Nationals vs. Local debate

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Originally posted by AEPhiSierra
I think the nuisance of nationals harassing chapters over numbers is being exagerated.

I believe all chapters can have that issue regardless of whether they're national or local. If you're in a local organization and your numbers drop signifcantly you may not have to deal with a national office but if you have an organized alumnae base you'll definitely hear from them. Plus if a chapter has a house national or not you need to maintain a certain number of members to keep the house affordable.

Co-sign. Also:

Believe it or not, nationals would rather NOT become THAT involved with a chapter to the point where it seems like harassment. That's usually reserved for chapters who have CONSTANT issues that don't get better. We only see our traveling consultant maybe twice a year, but chapters dealing with hazing allegations, constantly low GPA's, debt,or EXTREMELY low numbers will see them maybe every 2 months. So it will probably get annoying but nationals is just doing it's job to make sure we're all functioning to the standard of the sorority.

And ALL NPC HQ's HATE to close chapters. It's not like they sit around in their offices gleefully thinking of who to close down next. Closing a chapter is the worst part of their job. Also, when a chapter is closed, it's usually for one of the issues listed above. And it's not like the MINUTE you dip below total, your chapter is closed. Most chapters closed for numbers reasons are severely below (Not 15 when everyone else has 22, I mean like 20 when everyone else has 90) And that chapter with 20 has had at least 2 years or so to pull up it's numbers.