Mergers...is is still possible?

[33girl]

Originally posted by NebraskaDelt
Sooner or later, an organization is going to come to a point where the cost of joining the organization does not satisfy the cost of running it. Thus, they will have to raise dues. There will then be a point where people will not be willing to pay for such dues. The organization will either need to cut resources, reduce standards to be a member in order to get more money, or merge with another organization in order to keep costs down on both dues and national organizational costs.

I initiated in 1998 and initiation dues were $230 which includes a lifetime subscription to the national magazine. Less than 10 years later and our dues are nearly $280 without a lifetime subscription to the magazine.

Luckily for us, we have an amazing alumni base who helps out with funding the resources needed to run a great organization.

Hence, as there have been mergers before, it will be inevitable that mergers will happen again. Just because a sorority is in the NPC does not protect them from the necessary action of possibly merging if the necessity arises.

If that's all you are concerned about, it's already happening - magazine subscriptions are going bye bye and while I'm sure it pisses off some people, it pisses off way fewer people than a merger would.

And if you merge, you have to realize (especially at this juncture) you'll lose lots of alumni support.

I see sororities getting out of NPC and recruiting and running on their own terms - and possibly forming an alternate type of conference - before they would ever merge.