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Originally Posted by TheseGuns
Wat's up everybody, I am a member of an underground fraternity at my university (for many reasons I will not state my frat's name nor my university) and we have two chapters currently in two universities. Now a good amount of the members at my chapter want to turn our frat into a co-ed social frat, but the other chapter at another university directly is opposed to this issue. Now, my chapter has at least twice the member of the other and my chapter feels the other chapter does not reserve much of a say since they are small. I myself am neither for nor against this issue and am just here to ask If turning a basically new frat co-ed is a good idea or a bad one. Many people say it's bad because it would be controversial, but my chapter wants to do it because of a lack of members. My plan was that we should make a sister sorority instead. What do you guys think?
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The bolded points are 1) bullshit and very unfraternal 2) contradicting your first point, and a dumb reason to do anything. I see nothing that says you want to do this because the members truly feel that a single-sex fraternity is an anachronism, or something they don't want to be involved in. You are proposing it for the shallowest of reasons.
Have you talked to the alumni AT ALL???? If this is a group that's gone on for a long amount of time, the alums will NOT be happy if you take this step just to "get bigger."
WHY do you want to be bigger anyway? You don't have national dues to pay, you don't have house payments (I assume) and you don't have IFC dues. I've seen locals keep going with 5 members and then in subsequent years, their numbers go back up - but not if they go pell-mell into something they don't really believe in.
If you can't attract members anymore (as in you are all graduating) then it may be time to just pack it in and admit that an underground fraternity is not something the students at your school want anymore, and die with dignity, rather than be sellouts.
As far as the sister sorority, well, you're assuming a lot in that they will stay by your side (and/or do your work for you). The day may come when they get sick of being underground and want to become an NPC. What will you do then?
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