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The story of my chapter's reorganization is long - I'll try to keep it short. AEPhi has always been much smaller than the other sororities on my campus. Nationals basically told them "make quota during fall rush or else". They didn't make quota (though they still got some good new members).
The "or else" was a reorganization. Each sister was individually interviewed by people from the national office, who then decided who would be invited to remain an active sister and who would be asked to take alumna status. The new members who had joined that year were exempted, I believe.
No one was asked to disaffiliate, but a few girls were so upset by the whole thing that they chose to disaffiliate. When the dust settled, there were only about 10 active sisters left.
Some of the best and most involved girls in the chapter, including some officers, were asked to become alums. That really bothered me... I honestly don't know what the national officers were looking for when they chose who to keep.
But I must admit that it's worked out well - the chapter is back up to about 25 members, and currently in the midst of formal fall rush, where hopefully they will get some great new members!
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