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Originally posted by newsun
I have never been involved in the process when an estabished local sorority joins an inter/national sorority, so can anyone explain what happens to the local sorority's members.
For example, what happens to the local sorority's alumnae? Do they automatically become alumnae of the national sorority, or do they have to come back and be initiated at the chapter installation?
Also, what if there are women in the chapter who do not want to go with the national? Do they deactivate before the local sorority begins the new member process with the national?
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The local sorority's alums are not "automatic" national sisters, since they have not gone through ritual. They have to come back and be initiated. Depending on the age of the local and the policies of the national group, sometimes this entails just the girls who were in school when the national colonization started, and sometimes the national invites ALL local alums to become national sisters (I think they have to pass a basic info test).
If there are women who don't want to go national, they don't have to "deactivate" since when the local colonizes with the national, it ceases to exist. they can still wear letters, etc, but it's like if their chapter closed. When they graduate, the local dies out.