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Old 09-26-2015, 08:22 AM
DubaiSis DubaiSis is offline
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I think the perfect chapter size/house size is one that will sleep the sophomores plus exec plus a few. When it gets where not even all the sophomores can live in (which basically mean they never get to live in) then it's time for expansion or construction or both. But I would NOT be too supportive of increasing the building size because this massive growth WILL reverse. Probably not to the 70's era problem, but I wouldn't want to deal with a house that has to sleep 100 in order to pay the bills. If it is built to sleep 100 and was paid for 20 years ago, then it can probably sleep 75 and just give everyone more breathing room, but suddenly having it sleep 50 and the seniors absolutely positively will not live in, and will resign if forced to, then you've got a problem.

KSU seems to have a very strong and stable Greek system so I'd be supportive of them having houses that sleep 50+ but I'm glad to see there is growth happening there. When there aren't even classrooms that can hold you, it's time for a change.

Even tightening down RFM (dare I say bigger cuts after round 1?) to decrease quota at the end should be considered at some schools. Yes that will eliminate the fantastic placement numbers, but at least it would be for a decent reason. I would think RFM could be tweaked so that a goal of, say, quota of 75 could be reached. It couldn't be written in stone that way for RFM to continue to work correctly. But if they know the SRCs get 90% return rates, then they should be able to figure out a new baseline number after round one. Would the earth tilt off its axis?
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