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Old 04-17-2008, 11:46 AM
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In my experience, chapters that are VERY small (under 15) tend to be not close at all...and this is why they are small. In what I've seen, the lack of closeness contributes greatly to the low numbers because they can't recruit.

Edit: To elaborate, now that I have more time, in the chapters around me that are seriously low in numbers, it is because they have failed to recruit. Consistently with these chapters as well, their failure to recruit is not because of a lack of effort - it is because they don't have the brotherhood or sisterhood to attract potential new members. I have only seen one of these chapters REALLY turn it around, and they did it by graduating out as many people as possible and completely revamping their image - and taking anyone. From there, they were able to be a little more exclusive in the next few classes, and more exclusive after that.

Anyone seen anything similar or different?

This is, of course, referring to IFC/NPC only. I know there are a lot of tiny NPHC chapters, but that size isn't a big deal for them like it is for us.
I don't know how much you get a sense for "brotherhood or sisterhood" out of one week of rush before deciding which GLO you want to join. I think a lot of it plays into Image, the rich get richer kind of scenario.

You can't say you felt a strong fraternal bond after partying with some guys for 2 nights... c'mon now
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