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Originally posted by Eclipse
Why do NPC sororities have to have a certain number on a campus to remain on that campus? I can understand the housing issue, i.e. if we don't have enough girls to fill the house/pay dues, etc. we will be in a bad place financially, but for those groups who have no house, and they are meeting the goals of the organization (not sure if this is the case here), what does it matter if they have 10 members or 100? What impact does "campus total" (I think that is what I heard it called) have, especially since different campuses have different "totals"?
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Another thing is that a group that is consistantly FAR below total (I'm talking... if total is 80... 20 members... or if total is 110... 40 members), they just can't compete with the other groups. For example, they are not going to be able to do as well in rush--they just don't have enough people to rush, often resorting to double rushing (which can work but it takes SOO much effort). Also their competitiveness in Greek week, homecoming, etc, is going to be impaired--they don't have the resources or womanpower that other groups can use. Usually, low numbers are a sign of a negative reputation, also, for whatever reason. Usually a chapter that is far below total is considered the "worst" group on campus--this is because the reason they aren't making quota is that women are withdrawing from recruitment when they get cut from the "better" groups on campus. It is really hard to be considered the "worst" sorority on campus--even though these groups a lot of time have many strengths. It becomes a financial drain on the national sorority--they have to send more consultants there to assist with rush, etc. Chapter morale drops. People feel looked down upon and cut back on their chapter participation.
For groups that aren't FAR below total (if total is 80... 50 members... if total is 110... 85 members), this usually isn't as big of a problem. I think ZTA must have seen a bad trend... It sounds like from the article that the original members from the colonization process were rapidly siphoning off/depledging/deactivating. Not a good sign for any chapter.
Because the NPC orgs do their rush together, and because they're all a standard size on each campus, being the smallest group hurts your reputation--it's like year after year in rush you didn't put up the numbers.