Charter revocation
Sigma Phi Epsilon, as a national fraternity, has zero tolerance for a lot of things, alcohol abuse and mediocre chapters included. (I'm not trying to insult the bros at W&L, I'm just stating a point) About two years before I joined, our chapter had a membership of about 24 men two semesters in a row, and nationals put them on notice to close. We got our numbers up, and we're been fine ever since. A few times, we've been told by our Regional Directors that we need to increase numbers, but we've never been formally put on notice to close. HQ has never been shy about pulling a chapter's charter if they feel it is needed. I guess since we feel we are the leaders in the fraternity world, we must always be improving, so HQ is sometimes harsh
As to the brothers joining another national fraternity, I was always under the impression that once you have seen a fraternity's ritual, you cannot join another fraternity. At least, that's how it is on my campus. If you pledge a fraternity and drop without seeing their ritual, you must wait a certain amount of time. If you've seen ritual, no other fraternity will even touch you.
I hope everything goes well for the bros at W&L, whatever happens.
In Phi,
Sigep 653
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