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I think this is a hard topic, but it's easy to sit here and say that the smaller group should be protected and PNMs should join it. However, it's just not that easy. When I went through rush back in the day, there was one group on my campus that was a lot smaller than all the others. I would not have wanted to join that group. In fact, even if 20 of my friends had wanted to join that house with me, I would not have wanted to because I ABSOLUTELY would not have fit in with them. You really can't expect a PNM to be happy with the 20 or 40 or however many people belong to an organization if she just doesn't fit in with them for whatever reason. It is true that *most* greek organizations have things in common with each other, but when it comes down to it, a PNM has to be comfortable and happy with these PEOPLE on a sometimes daily basis. Why join at all if it's to be with people you don't even like, or with whom you have nothing in common, or whatever?
I wouldn't even think raising total should be considered if there are several groups below ceiling. But when you have ONE group that is only getting 9 members while everyone else is getting 35, I think you really have to ask WHY, and the members of that organization have to ask themselves the same question, although I'm sure they already have.
I'm wondering, though, how long this group has been so small. Was there one incident where something happened to reduce the membership so much, or has it been happening slowly, or has the group always been small?
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