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[BlondeGurl]

Originally posted by TylerG18
I have to say that you can have true brotherhood/sisterhood with large number groups, but you have to build slowly in my opinion... My advice to anyone who wants to go big...is build a strong pledge program first and establish an identity for yourselves. The time to decide the direction of the chapter is before you go big, not after. Make sure that the people who decide the direction of the chapter are going to be there for a significant amount of time and are going to follow through and take leadership positions. If you wait until you're big then you have all these people with their own opinions about what the chapter needs to be. I'm not saying that those opinions aren't valid, but the most important thing to have is direction. What that direction is doesn't matter, as long as everyone works together towards a common goal. That to me is what true brotherhood/sisterhood is about.

Originally posted by AGDee
I am going to ignore all the flaming posts and simply say this:

There are approximately 138,000 Alpha Gams and each time I meet a new one, no matter the circumstance, I feel a certain instant bond that is sisterhood.

Dee

I completely agree with these statements! Although I am not an AGD I feel the same way about my sisters. I think it was very well put. I also come from a chapter of 60. Each pledge class is about 20 (on average). I was in the Alpha class of my chapter; therefore, I feel i know what it means to literaly build your new member program. Our chapter tested their program out on my pledge class. I believe the New Member period sets a tone for the rest of your sorority/fraternity experience. If you dont have a good foundation there is no where to build up from.
I think that the sororities that have 150+ members are amazing. while they might not know each and every member personaly the bond of sisterhood/brotherhood is still there.
And finaly I think that all this talk about diversity is ridiculous. When you are RUSHing one of the first things you hear is that it is a mutual selection process and to Go where you feel the most compfortable. You are gonig to feel the most compfortable around people LIKE you. So generaly you choose a sorority where the girls are LIKE you. So of course you might not have the same experiences as each member, but you generaly are similar to each member and hold similar values. Of course having the same values or beliefs has nothing to do with ahving the same race or anything else of that sort.
Anyway, just thought I would put in my 2 cents.