U of Charleston Suspends TKE

[lucgreek]

Off the top of my head, I don't know the specific number (if there is one), but I do know that there being not enough members to operate as a chapter, that is one of the clauses for shutting a chapter down.

There are 8 officer positions in TKE and this chapter only has 6. In my mind, there is no way this chapter has enough members to function.

And while not to speculate on this chapter's finances, I'd suspect with only 6 members, chapter finances will probably be less than stellar.

Edit: And yes, I'm fairly sure 35 members is needed to charter a colony and that number is completely inflexible, you either meet it or you don't.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by lucgreek

Off the top of my head, I don't know the specific number (if there is one), but I do know that there being not enough members to operate as a chapter, that is one of the clauses for shutting a chapter down.

There are 8 officer positions in TKE and this chapter only has 6. In my mind, there is no way this chapter has enough members to function.

And while not to speculate on this chapter's finances, I'd suspect with only 6 members, chapter finances will probably be less than stellar.

Thanks for answering. I know small NPHC chapters where members held more than one office.

Originally Posted by lucgreek

Edit: And yes, I'm fairly sure 35 members is needed to charter a colony and that number is completely inflexible, you either meet it or you don't.

35 is the size needed to charter a TKE chapter?

See, if 35 was the requirement to charter Delta collegiate chapters, there wouldn't be so many Delta collegiate chapters. LOL. That's why I asked about the minimize chapter size for TKE.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by lucgreek

Oh, I definitely take some offense. But it's hard to disagree when you see chapters with 6 people and wonder why the national organization is wasting time + resources at the school. Six people does not a chapter make unless you had many volunteers helping you during recruitment/pledging. That's a lot of money and volunteer hours to spend on a failing chapter.

My bad for inferring too much from your earlier post. Sorry.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by lucgreek

Edit: And yes, I'm fairly sure 35 members is needed to charter a colony and that number is completely inflexible, you either meet it or you don't.

So if there are 35 needed to charter one must ask what happened either with the Chapter, or with Greeks in general, that caused the only Fraternity at UCWV to fall off the cliff and lose all these members and not be able to replace them. It certainly isn't competition from other Fraternities.

Our GLO requires 40+ (not absolutely sure on this #) to charter but per our bylaws it takes 4 members to constitute a duly recognized chapter. So, in reality, there could be a very small chapter but this is highly improbable as our National would most likely step in and reorganize.