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Originally Posted by keystone 209
I just hate it when I've worked so hard on something and I know it'll make our chapter better and everyone just like...refuses to change if it involves radically different way of doing things.
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There's the problem IMO. People hate change period. When it's radical change, they'll fight tooth and nail. Based on what the OP posted about members saying their grades weren't that good before joining, I think another problem is some sisters feel that had these high standards been in place when they were recruited they wouldn't have qualified. Therefore maybe they wouldn't feel like they belong in this "new and improved" sorority. Or it might make them feel like hypocrites to say "Sure I only had a 2.3 when I joined, but
you need a 2.7."
I suggest devising more long term strategies/goals with small changes each year. People can accept that easier. More importantly I'd like to re-emphasize what AOII Angel suggested. Contact your I/natl officers. They have a wealth of information about all areas of sorority life available to them. Their job and their purpose is to help chapters grow and be successful. You don't need to re-invent the wheel. Maybe request one of the traveling consultants come for a visit with their primary mission to be recruitment training/prep.
Too often collegians get hung up thinking their chapter and/or their campus is so unique that I/natl would never understand. In reality there are very, very few situations where that is actually true.
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