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the chapter has been struggling with numbers for some time now. in the beginning of the decline of numbers, there really was no advisory committee...hq was just about no where to be found. when they came the chapter just got yelled at. it really left a bad feeling in most member's minds. if they had received the help at this time, i think the chapter could have been successful.
yes, i am the advisor, and i should know what is going on, but i can tell you that the executive council doesn't tell me everything. i believe they are missing the major points. there are problems within the exec council and they fight amongst themselves. when i am there, they are like the perfect group, then i get wind of "issues" later. i just picked up this position recently. the chapter basically ran the other advisor out of town (and most of the advisory committee) because of their secrecy, lack of communication with the advisory committee, and a variety of other things. i realize that i have inherited these problems, but i need to make them better and i don't know how.
i have overheard things while visiting the chapter from chapter members, such as, "what are they doing here?" (meaning members of the advisory committee) or "great, now what are we going to do?" i have heard snippits of concerns from sisters and i suspect that hazing is occuring in our pledge program, although i can not confirm this. they want to compete with the other chapters on our campus, so they think they have to haze too! (and i can confirm that the other chapters haze. they did while i was a student...and continue to do so years later. they really don't bother to hide the hazing, either. chapter members throwing food on new members in the middle of the street hardly leaves room for wonder.)
as far as help from hq, well, let's just say, they are less than helpful. i really don't know how many times to email the same people with the same questions and NOT to get a reply. it is not just me either. the president doesn't get responses, either!
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