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Well...i'd like to put my two pennies on the dollar in on this one. I've heard a few suggestions saying that it would be silly after colonization and chartering as a national bo go back to a local. I don't think it is silly, it may be for the better of an org. My fraternity was at one time a national, well, two nationals, we broke off of Phi Sigma Kappa in the late 60's due to many problems with the national council. We changed our name to Phi Sigma, and a few years later we joined another national, Phi Simga Delta, which ended up failing and and the remaining chapters joined ZBT. At this point, many of the members had enough of being nationally affiliated, so they were given permission to keep the PSD name and we have remained as a local ever since. It is not as hard as people mention for a local to get insurance, this is a big myth that I often hear, and it is in no way true. BUT, it can be a great financial issue for a local to deal with, and w/ struggling numbers it can be hard. As for losing rituals and rights and etc...those are just that..rituals...things that can be changed/altered if a national becomes a local. If you break off from a national..that doesn't mean you will automatically lose your house, if the national has helped in funding the house, than yes, but if the alum corp of your chapter owns the house, and they receive no funding for the house, and they are for the move to go local, than obviously, you will not lose your house. Going local means cheaper dues, no conclaves, travel and othe expenses to pay for. Local means you do not have to answer to the rules in which your chapter did not decide upon. AND just because you are a local, does not make you more capable of hazing and abusing alcohol and giving other greek orgs a bad rep<-----indeed, another misconception I hear about too too often.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to being a local or a national, but there are things a chapter must do in order to stay above the water.
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