Starting a new community sorority.

[Kevin]

What most of us are getting at I think is why reinvent the wheel? The best justification for founding a new organization is because she wants something fresh/new. Is that going to be her marketing concept?

What is going to set this group apart as a group from, for example, a few friends meeting regularly for coffee and donuts?

She has to craft an identity, create an organizational structure, develop a mission, select activities, figure out how to attract membership, figure out why potential members would select her group over the local Junior League, etc., with very little guidance.

It's not that any of us are saying that it couldn't be done. We're just wondering whether she's thought this through, because to get from a few ladies meeting for coffee and donuts to a Greek-lettered organization formed for the purpose of supposedly giving a sorority experience to 30 and 40+ year-olds who missed out in undergrad seems unlikely.

If there are already 7 BSPhi chapters in Fayetville, why not join one or start #8?

If she cannot answer that question for herself, how does she expect to attract members?

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If there are already 7 BSPhi chapters in Fayetville, why not join one or start #8?

I haven't looked, but if she stated above that there are no groups in her area, and you (a non-BSP member) was able to research and find out there were 7 chapters in existence close by, then she has not done her homework for groups in her area that she claims to be seeking.

A search of my own reveals that Junior League is also present in Fayetteville.