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There are about 16,000 total students at Dalhousie, meaning approximately 8,000 men at the school. There are only 5 fraternities on campus, and none of them are very large. We have no house and about 5 elders whom we ever see, not including 1-5 from the previous few graduating classes. Which means little to no alumni support, but we manage. We would love more rush, and hope to have a more fruitful year in the fall. The average siaze for our chapter is around 17-20 men, our goal has always been 40, but 10-12 is a far cry from that amount. Most Canadian chapters are not as large as the American ones, but ours is smaller then in recent years.
As for distance, we are a bit different then most chapters being on a peninsula 4 hours from the closest chapter, and about 8-10 hours from the next closest chapters after that. (these distances are in driving hours of course.)
Has anybody ever suggested virtual LTI's??? Where chapters or members who could not physically attend could see the LTI's via webcam or something of that nature..... Just a sugestion. Would be harder to actively participate, but we would at least be able to hear the valuable information. Not sure if this might just discourage some from attending, but a different idea.
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