I think the first few years of a new chapter is the most important.
They could fail from internal problems or from playing by different rules. A campus that has been functioning with a local has to make room for a national organization, the playing field is much different.
As for pledging. It is best if you have found a national organization that stands for the same values as the old. You will have new pride, traditions, and not to mention a new name. Which means, bood-bye old... hello new...100%. The groups has to be unified for it to work. National organizations have so much to offer that they could be imbraced with open arms and a welcoming attitude, but sometimes local groups hate the change, it can be very limiting, in the area of regulations, but freeing in the area of oppurtunities.
I know UNC-Pembroke had a new national that went back to the original local...I think that's harsh.
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