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To echo CutiePie, you didn't hear this first hand. Speaking as a former regional officer, if I'd gotten this kind of report, my response would be that it is hearsay. I might, in my next general correspondance to chapters emphasize the need to be supportive of other chapters in the province using the issue of recruitment as the basis for my comments. That is, if I heard a member of XYZ bashing another chapter of XYZ, I'd question their sincerity. You never know who will overhear you!
Bottom line, you need to meet the girl in person, proudly wearing your badge, saying that you would love to share ideas, see her house, have her visit yours. It is likely that she really doesn't know anything about you or your chapter first hand and is simply repeating something someone else said. Before you bring in advisors, you need to make sure that is really what she thinks and why.
I can totally relate to being thought of as the "embarrasment chapter". As an alum, I now know that they did not think of us negatively, but I still remember going to State Day and feeling like the country cousins being the only chapter who did not know how to sing the Pi Phi Grace (we were not housed, if we ate together, it was in public). We were trying to compare ourselves to Ohio State with their gorgeous house, or Miami with their 180 members.... that's comparing apples to oranges. While being part of the same GLO, it's a different campus with different needs. Every chapter has their strengths and challenges. If your international really thought that you were struggling, trust me, you would know and it would be no one's business but yours!
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