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

[ASUADPi]

Am I the only one who is completely confused that a colony, colony, has been around for a couple of years, is initiating women but yet nationals (their EO, HQ) isn't actively involved (with a consultant and advisors) to get the membership up to charter.

I mean I know automatically it isn't an ADPi chapter because we initiate and install (or reinstall if it is a recolonization) in one big swoop.

Like Titchou said, we are not getting the whole story. If you really want your chapter to actually get its charter then you need to take a leadership role and rally the "troops". From what I've gathered nationals wants about 30 women and the chapter has about 15. So you need 15 more. First off, the chapter needs to get with the advisors, particularly the recruitment advisor. Second, the chapter needs to come up with a plan of attack for formal recruitment. Third, if there are chapters nearby, contact them. Your actual sisters are going to be more helpful than we are because you can't give us the nitty gritty on an online forum. Fourth, with recruitment you need to come up with a goal. Yes, aim for 15 but that might not be realistic as that 50% new members. Unfortunately the chapter may need to aim a bit lower and gradually build up. If the chapter could get 10 new members that would be awesome.

As for COB events, they are supposed to be laid back. The chapter I advised did Glee nights, movie nights, game nights, went to dinners. They did this over a 2 week time frame. The events were public (as it is a small campus) and whoever wanted to come came. After about 2 weeks we did our thing and voted on who we wanted to give bids too. COB is designed to be less stressful (on the chapter and PNM's) than formal, but you get more girls generally during formal.