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I'm the CA of a chapter that is currently undergoing a redevelopment. The only thing I can tell you is that it is HARD!
The very first thing we did was tell the chapter women the plan. If they could not agree to the terms and dedication that the redevelopment is taking, they were granted Alumna Status. We sent out a mailer to all Alumnae that graduated from our chapter and to all local Alumnae (regardless of the chapter they were initiated in). Our redevelopment is mostly Alumnae driven and coordinated. As Chapter Adviser you can NOT chair the redevelopment!!! You will go insane! I don't do it and I swear that I've gone almost completly crazy!!! We did not participate in formal recruitment last semester as there was no way we could have been competitive. Instead we chose to use last semester to develop a plan of execution for a redevelopment this semester. We had a two week plan in place to do very well planned and publicised parties. Honestly, It isn't going quite how we had planned and I don't know why. We sent out 500 mailers to a list of freshmen and transfer students who said they were interested in Greek Life, but they were never contacted by the school. We got the list from the Greek Advisor on Campus. We have over 100 women who help in various ways. Some financially, some with time and planning, some with PR, etc. I recommend that you find someone to see how many and to what extent you can get your alums to help.
You CAN NOT do this alone. We have not had any help from international, but we do have a person that works for our international and help to start one of our colonies. She kind of covertly helps us! If we did not have her, I don't know what we would do!
I hope that helps!
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