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Originally posted by hoosier
If you want to add chapters, think outside the box.
Sure, you and your members and friends and alums would like to start new chapters at Big 10, SEC, Ivy Lg., and major impressive GLO systems, and you can if you totally commit every asset and resource you have (people and $$$) to that one colony for about five years.
On the other hand, you could start five colonies at lesser schools, for less $$$ and effort.
These five lesser school colonies might prosper and grow, because they would have less competition, and the existing competition might be housed in old family residences (not U Miss-style columned mansions), might be smaller in number of members, and might be less competitive.
I would urge you to follow the path many of the fraternities (such as LXA, SPE, TKE) have done and build your number of chapters at the smaller and less-known schools. If you start chapters at Butler, Ball State, and Tri-State, perhaps an opportunity to start at IU, Purdue, or DePauw will come along in a few years.
Good luck.
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At one time, LXA did put Badges and Pledge Pins in.
They quit doing that and have added Listings of GLOs all that or of National Prominence.
We are trying to get them to go back to adding Badges/Pins so that More will know Who some are and learn education about other GLOs.
LXA as such TKE have not totally centered on Major Uns. Yes, I am sure We All want to be there, but Cost is a major factor.
Cost is what is keeping Nationals from expanding to Alaska and Hawaii. It is easier to drive to closer Chapters than have window time. Spend time with Chapters and not on the highway.
If you check, Groups are specifcialy in Groups of the country. More so with Soroitys I think.
As much Money as one might think, HQs arnt Rich.
LXA has a two pronged espansion as some others do, Grow to Schools that are/were State Colleges and are becoming Uns. Also going back and try to recolonize.