There is just one more thing I'd like to add to what I said before, and something to think about for all of you who are at schools that are in the expansion process or thinking about expanding. Something that doesn't really come through in presentations.
It's impossible for the "smaller" orgs to get funding to play with the big orgs if they are only able to open chapters at schools where the average chapter size is in the 20's or 30's. So it's a question of considering what came first, the chicken or the egg? Do you have to have the money/alumnae first, or should you open the chapter so that you can have the money/alumnae?
I do know this: Phi Sig, and probably many other "smaller" groups, want to be at the big schools. We WANT to play with the Kappas, the Pi Phis, the Tri Delts, the SKs, etc. If we have the opportunity to colonize a large chapter, we will do whatever it takes to be successful, and stretch resources like crazy until that colony has what it needs. So then, when you're making the decision, you have to think - what would this chapter mean to each org? While every group values ALL of it's chapters, when it's the kind of chapter that can help boost a "small" org into the "medium" range, versus helping a big group just get bigger... Wouldn't it be that much more meaningful give the small group out a chance to shine?
Just a thought.
