[Kevin]

Let me sum up what I've been saying...

Inter/National orgs have to change the way they look at chapters as the time goes by. Each chapter is seen as an investment. Just like with any investment there are good ones and bad ones -- some degree of risk is always involved.

Risk means lawsuits... What is the risk vs. the money coming in to pay the insurance premiums? Insurance is probably (no hard figures to back this up but I'd gather as much) the #1 expense of inter/national fraternities.

All I said is that I think TKE is taking a different approach to this problem. They are choosing to ignore the risk that has been identified by others from the outside of these chapters looking in -- they identify the risk by pulling their support for the existance of the organization on their campus. TKE has decided that it is better to try to maintain the financial/manpower input from organizations that others have deemed to be 'at risk'.

I see two possible outcomes if this behavior continues unchanged:

#1. They grow and prosper.
#2. They are sued or their premiums raise high enough to put them out of existance because they allow chapters that are known to be high-risk to continue to operate unabated.

Regardless of what you think only time will be the judge of whether this strategy works or not. If it works, I'd hope to see more inter/national groups follow suit (and they'd be smart to). I think that in these new times though everyone else is just playing it safe.