Listen, many of you mentioned the facts that I am about to reiterate, but I want to say them again, because the same thing is happening at the school that I advise.
Chances are that the Greek system on your campus is NOT strong enough to take on another chapter. Meaning, chapters are probably not at ceiling and many are not making quota. If this is the case, then adding another NPC chapter into the mix is going to be bad for those chapters that already exist and are probably struggling. If quota is low to begin with, then chances are they are not going to want to divide the final number by another house.
Just because the house does not participate in formal recruitment does NOT mean that they are taking from a different pool of PNM's. Many chapters participate in informal recruitment which is the same thing the local chapters do. Also, if the local chapter is recruiting members upon returning to school, chances are they are pulling people from formal recruitment. PNM's can be Potential New Members for ANY house.
If the existing chapters' national organizations do not want another NPC house, it is due to the binding agreements of all NPC groups. In other words, they are not going to do something that is going to jeopardize any other house. The local group wants badly too be associated with Panhel, unfortunately, they are obviously not welcome. By continuing the pursuit of being NPC, these women are not showing respect for the system that they want to be a part of.
Personally, I believe that they probably would just like to leave a legacy behind.
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