Idea's For VERY Small Chapters

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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
If your group has no size requirements for a charter, then they
are essentially saying "each in his/her own way."
Most national/international groups do have a minimum number or
a sliding scale, numerically, for chartering plus a few other things
expected. But if your does not, okay. With risk management &
other expenditures, it might be hard to remain small. But if your
outfit abides this, okay. A matter of preference.
Wonder how the larger fraternities feel? SAE, Sig, Sig Ep, Pike,
Lambda Chi, Kappa Sig, Beta, ATO, Phi Delt, etc...do they allow
or encourage small chapters? I think not, but it has been a long
time since I was on the road...
And, some GLOs are comfortable with a pared-down offering.
To each his own. That is why some locals remain locals.
I would think, though, that if a GLO falls below minimum standards there might be cause for alarm--don't you?

Sure, every national would love for each chapter to be a certain size, but if the school is small, the Panhellenic is small, and the interest in Greek Life is small that usually= very small chapters. This isn't a case for national to pull a charter b/c this chapter is of equal size as the other. It's not like, say XYZ at Bama or Ole Miss where Greek Life is huge having 50 compared to 200.