echelon must come with the cache of membership, but I agree that size is a liability of everyone. I have talked to the NM educator from our chapter at Arkansas. They have such creative ways to foster sisterhood in these big chapters that we in smaller chapters would never think of like rotating small groups for new member meetings, Senior- NM, Junior- NM get togethers, etc. I am really impressed. Of course, if you are a wall flower, all of this could be really overwhelming.