[16238] in APO-L
Re: big chapters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cindy Strawbridge)
Tue Feb 18 11:29:54 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:27:22 EST
Reply-To: Cindy Strawbridge <CSTRAWBRIDGE@YSI.COM>
From: Cindy Strawbridge <CSTRAWBRIDGE@YSI.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
> Region or section, No. In many ways a larger chapter is easier for
> sectional staff to deal with becuase they are reasonably sure they aren't
> going to go under.
> YiLFS
> Randy Finder
Easier to deal with in that way, but as far as helping with growth
and actually making some type of positive impact & letting the
chapter know that staff cares, no, it isn't. Usually staff assumes
that things are ok because the chapters have 50 - 90 pledges...
Heck, if you were a staff person, would you think there are problems
with a 30 - 40 member pledge class? What if the pledge classes over
the past couple of years were 50-70 for that same chapter? On some
level, the chapter is having problems, but it isn't as apparent as
the little struggling 10 member chapter.
Why should you beilieve me? I spent 4 1/2 years in a big (~200
member) chapter & am now on staff & advise a 10 member chapter.
Cindy
Section 56 Staff
"If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all" - Thumper
