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Re: Does size matter?
Does it? Yes and no.
The advantages of size begin to erode when the additional chapters are at subpar schools. The quality of national leadership, and of staff, won't be as strong. The ability to raise money is diminished. For example, having 200+ chapters does not mean that the money donating potential is equal among alumni, regardless of alma mater.
My fraternity is also mid-sized (90 chapters,) and we are currently on an aggressive extension aggenda to get to 125 chapters by 2012. Why? Because we figured out that this is how big we need to be to have the revenue needed to provide the level of chapter services that we want. Our average chapter size has grown so much that we may not need to hit 125.
As far as quality goes, there is really no correlation between the number of chapters and the quality of chapters, at least in the short run. There is a correlation between chapter services and the ability to maintain, and improve quality. Chapter services come at a price, and an 8 chapter national will have a hard time competing over the long run.
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