I'm a new member of my chapter... as in I haven't even been initiated yet. Rush was just last week! But the girls all seem to be really understanding if you have to miss something because of work or family. I had to miss my first chapter meeting because of work, only because I didn't know ahead of time (before I signed up to work that shift) that the chapter meetings are DURING that shift. They were cool about it, but I'm not going to sign up for that shift ever again. As far as other things go, so far they've been really understanding if anyone can't make it, as long as there's a good reason for it. I guess maybe it does depend on the chapter. This one's been around for 102 years, so I guess they can afford to be more lenient, unlike sigmagrrl's chapter. She's right, I think if a new organization is going to work it needs a lot of particiation from its members. In fact, even an older chapter would die out if everyone just stopped attending functions.
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