Reorganizations

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Delta Zeta also reorganized at DePauw with considerable controversy. Some of the new alumnae formed a new sorority, Psi Lambda Xi, that I believe became a member of the campus panhellenic (I can't find the article at the moment, but they're definitly a recognized student org, I'm not 100% on panhellenic)

It's a really interesting move to make to save a chapter, very messy.

Actually, DZ attempted to reorganize the chapter and their attempt was unsuccessful. http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=85032

I think that COB halting for other groups is not a "given" - rather a courtesy for the sorority. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I know when we had new chapters come on our campus, we kept giving open bids. YMMV.

Regardless of that, yes, the campus Panhel and Greek life office should be notified that a full recolonization/reorganization* is happening and none of the old members are staying active sisters. For the sorority not to tell anyone - that would be kind of shady.

*I think you would call this recolonization as usually when this is done, the chapter reverts back to colony status. To me, "reorganization" is when they keep most of the old members (but maybe weed out some troublemakers) and the national org takes charge of rushing and bidding.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Actually, DZ attempted to reorganize the chapter and their attempt was unsuccessful. http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=85032

Thanks for clarifying - I should have mentioned that it was unsuccessful. To be honest I was intentionally vague because I didn't want to open up a can of worms a la the linked thread. It's an example of how reorganizations can result in hurt feelings and even a new organization. You have to wonder what's going on in the inter/national officers heads when making this decision (I'm not condemning it - just saying it must be an extremely difficult choice to make.)