Thanks for the update!
One thing to remember, if you stay a Local, there are many draw backs especially in Insurance Costs.
Yes, I am a proponent of affiliation with a National. Just for that reason as one. The other is finding Sisters/Brothers from all over and still having relationships with them.
Last year, I attended My First General Assembly and met many Brothers of LXA who are also on G C. It was a Hoot to see the faces and types of people they were.
But, We all had one thing in common, We wore the same Badge, Letters and had Common Goals. 600 + to be a little exact.
While I started a Local and still wonder if We could have built to a National Status, it is so much harder today.
We also Helped a Local get started at Our School and had a chance to Affiliate with Phi Mu, they decided not to. They have been gone for many Years and only LXA Brothers who helped start them Remember!
Think Long and Hard.
