Spring Recruitment at University of Alabama?

[DubaiSis]

Thanks for the explanation Zillini. Not having seen the campus it seems CRAZY that you wouldn't double your number of chapters, but you're right that if you had a new chapter that had to go into a house that could hold 40 girls and is a mile off campus, there would be no point. I actually think the financial issue wouldn't be as big a deal. The various nationals have pretty good resources and with chapters total like this, they'd recoup their investment in no time.... less than 20 years being no time in my book. But if you have to have a house before you start the process (and it sounds like you do) then the development issue is a sound one. I'm sure DG agrees. Does A Phi have a house and is it (the structure, not the girls) good enough? I'm sure the girls are great, and yes, I know the house doesn't make the chapter. But it's really hard to tell a wide-eyed 18 year old girl that. But I find this whole thing very interesting. I'd love to participate in a recruitment in the south some day. Maybe I'll end up living in the vicinity at some point and can be an advisor.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I actually think the financial issue wouldn't be as big a deal. The various nationals have pretty good resources and with chapters total like this, they'd recoup their investment in no time..

Investing several million dollars in a house is always a big deal, especially when there are outstanding loans on other houses and, over 20 years, loans to be made for new houses and new remodels. Most of the money would still be from local sources.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

But if you have to have a house before you start the process (and it sounds like you do) then the development issue is a sound one.

You don't have to have a house already built, but you do have to have some place to hold meetings, store records and equipment, and generally hang out. Actually the "future house" which exists in imagination is an easier sell than an actual house!

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Does A Phi have a house?

Alpha Phi is currently renting the SDT house, a lovely house on a corner of sorority row. SDT has rented out their house for a number of years now to various groups rebuilding or remodeling. It - and NONE of the houses - is big enough. Once the land for new houses is set aside and the houses start going up, there will be a fruit-basket-turnover of houses undergoing remodeling to accommodate members. Most chapters house 50 to 80 women, with the balance living away. Most were built with chapter rooms designed to hold 100 to 150 members.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I'd love to participate in a recruitment in the south some day. Maybe I'll end up living in the vicinity at some point and can be an advisor.

You should! All chapters need more advisors! And it's loads of fun!