[16242] in APO-L
Re: big chapters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cindy Strawbridge)
Wed Feb 19 09:37:46 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:32:51 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>
> > 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.
> Your example implicitly assumes that bigger is better. The chapter
> may be in a healthier state with 30-40 pledges than with 50-90 pledges
> a term, even if 50-90 pledges a term were common in recent years.
No, it does not implicitly assume that bigger is better. It merely
shows that there was a large drop in pledge class size, which should
be cause for some interest from staff. For most chapters, however,
a 30-40 member pledge class is great, for large chapters, it *may*
indicate a problem (yes, it also may indicate that the chapter had
outgrown itself and shouldn't be all that large). *Most* (not all) staff members
tend to focus on the smaller chapters and not pay as much attention
to larger ones. From my experience, the smaller ones tend to ask a
bit more frequently, too.
Cindy
"If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all" - Thumper
