UF Spring Recruitment!!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

If I'm butting in, feel free to tell me (like that wouldn't happen).

Do national offices really get that upset at big schools if a group is 20-30 under total? I'm talking if total is 160 and ABC is at 140 members. I can see nationals getting worried if it's a smaller campus and total is 75 and their local chapter is at 40-50 (where it's more noticeable).

Do people really get that petty with gossip? "OMG, everyone else has 170, but Beta Chi only has 140."

I don't think it's a matter of being upset. There are benchmarks that are used to determine the health of a chapter. Being at total is one of them. Chapters are encouraged to get to total, but unless a chapter is struggling, I don't think there is undue pressure to continue recruiting for minimal differences. You do have to keep in mind that falling 30 below total can quickly snowball if you aren't careful.

[Regina.George]

It's economics too. Running a large house and paying for things like insurance at these big schools is expensive. Twenty fewer members doesn't sound like a lot, but it can make an economic impact, especially because the other members have to pay more. You can't get too complacent about staying under total, especially when almost everyone else is significantly above it. It only takes one or two recruitments of missing quota by only a few to start a chapter in the death spiral. Missing quota seems to work in a geometric progression and pretty soon you can have a half empty house and be that chapter during recruitment.