Pbear19,
I'm so sorry to hear that. What was it about going National that the naysayers didn't like? Were they just afraid/nervous about expansion or do they really just want to stay local? Did they not feel that your sorority was up to par w/ other service orgs to expand?
Well maybe if you keep working on it, maybe they'll come around. It kinda sounds like some of these people may want your org to be more social than service? I don't know if that's the case or not...just a small observation from what you said. Hmmm, I don't know. I know you really wanted to go National...you put in a lot of effort in gathering info. Just from the times you came on the board, I could tell you were really psyched about going expanding and all. Like I said, maybe you guys will get there. Maybe you all need to work out some type of compromises w/ your sisters that are really into the social aspects of the org. Perhaps you guys could do 1-2 social activities per month or something to that effect? It's kinda like what a lot of the social sororities do, except the reverse. My sorority is social, but we do community service at least once a month. So maybe you guys could do the opposite. I don't know if that would help, it's just one suggestion.
Well I wish you nothing but luck in your future endeavors! Continue to work w/ what you and your sisters have now and perhaps later down the line, you can all still expand.
Much Greek love,
ZC4L