Need help organizing my sorority

[OPhiAGinger]

Sorry. We aren't trying to gang up on you, but it's clear that there is a definite need for change in your group if you want to survive. I know you've been going it alone for more than 15 years, but almost every sorority across the country (social and multicultural and service and religious and what-not) are most successful when they align with the campus and work within the guidelines of the administration.

This does not mean you can't enjoy a beer or glass of wine or even that nasty trash can punch that was popular when I was an undergrad. It just means that you don't do that as part of a sorority event... at least, if that's what the campus rules dictate.

[GammaDelt]

Look, I'm not trying to offend anyone.
Gamma Delta Pi has existed for over 30 years, and it just the past 2 that we've been struggling with organization, not the past 15 since we've been unaffiliated with the school. I'm not saying anyone's Greek experience is any more real than anyone else's. All I'm trying to say is that the type of Greek life my school affiliates itself with is not the same experience the sisters of GDPi want. We just want to remain the same, without affiliating ourselves with the school. I'm just looking for advice on how to draw new sisters in without having a house, and how to best uphold our traditions.

[KSUViolet06]

It is going to be very difficult for you to uphold your traditions and draw in new members. Girls who join sororities at your school are all looking for a certain experience. If what you're offering is drastically different from that, girls are going to be hesitant to join.

You have to alter your experience a little. Am I saying GIVE UP everything you guys do? Not at all. But you need to be offering a comparable experience. At your school, that may mean no drinking at official sorority events and letting the school monitor your events. To put it bluntly, if you want your sorority to thrive, you may have to make those changes.

[GammaDelt]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

It is going to be very difficult for you to uphold your traditions and draw in new members. Girls who join sororities at your school are all looking for a certain experience. If what you're offering is drastically different from that, girls are going to be hesitant to join.

You have to alter your experience a little. Am I saying GIVE UP everything you guys do? Not at all. But you need to be offering a comparable experience. At your school, that may mean no drinking at official sorority events and letting the school monitor your events. To put it bluntly, if you want your sorority to thrive, you may have to make those changes.

I guess I'm just confused as to what they are looking for, then. The only people who pledge the other school sponsored frats are music majors - they're music fraternities.

I go to a school where everyone is pretty big on partying on the weekend, but at the same time, it's a very liberal campus so most students are interested in bettering humanity. so it just is strange that there is so little interest in GDPi, when we share the same values as the students on campus.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by GammaDelt

I guess I'm just confused as to what they are looking for, then. The only people who pledge the other school sponsored frats are music majors - they're music fraternities.

I go to a school where everyone is pretty big on partying on the weekend, but at the same time, it's a very liberal campus so most students are interested in bettering humanity. so it just is strange that there is so little interest in GDPi, when we share the same values as the students on campus.

They can party without joining your group, so if they think that's all you offer, why should they bother pledging and paying for the privilege? You have to show them there are additional benefits.

Are there other unrecognized groups still operating? How are they doing?

For everyone else - her college definitely does not have a typical Greek system.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, an all-male fraternity; Sigma Alpha Iota, an all-female fraternity; and Kappa Gamma Psi and Mu Phi Epsilon, both coeducational fraternities, are officially recognized and housed in the Terraces. The college also has a professional management fraternity, Sigma Iota Epsilon. These groups are academically and artistically driven.

The college used to allow social service fraternities on campus, but over time, many lost college sponsorship and were forced to leave campus.