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Originally posted by AOX81
Coming from a school that once had three national sororities I always heard them complaining about their national getting on their asses about their numbers. We went to a small school and their national organizations couldn't grasp the fact that Greek life was small and there was not going to be 40+ active members in every chapter. They all have been threatened over the years about low numbers and having their charters revoked. One of the national sororities decided to go local because they didn't want to deal with their national organization anymore. When you are local you don't have to worry about things like that.
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I was in a local before we went international, so I feel like I can say this. If you're in a local and not worried about numbers then you're not worried about the survival and existance of your group. I know that's not the spirit of the quoted post but every org is concerned about maintaining membership. If they aren't proactive, then they simply will not exist.
While some may view national intervention as 'breathing down their neck'--imagine the resources they have if something does go wrong. If you need training on recruitment or a myriad of issues, a national will have your back and get you those resources you need.
Sororities are great--but they are essentially businesses as well. It takes a certain number of members to make things work--its not an arbitrary number from somewhere in the sky. And I've never heard of a national that asked for a group to be at a number that based on analysis wasn't somehow attainable. If there is quota on total on campus, it means you have that potential.
