YAY!!! New local sorority in the works here :)

[BlueEyedButrfly]

Hi everyone!!!! My name is Mary and I'm from Rhode Island. I currently attend Rhode Island College which has hardly any Greek life (1 fraternity, 1 sorority that we're not even sure exists anymore!) so I decided to do something about it Myself and a few other girls were going to re-activate a dormant chapter of a national sorority but their wasn't a great response (mainly due to the amount of dues that would have to be paid) so I decided, after visiting this site, to start a local one!! I met with the activities director today and it seems like it is going to be a LOT easier, not to mention cheaper because they do not require college recognized organizations to purchase separate insurance (imagine...a college that actually trusts its students to behave appropriately! lol). So, needless to say, I'm SUPER excited! I have the name picked out: Sigma Iota Theta and did many google searches where I did not find any other orgs with that name (Let me know if any of you know of any!), as well as the colors, motto, symbol, jewel, and flower. I just have to type up the constitution and submit it to the college for ratification!! I was wondering if anyone could help me with the rituals...I've never done this before and I don't know anyone who has, soooo I'm lacking ideas because I'm not sure exactly what rituals consist of. Don't worry, I'm not asking anyone to tell me specifics of their rituals, just asking for a little guidance!

Thanks!!!
Mary

[Drolefille]

Well, pledging would be a promise to learn more about the sorority and to hold up the ideals. Initiation is basically when you learn about all the ritual information and again promise to uphold the ideals (including those you've just learned)

[BlueEyedButrfly]

Thanks!

I have a couple of questions:

1.) Do the founders of a local sorority (or any new sorority for that matter) initiate themselves or do they begin initiating only when they have a new class?

2.) Do local sororities needs charters?

[Drolefille]

Those are both up to you. It's your group so you make the rules! I would suggest initiating yourselves (so to speak) before you bring in a new class. But I'm not in a local so perhaps someone else can speak to this.

[SoCalGirl]

I seem to recall that our founders initiated each other. But I do also seem to recall that at least one founder of another national sorority was never initiated at all.

[BlueEyedButrfly]

ooooh...i like the idea of initiating eachother!!!