[shadokat]

At my chapter, if you can't pay your dues (and we have payment plans and all that jazz), you become "a sister in bad standing". You can't attend ANYTHING until you pay your debt. But it's not disaffiliation. Some women leave without ever paying them...they don't care. Others will take care of it. One alum left in bad standing in 1991, and came back in 1995 and paid her back dues and we made her an alum. We welcome back anyone who clears up their debts. As prophet says, Greek membership carries a financial obligation, and if you aren't making your new members aware of all of that at the get go, you're more likely to have the delinquency.