Getting a new perspective

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

There's a difference between being an enthusiastic member with great leadership skills and a girl who says "yeah, thanks for pledging me. Now let me tell you everything you're doing wrong." As a struggling chapter, I'd probably bite down and take the group that may appear to be heading in a very different direction. Chapters change over time and chapters in growth mode will have growing pains. Hopefully the executive board can successfully nurture these girls in a positive way and not just get bull-dozed. But the only way to no longer be the struggling chapter is to make some sort of significant change, and a change in personality type of the girls you've been pledging is probably the biggest one.

There are WRC's that are weak for NO REASON except that they have fewer women and a reputation as being the WRC. If you have to rush 2-on-1, for example, you are going to be weak at FR. There is no way around that. Every one of your rushers could be the best rusher ever, and the PNM's know that you are rushing them 2-to-1.

[33girl]

My junior year, we had a larger than usual pledge class that was VERY VERY VERY different than the then-current complexion of the chapter. No exaggeration that they changed things a lot. However, I think it got to the point that we all figured out how to find common ground.

This is the difference between guys and girls. If this situation would have happened to guys, they wouldn't have spent a second whining for a new rush or going to the Greek life director. They would have said "hey, we all seem to be on the same page here, let's turn this ship around." Guys know they make the organization, girls think the organization makes them.