U of Charleston Suspends TKE

[33girl]

Minimum chapter size and minimum size to charter are two different things. I know there've been some guys on here saying TKE was pretty inflexible about the minimum of members required to charter.

I honestly don't know if any group has a "minimum chapter size." To put such a thing in writing could come back to bite you in the ass later (i.e. if once you leave that campus, the campus will never let you back on).

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I honestly don't know if any group has a "minimum chapter size." To put such a thing in writing could come back to bite you in the ass later (i.e. if once you leave that campus, the campus will never let you back on).

Plus, chapter size is really campus dependent, at least for NIC/NPC groups. I think the trend is much more important than the point-in-time number.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Minimum chapter size and minimum size to charter are two different things. I know there've been some guys on here saying TKE was pretty inflexible about the minimum of members required to charter.

I honestly don't know if any group has a "minimum chapter size." To put such a thing in writing could come back to bite you in the ass later (i.e. if once you leave that campus, the campus will never let you back on).

Wouldn't the difference between minimum charter size and minimum chapter size depend on the organization and institution? Could the same also be said for whether there is a minimum active collegiate chapter size for some organizations?

This would also highlight whether there is a difference between being a "struggling chapter" and being a small chapter. Delta, for example, has collegiate chapters in which the active members love being from really small chapters. I am a product of one of those chapters. However, depending on how small the chapter is, the university and Delta can see small chapters different than the active members do. That is one way in which Delta's special dispensation was sometimes used to accommodate/assist/be patient with really small chapters that needed special dispensation. That decision would be based on a number of factors including an assessment of the expected chapter size.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Wouldn't the difference between minimum charter size and minimum chapter size depend on the organization and institution? Could the same also be said for whether there is a minimum active collegiate chapter size for some organizations?

It should. However, this thread (even though the OP pruned his post) says that for TKE, the min is 35, regardless of whether the average chapter size is appreciably smaller.

Some universities say you have to have X number of members to remain a registered student organization. I think those are fairly few and far between though, as some perfectly feasible student orgs just don't lend themselves to having a lot of members.