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Here's a question on the new setup...did your alumni/chapter own the other building? There are a lot of campuses looking into the "Greek Village" concept, and the thing that kills the deal in the majority of cases is the fact that the alums own the building and won't have any say about things @ the new abode.
On top of that, if the chapter's forced to move into the "Village", then the alums are stuck w/a building that they have to find tenants for. It's one thing to be a landlord for your own brothers/sisters, but another to be just renting to anybody that's going to the university.
Granted, this setup has a lot of advantages: new building, C-L-E-A-N, in a place specifically made for GLO's, etc. On the other hand, I know some alums don't want to hand the reins of control over their chapter to the university.
I know of one instance where the university wants to have an "R.A."-style situation, where a school employee lives in the chapter house to keep an eye on things. The chances are this individual won't be a member of the GLO (they may not even be Greek). I suppose this isn't too different from the housemother concept, but it strikes me as a bit of "Big Brother is watching".
Thoughts, guys?
ZAX,
BF
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Bill Foltz, B-O 130
Illinois State '77
"People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."
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