[kddani]

There is one group at our school that has always been small. For awhile they were hovering around 15 sisters (total is 60) and never seemed to make a huge effort to get more girls. During a couple recent rushes, they took more girls and got up to probably 35 or so? But it's been rumored that they want to go back to being small b/c they like for everyone to be able to live in the suite (our suites hold between 15-17 people, depending on the layout).
It's not that they're being selective. They don't have a great rep on campus.
If anything, it's holding the rest of campus back. Where it's conceivable that we could open to expansion (or god forbid, raise total, which fire1977 and I both agree isn't a good idea), this house being consistently small could hold us back a lot.
Numbers in almost all the groups on campus have gone up since COBing has become more popular, but they're one of the groups that really hasn't tried very hard.
Maybe they don't realize how them staying small can effect everyone else?
I also wonder how their HQ puts up with it? Don't we all consistently say that there's always pressure for more members?
How do they financially operate? I've heard that they get a decent amount of alumnae money (they're always updating their suite), but still. 16 girls doesn't pay the bills!