My introduction, need your advice as well.

[adpiucf]

The most difficult aspect of starting an organization is recruiting and retaining members. I suggest you broaden the scope. You will have a hard time finding members if the criteria is restricted to poets. Why not widen it to literary arts? You will appeal to a wider audience. Think about it. You could have special interest committees and opportunities for poets, as well as other literary types, to nurture those interests, and to share them with the rest.

There is a national fraternity called Zeta Phi Eta specializing in communication arts. They may be a good fit. Perhaps you could start a chapter at your school.

Reinventing the wheel is very difficult. Why not start out with an established organization so you can get your bearings and have some support? If it later doesn't work out, you will at least have learned about how to run an organization, work with the administration, and recruit members should you choose to start something from scratch.

As far as naming conventions, you can call your local whatever you want. 2-3 letters, 4 letters, whatever. It doesn't matter how we feel about it; it matters what your members think.

[lcollins626]

Points taken, and yes you are right widen it to literary arts is a wonderful Idea. We just an interest group right now, forming different ideas and getting help where possible. We thought about starting a chapter with another frat but that was quickly dismissed. We currently do have an organization up and running we currently have 47 members But all of us are poets, I will spread the word about changing it to literary arts to get w wider audience for recruitment. As for the naming goes me personally wanted to make sure that people will take us serious with having four letters. Everyone(members) agreed with it. Thank You for the info. And yeah any recruitment tips will be helpful as well. Everyone says that is the hardest process.

[adpiucf]

Read through Greek Chat for discussions about recruitment and consult with organizations on your campus to see what's worked in the past. Are you are a registered student organization? Are you coed? There are certain university rules to follow about how to exist and how to advertise on campus. Follow them to a "T." You don't want to anger the administration; it will make it much harder for your org to thrive. Figure out what you need to do to follow the rules on your campus and ask for some mentoring from other groups on campus. See if you can get someone from the English dept to serve as a faculty adviser, and talk to someone who works in the office of student activities to get suggestions for recruitment.