[Aphigal]

Been there done that and got the t-shirt!

I pledged a local and was a member throughout college. The local was 5 years old when the college decided to tell us we needed to have 1 million dollar insurance policy to be recognized. Add this to our declining rush numbers (we rushed in formal recruitment and were full voting memers of Panhel) The sisters needed to act or we would loose the chapter.

By my name you can tell we ended up going national. It wasn't without a tough decision (not everyone is the local decided to join -although everyone was invited to) It hasn't been a ad thing though. The chapter still sends newsletters and updates to those who remained Phi Alpha Sigmas (the name of the local) and those who went Alpha Phi, many of are still volunteers on the local and national level.

I would be more than happy to dicuss the whole colonization selection process and what happened in detail with you...private message me (PM) with your email.

I guess the question is if you are considering affiliating with a national than you want to make sure your group has a choice in the process and that Panhel doesn't make the choice for you. Some groups will take the whole colony, some won't.

It is a big choice, for me and my sisters it worked out best to "go national" I want to make sure you know both the ups and downs of making that decision since we sure didn't have a clue what we were getting into!