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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Agreed. Granted, I come from a chapter that I've never seen at over 20 members in the 5 years since I pledged, and chapters that have new member classes of even 80 people baffle me (although they're definitely not a bad thing). But having a class of 142, and eventually 400 active members, seems excessive. How do you even keep track of new member progress, or how they're contributing (both positively and negatively) to the organization?
I understand that fraternities and sororities function in different ways, but how can you get to know that many people in a recruitment period? There are reasons that sorority recruitment is limited, and why there are rounds and cuts, and while fraternities don't have to take on the same method, it might be a good idea for chapters, on a case by case basis, to somewhat limit how many new members they're taking in. And I'm not saying there should be a rule that it says, "You can't have this many members," but I think the national organization should at some point step in and maybe give some advice on how to recruit, and possibly how to effectively cut down new member classes to a reasonable amount.
And if there is a chapter this large, and if other fraternities are gaining more and more members each year, maybe it's time for expansion... ?
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What other fraternities are doing generally isn't a concern to Alpha Phi Omega due to the type of fraternity we are.
As to the rest of your post, there's been nothing posted to say that the chapter has a problem with retention or tracking the progress of its members. Sure, we don't know how it's done, but it has to be done due to the nature of their bylaws.
Their bylaws also only mandate Fall pledge classes with an option for Spring if they want to, but it requires a referendum.
This is all public information.
I think what's really going on here is that people would not want this for their own chapters, which is fine. But it pretty obviously works for Nu Rho.
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