So my IFC E-Board came back not too long ago from an IFC Regional Conference, and one of the things discussed there was the NIC "Open Expansion" Policy which states:
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Open Expansion
No NIC member organization is prohibited from selecting undergraduates for the purpose of establishing a chapter on the campus of the host institution. The host institution's Interfraternity Council may not deter expansion by withholding membership of NIC group from IFC.
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http://www.nicindy.org/standards/sta..._for_campuses/
Because of this, my IFC believes that we can't turn away any fraternity that is interested in coming on this campus. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge advocate for Greek Life and served on IFC two years ago, but Greek Life at my campus is not big (despite us being a big campus), and if we just allow any fraternities to come on board, our greek system will be diluted with lesser quality people and these orgs will struggle to stay afloat and probably close down after a couple years, not to mention we have a few strugglers now and it makes more sense for the IFC & the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life to concentrate on helping them first before allowing 2 or 3 new fraternities to come on board (we regularly get that many requests each year).
I honestly can't believe that the NIC really demands from its campuses that we just allow any org to come here and start up a local chapter, especially considering that it could potentially be detrimental to our greek system here as a whole. Can anyone offer me some suggestions on what to do here? More specifically, if you have any concrete proof that says that we do not have to be 24/7 open to expansion, that would be great because I could show that to my Greek Advisor and we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Thanks!!
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