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Yeah, I'd definitely agree that things in my chapter were never horrible, but there certainly were some striking differences from the chapter at chartering and also the makeup of my chapter the way it is today.
I think that the slump is also somewhat dependent on the goals and objectives of your chapter. We were founded basically with the highest intentions (win everything on campus, compete for international awards, etc.) and to have alot of fun. Other chapters may have been chartered simply as a social organization with few other expectations from their members.
Our "slump" really was made out to be bad because we weren't #1 on our campus right off the bat, so we had alot of internal struggles. I would suspect that slumps that other organizations may have is due to members mainly becoming apathetic and not pulling their weight. These can be two very different things.
Which one do you think your chapter may have, ktsnake? From what you've discussed, it sounds like the first one, not immediately living up to the high expectations as opposed to having problem members.
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