as others have said all national chapters aren't like that. prior to going into recruitment our chapter had only 15 members. since that is the norm at our school our national has never given us any problem with that. your lucky though that as a local you were able to re-organize after your chapter closed, thats something that most locals aren't afforded.
that's something that is really important to me about being in a national - my organization is here to stay. Bad choices by future actives or the whim of a single school's administration will not have to power to stop by organization. If the local that eventually became AEPhi at my college in 1954 hadn't gone national it would have disappeared it the 70's with all the other GLO's on my campus. There were many locals back then and none of them have returned.
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Originally posted by PhoenixAzul
See, I don't think I could handle being in a national...having plege classes of 100 or more. We had a pledge class of 9 girls...each of them wonderful, beautiful, talented. With an active chapter of 17, we are the smallest sorority on campus. The pledge class before mine was 6 girls, the one before that had been 4. But the thing is that we are 83 years old, we went inactive in the early 70's I believe, and then were resurrected in 85, stronger and more rockin' than ever. What I love about our locals is the history they have. Each one is over 80 years old. They all have these incredibly unique traditions and styles that are distinctive to them and really add a certain flavor to Otterbein. 30% of our campus of 3000 is Greek, and we're damn proud.
I love my small chapter. We're hoping for 13 pledges this year, but even if we get 2, i'm sure they'll be damn proud delta kittens through and through!
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