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Welcome to my world. I just began an Advisor position this past fall. From what I understand though, the chapter hasn't had an advisor in over 6 years though, which sounds a lot different than your situation. I went to a Volunteer Training for my organization recently and EVERYONE recommended I keep a strong prescence in the upcoming semester. Some of the ladies in my alumnae association also suggested I make events mandatory centered around the areas the chapter is doing poor in (ie. financial management, recruitment, etc.) and plan a day when I will go to do this rather than wait for the chapter to get back to me (which they don't). I try to look at things from an undergrad perspective though, and realize that as alums, we are seen as "big bad National that closes chapters down". I used to think this in the past when I was in undergrad, but I think now that most GLO's really are open to working with problematic chapters, despite what many undergrads may think. I think the problem lies in trying to get the chapters to be more willing to work with National and to get away from doing a lot of negative stuff that may have happened in the past, that is seen as "tradition". I am also open to receiving any "advice" anyone has in this area because I know it is not going to be any easy road ahead of me by any means. I am glad someone brought up this subject because there are so many underlying issues we need to help overcome!!!
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