After posting that thread I decided to call 2 out of my 3 sisters because I don't have the 3rd's number. Honestly, I was surprised. I first called my Big (our VP) who ended up talking with me for an hour and getting my enthusiasm back. I guess that's what Bigs are for! Anyway, she is glad to see someone having such enthusiasm and we talked a lot about different ideas we may have for the chapter. She agreed that we need to meet before classes start up so I'm trying to arrange that as well.

I also called my pledge sister. She and I are pretty much opposites so I was pleasantly surprised when she said that she would love to be put down as an officer for that stupid piece of paper.

I am obviously not losing hope knowing that most of my sisters are willing to put in the hard work to keep us going, but an e-mail from our Greek advisor has kept me grounded. She explained that if we cannot find a 5th sisters to take the responsibilities of an officer position than we must appeal to the Associate Dean of Students & Director of Campus Life seeking permission to go on as an organization. The ultimate decision is up to that dean and quite frankly, I'm scared. Our Greek advisor also explained that maybe we should take some time to strengthen our chapter as it currently exists instead of going through formal recruitment. I honestly think that is a great idea. By the time formal is over, I would hope that our chapter is strong enough to COB and get some new girls initiated by the end of Fall semester. Anyway, there's my update. Thank you all for your support!

Greek to Greek,
That1LoudChick