need help

[oh.me]

hi there,
i know there have been many threads about this, but i need alot of help. i'm currently a member of a local sorority and i am not happy in this organization. I have my own idea of what sisterhood and a sorority should be about and i don't feel like this one satisfies. I am considering branching off and starting my own. i know this will be as seen as negative in the eyes of my current sorority. I know that at another school this has been done and there we no hard feelings, but i also know of rivalry sororities that became rivalries because this was done.
right now, my question is if a founder of a local sorority could work with me and give me advice on what to do and how to do it. Right now i am completely lost and although i understamd there are threads about it, they didn't really help much. I only want to make a debut when i'm completely 100% confident.
so please any founding mothers of a local sorority feel free to send me private messages. I really need some help and guidance.
please and thank you

[Kevin]

FYI, you are going to catch a lot of hell around here if you insist on inconsistently using capital letters. If you read through all of those other posts, how many looked like the above?

[33girl]

What is it that you want that this group isn't giving you?
Do any of your sisters feel the same way?
Have you made a true effort to get to know your sisters and get involved?
Do you have anyone else who wants to start a new sorority with you? This kind of thing is very difficult to do on your own - especially when you've left another group.

[KSUViolet06]

To be honest, starting an entirely new sorority is not the cure for not being happy with the one you're in. It's a serious undertaking, and it's not meant for anyone who's looking for an "instant perfect sorority."

Before you go about picking ANYTHING for your new sorority (colors, letters, etc), you need to be sure this is something your school could benefit from.


Ask yourself:

Why exactly do I want to do this? (it takes more than just being "unhappy" with your present sorority to start a new one)

What am I going to get from this new thing that my current sorority is not giving me? (when founding a sorority, you'll mostly be putting work INTO the sorority, as opposed to benefitting from it)

What is this new group going to provide that the existing sororities on campus do not? (girls at your school are probably going to wonder why they should join)

Is there a need for a new sorority on campus?

Are there large numbers of women not interested in the current ones?

Does your school have the level of interest in sororities to support a new group?

How would I recruit women to join this new group? (you can't be a sorority all by yourself)


If you're going to start something on your own, be prepared to answer these questions, because girls are going to wonder why they should join your group as opposed to the existing groups on campus. You need to know the answer to: "Why should I join this sorority instead of any of these other ones?"

There is an ENTIRE thread about this in another forum, and yes, it's long, but the same advice applies to you. You need to read through the whole thing because it is full of stories of women trying to do the same thing you want to do. It's worth taking a good look at: http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=93174

This is not something that is going to be easy at all. If you read throug the info here, it's pretty easy to see that starting your own sorority requires alot of time, effort, and hard work. Understand that your attempt may not even be sucessful. Every school is different and just because it has been done at another, does not mean that it will happen successfully at yours.

I'd try a little harder to get to know your sisters and see if your feelings change, because if you drop out, and you try to start a new sorority, and it fails, you may find yourself NOT greek AT ALL, and regretting it. So think long and hard about this.

[oh.me]

KSUViolet06 that is very good advice. Thank you