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[ASTalumna06]

I think there are ways to have the 2nd chapter involved to "fill the room" and not make PNMs feel weary about returning. Possible solutions:

- Bump halfway through, and make sure every PNM talks to at least one girl from the local chapter.

- Put 2 PNMs with 1 local chapter member and 1 member from the visiting chapter in a group together to talk. Things would be "even" and every PNM would get to meet with one local chapter member.

At the very least, I think it should be announced to PNMs that not all of the sisters are from the local chapter. They could do this to make it sound like a positive thing ("We have sisters all across the country, and we like to get together with other sisters from different chapters whenever possible, and we wanted to show you all the wide reach our network of sisters has, blah, blah, blah...). I think the biggest problem is that some PNMs don't know about this ahead of time and then feel "duped" or cheated out of an opportunity to get to know the people that could potentially be their chapter sisters.

It's a tough situation for a chapter to be in, but I think there are better ways to handle it.