[AZ-AlphaXi]

While I'm sure that each of us would love to see a dormant chapter revived, the task of doing so at university with a large greek system can be involved.

The first major part for expansion is the proper authority provision in the NPC unanimous agreements as set out in the "green book". The campus panhellenic council ( as the proper authority in this case) must first agree that a new chapter is needed. As doubleblue&gold said, the strength of the whole NPC system on the campus must be considered first. If there are groups that are below total, the campus may decided to work on helping them before asking anyone else to colonize. If recruitment numbers are steady (or even going down) there might not be enough women interested to justify opening to a new group. There are alot of conditions that must be in place and research done before a campus, especially one with a large greek community, opens for expansion.

My first step would be to join the alumnae association in the area. The more alumnae support there is for a new chapter the better the chances are for them to be chosen.