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While I respect your opinion DWAlphaGam, and I've been in your shoes, I disagree.

#1. You CAN turn a house around in a year or two if the situation is right. I know it's not always possible, but we did it at my school with my chapter, and went from 16 to 43 (total is 50 and nobody's there) in one year. How you ask? We found a whole lot of freshmen who wanted to start their own sorority and said, no need for that...we'll take all of you. They were an amazing group of women, all of them. Not one bad apple, and it has changed the entire landscape of the sorority life there.

#2. If a sorority system is growing and thriving, sans one group, and that group makes the effort to turn things around and are unsuccessful, bringing a new group in won't harm the system. You're right, it may be the cause of the closure of the small group, but unfortunately, most women going through recruitment hear the rumor mill and know the reputations associated with the smaller houses, whether they are true or not. They don't want to be a part of the sorority with the bad reputation, as I said, whether it's true or not. The stigma that follows chapters who get into numbers troubles is hard to shake unfortunately. Bringing a new group in without a reputation would be much more likely to succeed on a campus with limited spots.

I know how you feel DW, trust me I do. I just know that campuses that have chapters that aren't measuring up with the others are starting to think that they just have to cut their losses with the struggling group and start anew.

I don't know your chapter DW or your campus, and I don't know what your reputation is, etc. These are just my thoughts. I respect your hard work and determination to be successful.