Small vs. Large (chapter quota)

[PhoenixAzul]

I come from a *very* small chapter, on a campus where chapters are generally small (biggest was around 65 give or take). When I was initiated, the 9 of us in my pledge class brought us to 20 or so. And honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. It was great because we pretty much HAD to be committed and involved...but that's the down side as well. The stress of that commitment, and the need to have the positions filled meant that there was no room for one sister to be "at large" or just not have a position.

As we grow, it gets easier to delegate responsibilities and it takes the stress off of other sisters. But relative to our resources (house, etc), I don't know if we could/should ever grow into a 70+ person chapter. I don't know how that would effect the dynamics of the sisterhood. But I would welcome some upward growth, again just to secure the house and the future of the sisterhood, but as long as we have 1 member, we'll continue on (luxury of being local). Plus, more TD's means more awesome!

[33girl]

I can understand lowering total (total often isn't looked at enough and some campi are having to use totals from 10-15 years ago), but honestly, I think violetpretty is right - this didn't have to do w/ "quality over quantity", it has to do with the fact that the chapters are having a problem making total because interest is down. I don't think the decrease is a bad thing, because if it's been years of the majority of groups not making total and getting yelled at by their nationals for not doing so - they need to have a break. Keeping total too high for a campus results in dirty rush and lots of nasty competition among the different groups because everyone's under pressure.

Now if they wanted to lower it from 100 to say 30, I'd say they are wanting to go "quality over quantity" and they'll probably end up adding a couple new chapters - so the same amount of women will still be involved. Different campuses look at it differently and it's silly to say, well my campus has 3 sororities at 100 each, so every campus should do that.

I think you can have sisterhood in every size chapter, it's just a different kind of sisterhood. Some women can't fathom not knowing all their chapter sisters, and to some that concept is stifling.