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Originally posted by Firehouse
...the chapter should take in two, maybe three pledges classes every semester, put them through the process quickly and initiate them. Yes, fast growth can cause problems, but the truth you can take to the bank is that numbers will solve most all chapters problems and do it quickly. You go in at the beginning, tell the women what you are going to do and tell them what the result will be: they will have a chapter they can be proud of, and one which will build their confidence and enrich their experience.
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This can work....but you have to have a strong, organized new member education process and an equally strong member education process. Teach the new members their sorority information before initiation, and teach ALL the members (new and old) how to operate like a strong, efficient chapter through year long education and guidance. Isn't this how a colony starts from the ground up?
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Everyone wants to be "better", and better is what they can see in tangible results. yes, some of the other sororities may make snide remarks, but you can pass that off as evidence that the small house is getting attention, gaining strength, and will be in a position to compete.
I've seen this done with men. I even saw it done once with women. It wasn't done correctly and didn't have perfect results
but the results were still very good.
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I'm watching this happen this VERY SEMESTER. Try going from 2 initiated members to 18. From nonexistent to competitive. Snide remarks included (and very transparent). The key is proper member education once you get the members. A poor education program will teach members to be inefficient, disorganized, and too relaxed on their standards, and they will start bidding women who are inefficient, disorganized, and don't live up to proper standards, girls who then won't want to work for the chapter (and the girls who do get burned out) and then you're back to square one.
Potentially controversial solution, Firehouse, but one that can work. It all depends on the situation and the campus.