closed chapters

alphaiota · #1 09-09-2002, 09:45 PM

is anyone else the alumni member of a closed chapter? i'm just wondering b/c i was an active member of the alpha iota chapter at miami university in ohio until we voted to close in may of 2001. it was really sad

, but we needed to do it. anyhow, if anyone wants to talk about it, let me know.

Shelley J

ONE HEART
ONE WAY
THE WAY OF
SIGMA K!!

shopgirl · #2 09-10-2002, 12:24 AM

I'm really sorry to hear that your chapter closed. Personally, it really bothers me to learn when a Sigma Kappa chapter has closed.

My secret little dream is to travel around the country and install chapters of Sigma Kappa on every college campus.

I know, I know...keep dreaming.

ONE HEART, ONE WAY.

sigkapdancer · #3 09-10-2002, 01:44 PM

I'm an alumni of Theta Omicron at Arizona State. National HQ closed us in spring 2002. (actually there's a whole thread on this subject somewhere)

alphaiota · #4 09-11-2002, 10:32 PM

i know the feeling shopgirl
i want to go to other chapters just so i can help rush. and go to other schools that dont' have chapters of sigma kappa and colonize them
i think we should get together and start our own sigma kappa crusade.

we can start at our schools and move on to arizona state so sigkapdancer can have her chapter back.

shelley j
sigma k

shopgirl · #5 09-11-2002, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by alphaiota
i know the feeling shopgirl
i want to go to other chapters just so i can help rush. and go to other schools that dont' have chapters of sigma kappa and colonize them
i think we should get together and start our own sigma kappa crusade. we can start at our schools and move on to arizona state so sigkapdancer can have her chapter back.

shelley j
sigma k

Sounds like a plan.

Colleenie · #6 09-12-2002, 09:21 PM

Shelley ~

Now, tell me again why you don't work for NHQ???? hee hee!

Your attitude is super! I love it - The Sigma Kappa Crusade!!

And about Theta Omicron... I've been thinking about calling the VP for collegiate chapters and having her help the Phoenix alums put together a plan to get Theta O back up and running within the next couple of years.

alphaiota · #7 09-12-2002, 09:48 PM

funny you should say that colleenie, i've applied to NHQ before without success. actually i just emailed a friend of mine at NHQ about any new positions opening up. here's to hoping.

shelley j
sigma k

SigKapAZ · #8 10-03-2002, 02:17 AM

I am also a member of Theta Omicron, and still somehow involved in the Greek Community (I teach Greek Leadership), but I really do hope, for the sake of our younger girls that we can get Theta O up and running in another year. There is so much that I miss! I never knew how much I would miss date parties, Barn Dance, Formals, Meetings.... being with my sisters. There is so much that hits close to home, and its hard and unfair, but hopefully soon things will come full circle.
SigKapDancer- It was good to see you!
Colleenie- I miss you! Call me!

alphaiota · #9 10-21-2002, 12:22 AM

just so yall know, looks like phi mu is taking sigma kappa's spot at miami university. doesn't look like we will be able to recolonize for a long time if ever (at least in my lifetime).

shelley j
sigma k

SigKapSundevil · #10 12-09-2002, 11:51 PM

Don't give up! Just because Phi Mu is recolonizing doesn't mean that ya'll can't too!!

UofISigKap · #11 12-10-2002, 06:21 PM

I'm sure this has already been discussed, but what is the window that national organizations seem to use for deciding when to re-collonize? Does it have to be at least five years or something like that?

alphaiota · #12 12-10-2002, 08:41 PM

actually i found out a lot about this recently. i talked to jane allen, a national person, and she said that when a college/university decides to bring in another fraternity/sorority, they contact each glo to let them know it's time to bid for a spot.

once word goes out, each glo has to try and get a spot just to give a presentation to the school. basically the school invites certain ones and let's them pitch a presentation to them as to why they'd be the best choice.

then after those presentations, the school decides who the open spot goes to based on the presentation and so on.

i want to be part of that team that pitches to the schools and secures invitations to pitch.

shelley j
sigma k

FuzzieAlum · #13 12-11-2002, 12:27 PM

Sorry to but in, but ....

The NPC recently adopted a rule that if a sorority closes a chapter, the sorority can recolonize within a year, and no one can stop them. But past a year, they are subject to the same comeptitive system as any other sorority that might wish to colonize.

I don't think this happens a lot. If a chapter closes because of bad behavior, generally their nationls want to wait a few years for the rep to fade. And if they close for numbers, frequently nationals feels that that campus just can't support that many sororities - or that what they offer isn't right for that campus. But in AXD at least, in the last couple of years we had chapters recolonize that we barely even noticed were closed, it happened so fast.

I don't suppose that helps your Miami chapter though, because it's been more than a year.

33girl · #14 12-11-2002, 12:38 PM

I think when a chapter was closed (unless it was recolonized within the year window) most nationals used to say it had to stay closed 5 years. But now with the amount of people who stay in school for 5-6-7 years, that wasn't really filling the purpose of filtering out the "old" sisters, so it's been changed to a year after the last initiate graduates or 5 years, whichever is longer.

alphaiota · #15 12-11-2002, 12:54 PM

yes, they do like to wait til the original sisters have graduated usually, but in the case of recolonizing after one year obviously they can't do that. in such a case they have the original sisters observe a silence period where they don't wear letters and don't affiliate with the sorority at all. sort of like being a rho chi.

i had to learn all of this when my chapter closed. sorry if i forgot to mention the one year thing and all. i'm looking more towards the future of trying to recolonize at a later date.

we didn't recolonize at miami b/c for now we aren't really working for miami's campus. regardless of our incredible sisterhood, we couldn't keep up with the 150 sister chapters such as AXD, pi phi, AXO, etc. etc.

when our chapter closed, we had over 30 girls go through order. at most schools that would be an entire chapter of good size. at miami however, unless you don't recognize majority of your sisters, it's not a very good chapter.

i'm happy to say that i'm going to be helping the kappa gamma chapter at U Dayton rush in jan. we'll have to do a numbers list again after this rush. see how many more sisters we have.

shelley j
sigma k