As I remember from Greek Social History, ALL Groups Started out as Locals so to speak! That means one Chapter only and expanded from there!
No Matter How large or Small a National is, we all ahve the same problem:
Risk Management=Higher Insurance Rates for you and your Organization.
Risk Management= Higher Dues to pay for these costs.
LXA, does have one of the Highest paid staffs that I know of and I do know that many such as KS and ASA do have a lot of volanteers who go into the field and do work for the Love of Thier Organization.
Tom Helmbock (Exec Sec LXA) and I were talking one time and He stated that ALL Greek Organizations are pinched for Money! No matter how big they are. It is conceivable He said that there may be Mergers which would surprise everyone in the future!! Not just smaller Orgs but between larger ones! Try that on for size!
On any campus, the strong may be top dawgs, but with out any of them how does a Greek World Grow! I started a local knowing many guys in all of the Fraternties on campus aned I had Help from each of the Groups for backing! A the old days when no one thought well with less Orgs, I will be bigger. It does not happen! We all felt, the larger the Greek population was, the better it was for all of us. Not everyone wants to join a current Org as do not see what they really feel and be comfortable with!
That is always why I have had a Problem with NPC Groups. XYZ does not have numbers, well quite whining about it, the reason you dont, is that you as a Org. are not presenting what the hell they want!
Now, just whose fault is that! Not the BIG Soroities, but your own draw backs!
