Advice on founding a sorority/cure me of founderitis

[KSUViolet06]

I have a sister who started a chapter of a suicide awareness organization at our school.

Reason was not "I want to start a thing and be leader of a thing."

Reason was not "a thing for me and my friends to be in."

There was no such org on campus and she noticed a very real need.

Sorority is a tad different but the question is the same because generally speaking, every campus has more than one, so with new undertakings I have to ask what is going to make yours so special.

[SunflowerSmiles]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I have a sister who started a chapter of a suicide awareness organization at our school.

Reason was not "I want to start a thing and be leader of a thing."

Reason was not "a thing for me and my friends to be in."

There was no such org on campus and she noticed a very real need.

Sorority is a tad different but the question is the same because generally speaking, every campus has more than one, so with new undertakings I have to ask what is going to make yours so special.

Right now it is difficult for out of state students, nonfreshmen or transfer students to find a greek home on our Campus because the recruitment is very competitive. We personally feel that everyone should have the opportunity to experience greek life regardless of where you started out which is why we want to create an organization that is open to those types of students. We also want to provide programming in a slightly different way than the other houses by making it less social and more service/scholastic oriented (but still having socials and networking opportunities!)
Additionally, our local philanthropy depends on the funds my chapter used to provide. Without a regular source of donations, the local organization is going to die.
Our University has told us that there was already a need for more sororities to join our campus and now the need has only been amplified now that we're gone. In my opinion, chapters have reached an unhealthy size to the point where most members do not even know everyone in their chapter. Now they will be forced to take even larger pledge classes to make up for our absence until a new chapter comes to campus and colonizes.

While this is something we're passionate about, it wasn't something we jumped to as our first resort. We could create a local club for our (former) philanthropy, but that wouldn't solve the issue of non-typical rushees not having a home. We could create a social club, but that doesn't seem to satisfy the service or social aspect of things. We have been considering something like a Spirit group like they have in Texas which is basically a sorority minus the letters, but I'm still trying to find more information on that and trying to explore all of our options.