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Wish I knew the answer to that. I never understood the people that wanted to stay local when faced with the likelihood of national affiliation until I became a Phi Chi. I love, respect, and am VERY attached to my letters, but my reasons for wanting to go national way outweigh sentimentality. I can't imagine splitting from my sisters, but I find myself wishing more and more for enforceable policies with a "higher authority" than our standards board. I also really want to be able to move to another town and look up a local group of sisters, something that we as a local won't be able to do. If your group is struggling so hard, I understand why you would be torn. If it's the majority of you, I would just try really hard to persuade the other sisters so that you could keep your sisterhood together.