Differences in Permission to come on campus...

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by naraht

NPC: School decides on expansion, *that* sorority is selected to be the one to expand, etc. etc.

It's slightly more complicated than that.

If there are zero or one NPC chapters at a school, and there are no interest groups or local sororities that want to affiliate with an NPC sorority, the school decides on expansion and selects a sorority from among those interested. The sorority then does a "from the ground up" colonization where interested women are interviewed and selected.

If there are zero or one NPC chapters at a school, and there IS an interest group or local sorority interested in affiliating with a particular NPC sorority, the school decides on expansion and indicates that there's a group that is especially interested in affiliating with XYZ. If XYZ is interested, great. If not, the local can meet with representatives of other, interested, NPC sororities, and if they connect with one, great. If not, they can choose to remain local.

As soon as there are two NPC chapters at a school, a campus Panhellenic is formed. If that is the case, it's up to Panhel whether the school is open for expansion.

In the absence of a local interest group or sorority that wants to affiliate with an NPC sorority, Panhel can announce that the school is open to expansion, interested NPC sororities present, Panhel chooses one, and that sorority does a "from the ground up" colonization.

If there IS a local interest group or sorority that wants to affiliate with a particular NPC sorority, Panhel can announce that the school is open to expansion and that there is a local interested in becoming part of XYZ. Any NPC sorority can make a case for wanting to colonize, but XYZ has dibs. Again, if XYZ is interested and a connection is made, great. If XYZ is not interested, the local can meet with representatives of other, interested, NPC sororities, and if they connect with one, great. If not, they can choose to remain local. Of course, if a local approaches Panhel and says that they want to become part of XYZ, Panhel can always say no.

Confused yet?

That last case is what happened with my school, local sorority, and AEPhi. Long story short, seven Jewish women approached Panhel with the idea of establishing an AEPhi chapter. Another sorority had just colonized a couple of years earlier, so Panhel decided not to expand, but invited the women to form a local sorority. I rushed and joined that local. A couple of years later, Panhel decided to open the school to expansion and indicated that there was a local sorority interested in AEPhi. We got interest letters from a few NPC sororities, but when we invited AEPhi to meet with us, the match was made.