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The sorority recolonization set up is always very strange...but a lot of that comes from the way the system of rushing is set up. Also, I think that there is WAY, WAY, WAY to much emphasis put on attaining quota and total. If the national groups are willing to work with the chapters on what is actually attainable, I think that everyone is helped.
The best example I can give is of ADPi at Nebraska, which is the only NPC chapter without a chapter house, and historically low numbers, endangered for not getting more girls, etc. Finally they got their nationals to realize that they couldn't go through formal recruitment, set up a completely different informal, and their numbers have jumped up a ton (chapter is probably 4x as large at this point as it was two years ago.)
As for the recolonization of closed Beta chapters, I think our recolonizations have been very successful, particularly from places in which there is strong alumni support (Ok. St, Indiana, Miami back in late '90s). However, and I've said this before, Beta babies it's colonies. Most of our colonies are on colony status for 2-3 years. It makes them more successful at sticking around, but at the same time limits the extent we expand in a given year. Personally, I think we could make the chartering happen in 1-2 years, and speed up everything a little, although I understand that the maybe the colonies end up as a much more productive chapter, more likely to last the way we do it now.
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