From colony to getting chartered - what happens if a sorority won't get chartered?

[ILove2BGreek]

I am in an NPC organization.

Our colony will most likely shut down next year in Spring .. we need about 20 to 30 people to be able to stay on campus and I'm kinda not optimistic anymore. I am sad to say this but I have given up.

There is another sorority which will be coming to my campus soon as a colony and maybe I could join that other colony but my organization kind of binds me to life after I am initiated - and I was initiated a long while back.

Right now my options are to disaffiliate and not join any other organization and not be a part of my organization anymore ... or maybe - if I will be able to contct my national - be able to join that other colony. I really don't know what to do.

Be a part of my orgnaization until we shut down and be an alumni, disaffiliate and live in an apartment or something - or try to join another colony .. which is officially not really possible.

What should I do? How could I contact national and ask them to release me from my bonds? I really do feel betrayed. Betrayed and sad.

[Always AlphaGam]

Originally Posted by ILove2BGreek

I am in an NPC organization.

Our colony will most likely shut down next year in Spring .. we need about 20 to 30 people to be able to stay on campus and I'm kinda not optimistic anymore. I am sad to say this but I have given up.

There is another sorority which will be coming to my campus soon as a colony and maybe I could join that other colony but my organization kind of binds me to life after I am initiated - and I was initiated a long while back.

Right now my options are to disaffiliate and not join any other organization and not be a part of my organization anymore ... or maybe - if I will be able to contct my national - be able to join that other colony. I really don't know what to do.

Be a part of my orgnaization until we shut down and be an alumni, disaffiliate and live in an apartment or something - or try to join another colony .. which is officially not really possible.

What should I do? How could I contact national and ask them to release me from my bonds? I really do feel betrayed. Betrayed and sad.

There is no "kind of." You ARE bound.

Since you are an initiated member of an NPC organization, you do not have the option to join another. Even if you ask to have your membership terminated, you will not be able to join another group.

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by ILove2BGreek

Right now my options are to disaffiliate and not join any other organization and not be a part of my organization anymore ... or maybe - if I will be able to contct my national - be able to join that other colony. I really don't know what to do.

Be a part of my orgnaization until we shut down and be an alumni, disaffiliate and live in an apartment or something - or try to join another colony .. which is officially not really possible.

...Lane swerve - Is there something wrong with me because I did a little happy dance to myself upon reading that there's finally an OP who wants to be "a part" of their org rather than "apart" of one?

end swerve...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

...Lane swerve - Is there something wrong with me because I did a little happy dance to myself upon reading that there's finally an OP who wants to be "a part" of their org rather than "apart" of one?

end swerve...

This is a hijack or tangent, not a lane swerve. A lane swerve is NPCers in a NPHC thread, or a guy in a sorority recruitment thread.

[gebbie]

[QUOTE=ILove2BGreek;2155079]I am in an NPC organization.

Our colony will most likely shut down next year in Spring .. we need about 20 to 30 people to be able to stay on campus and I'm kinda not optimistic anymore. I am sad to say this but I have given up.


If you really have given up, then sure, you're org will probably be gone by spring. I think that is a self fulfilling prophecy.
If I were in this boat, I would work my tail off to recruit 20 - 30 more girls. It is undoubtably a tough and frustrating situation to be in, but if you want to remain on campus... you need to recruit. As a whole, you and your sisters need to come together and face this challenge.
Do your research (lots of GCers have suggested material) and hit the ground running in the fall with a positive public image (Everyone wearing cute letters, XYZ water bottles, be present and active on campus, participate in everything you can as an individual and as an org!)

As several women have pointed out, since you are an initiated member, you cannot choose to rush another sorority. THIS is your sorority, your sisterhood. You can either do everything you can to keep it on campus, or you can give up and watch it crumble.