How to make our local sorority legitimate?

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Originally Posted by als463

If you have the opportunity to have a national base with many chapters and alumnae, why not go the NPC/NPHC route?

Alot of people have asked that on GC. There are a few reasons (which I have learned from being around GC for while).

*Like MysticCat said, the "no national office" factor.

*Locals may have lower dues at some schools, that's attractive to some students.

*Students may enjoy the fact that they are part of something that is unique to their particular school.

*They may be the more popular option at that particular school. There are schools at which the local groups do better in recruitment than the NPC groups do.

Also a local sorority may not want to affiliate with an NPC for a few reasons:

*They may be a more established local group and are not interested in becoming something else and losing 100+ years of history.

*They do not wish to upset their alumnae base by becoming something else. Some locals have thousands of alumnae (due to being more established), and it would upset some of them to hear that their local is now something else. Not to mention potential loss of alumnae $$.

*They aren't interested in the increased costs.