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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Interesting observation.
However, I think… it really just depends.
I came from one of those small chapters. I also joined as a second semester sophomore and in the time I was active I held the positions of Bylaws, Secretary, New Member Educator, Panhellenic VP, and Panhellenic President. For the most part, we only had between 8-12 sisters (not including new members), so we were holding two or more positions at once. And everyone had to pitch in and help each other when big events came up (recruitment, formal, pageant, etc.).
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I found your post fascinating. I, too, came from one of those small chapters - there were around 20 while I was in school; it dropped to as few as 12 before rebounding. There were a lot of functions and events on campus where we literally couldn't participate due to manpower. Frequently, our sisters would (as individuals) join forces with one of the fraternities so they could be involved.
None of my chapter sisters is truly involved. Some of us belong to alumnae chapters, but we found our experiences to be so different from what
most did that we have little in common. Yet almost all my sisters are fully invested in something else, from community organizations to state organizations to national organizations. Because as young alumnae we had only our symbols in common with other alumnae, it seems we looked elsewhere. I'm not saying that's a good thing.
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