Hi,
My name is Rachael Shapiro and I'm president of the Beta Zeta chapter of Phi Beta Fraternity at Berklee College of Music. (http://www.phibeta.org) We got our charter in October, and are currently the only greek letter organization on campus.
Phi Beta is a co-ed national professional fraternity for persons in the creative and performing arts, but is very, very small in comparison to most other national organizations. We have gotten very little direction, and I am worried about my chapter. We started out strong with 25 members, but have already dwindled down to 18. Our school won't help us get a house, and I don't know where to start looking for insurance. Our national group doesn't even have insurance, and they say they won't get it because it will cause our dues to be raised. (National dues are only $25 a year.) Our chapter dues are currently $15 a month, but that doesn't give us much to work with in the way of having events. I really want this fraternity to be the best it can possibly be!
Do you all know any way we can do this? Any suggestions for building brotherhood or getting people to do their jobs? Or do I need to start all over again - starting a local instead, and going through member recruitment until I get a motivated bunch? My school has ridiculous rules about not allowing single-sex clubs, so national sororities or fraternities are out of the question, unfortunately. :-(
I need someone to point me in the right direction, or to let me know of a place that can help us set goals and explain positions to people. We've had elections, but the officers haven't been doing any work, aside from me... and the only reason I know what I should be doing is that I was in a sorority-like youth group in high school.
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
-Rachael Shapiro
President/Founder
Beta Zeta Chapter
Phi Beta Fraternity
http://www.phibeta.org
Help! Please!!!
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