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KittyCat, what a wonderful way to embrace the positives of being smaller while showing the PNMs that the chapter would welcome having a lot of members! I'm curious, how large is your chapter now, compared to a year ago?
It's been my experience before that sometimes, in a chapter smaller than the others on campus, they talk about how close they are and how much they like being so small and close-knit. Of course, that is a benefit of having a smaller chapter, but no chapter will grow if it gives the impression that the members like being smaller.
It makes sense to think about emphasizing the opportunities to really have an immediate, positive impact in a chapter. How exciting it would be to have a huge (but close!) new member class who'd be able to truly impact the present and future of their sorority. Just because ABC chapter on XYZ campus may be small now, they could be the campus powerhouse in 2-4 short years. I can give three examples from my own alma mater that illustrates how chapter fortunes can change in less than four years. With two chapters, each one had very successful recruitments a couple years in a row and virtually doubled their chapter each time. Now, both chapters are two of the strongest on campus. The third chapter had a couple of less than successful recruitments and are still working their way back. They've got great members and a very strong sisterhood, they just have about 1/3 of what the other chapters are returning with. It's hard, but it can be done.
Christin
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