chapter fell apart

[AlphaFrog]

I think she meant a quota set by her HQ, not campus quota.

ASA HQ set a quota for us that we had to reach or be shut down, and since it was triple our current numbers, we didn't make it. Gee, wonder why.

[emb021]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I think she meant a quota set by her HQ, not campus quota.

ASA HQ set a quota for us that we had to reach or be shut down, and since it was triple our current numbers, we didn't make it. Gee, wonder why.

Again, as I say, I find that strange. But I don't know how social/general GLOs operate.

In my org, we may set goals that we'd like to see chapters increase membership (and we recognize those to do met such goals), we would never shut down a chapter for this. Even if we have only 1 student member, we try to keep the chapter 'going' and help recruite new members. Why go thru the work of re-establishing a chapter when its easier to save a chapter?

We only shutdown chapters if they violate the rules (hazing, etc.). Not for failing to meet membership goals.

And as an aside. One thing you learn about goal setting, is that goals must be 'Attaintable'. Can the person/group, with the resources available to them, be able to attain that goal? Having some outside group (whether its HQ or the school) mandate a goal without understanding what is realistic, is just setting up that person/group for failure.

Doubling membership is hard, regardless of the size of a group. Tripling it even more so.

[33girl]

APO doesn't have houses either. That has a lot to do with it.

[Denise_DPhiE]

I tried to pm you but you don't have the pm function turned on to accept messages. It is hard to give you advise beyond the superficial as we do not know what campus you are from, what the climate is for nationals, locals, etc. I am sure the NPC group had to think long and hard about closing the chapter - we all do but membership is for a lifetime and you should try to keep the girls together socially and maybe even by doing something to contriute to the community.

Feel free to pm me.

[ASUADPi]

I understand how you are feeling, but kind of in a weird way.

1) my chapter of initiation was closed in May 05, so I completely understand your anger about that

2) I attempted to affiliate with the chapter at my new school, unfortunately it didn't work out and I had to go alum. I truly understand how awkward it is being made to go alum while you are still a collegian. I was so angry for a really long time too. But thankfully I graduated a year later and then I really got involved in the alum association. My difference is that fact that I was at a school where I had sisters who were active, yet I wasn't a member of their chapter. That was incredibly tough on me. Your kind of lucky (although it doesn't seem like it) in the regards that you don't have to deal with seeing your "active" sisters walk around in their letters and you don't "belong".

With that in mind, join the alum association (if there is a close and active one). No matter what, those sisters are going to be glad that you decided to remain involved!