Getting rid of collegians because they don't fit the image?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Heather17

Membership review, at least from what I have seen, frequently comes about when the women in the chapter are not having or offering a quality experience.

I'm sorry, but I've heard this corporatespeak a zillion times and I have to jump on it and scream because it's full of guano.

"Quality experience" means different things to different people. I would not consider being in a chapter of 175 women, some of whom I barely know, a "quality experience", although I'm sure my HQ (and most people's HQs) disagree.

It is quite difficult for a chapter to have a "quality experience" when their HQ is breathing down their neck 24/7/365 telling them to bid more girls, forcing them to have bid parties every single week, and then when they do, telling them the girls they've bid aren't acceptable.

If you're told on a regular basis that you suck - guess what! - it'll become a self fulfilling prophecy. If the things you love about yourselves are the things your HQ hates, no one will ever win.

Not everyone wants to be the biggest or most popular chapter on campus. If you are keeping things going at a steady level and don't have housing or RM or money issues, what's the problem?

[LPIDelta]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm sorry, but I've heard this corporatespeak a zillion times and I have to jump on it and scream because it's full of guano.

"Quality experience" means different things to different people. I would not consider being in a chapter of 175 women, some of whom I barely know, a "quality experience", although I'm sure my HQ (and most people's HQs) disagree.

It is quite difficult for a chapter to have a "quality experience" when their HQ is breathing down their neck 24/7/365 telling them to bid more girls, forcing them to have bid parties every single week, and then when they do, telling them the girls they've bid aren't acceptable.

If you're told on a regular basis that you suck - guess what! - it'll become a self fulfilling prophecy. If the things you love about yourselves are the things your HQ hates, no one will ever win.

Not everyone wants to be the biggest or most popular chapter on campus. If you are keeping things going at a steady level and don't have housing or RM or money issues, what's the problem?

I agree with most of what you said...I'll just point out that if you are having membership issues, that likely will lead to financial issues, especially when a house is involved.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I agree with most of what you said...I'll just point out that if you are having membership issues, that likely will lead to financial issues, especially when a house is involved.

yup, and I know that in this case, they have houses, so I'm sure that figured into it. I just don't understand the point of keeping the 12 seniors - even if there were no women, they could still say "our chapter is intact at DePauw and we're going to be all new in fall 2007" under the NPC rules - right? I mean, I really don't think that these girls are going to want to spend their last semester consumed w/ rebuilding the sorority. I wouldn't. Unless, of course, the remainder of the sorority really was full-out terminated and these 12 were given alum status.