we need another house to colonize

You're not advocating forcing lower totals on certain chapters, I assume, but by choice?

.... trying to create a niche that's not there? Nobody wants an alternative, smaller sorority experience at this school. They come for tradition and tradition means coming to win. AZD, DPE, PSS, Tri S nor TPA have the resources to play, which means building a huge big house. Trying to stick someone in a swing house without a big, new house coming is the kiss of death for any group.

Add SK to The above list of groups that does not have resources to play here.

I think @not Norman makes an interesting point but I also think any chapter that is not all in will be seen by pnms as not desired. Key is for a few houses to be in recruitment that are niche houses from the word go - by choice - and for panhel to work real hard to help them exist as a desired alternative.

I take it that gphi and dg are success stories and could provide a blue print for new glos considering joining the major leagues here at Bama. It may take a little while to build the quality but they would be at quota fast.

If the new chapters are Panhellenic affiliated (and obviously they will be) they have to try to follow Panhellenic rules, that's just part of being a member of panhel. That means quota, total, etc. SDT is a special case because they struggled but that's not the norm. It's not a bad idea, just wouldn't be possible I don't think

No one wants that kind of sorority experience here. Everyone wants big chapters, big houses and all the usual trappings of an Alabama sorority.

That's why SDT has suffered and anyone else coming in halfway would too.

They already tried "boutique/alternative" a decade ago with the local/multicultural sororities, and none of those have survived.

SDT is a special case because their national and their alumnae would rather let them limp along as "the un-sorority" than close the chapter. Unless they suddenly figure out a way to compete on equal footing with the other chapters, bringing them into formal recruitment would be a disaster, even with a swing house. The chapter at Texas tried to do formal the past three years, and they got nothing but grief. PNMs would be mean to them on purpose so they'd get cut. They finally got the message and went back to informal this year.

According to somebody who's posted here and supposedly in the know, AXiD has no interest in coming back to Bama ever.

DPhiE presented three years ago but got rejected. They don't have the resources or the appeal. Same for AEPhi, Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, and Theta Phi Alpha.

Tri Sigma more than likely doesn't have the resources. They're colonizing at Auburn, but they don't have a house to worry about. The chapter at Mizzou is barely staying afloat.

Sigma Kappa seems like the most likely choice, but they'll have to go all in.

Capping quota and total or setting different quotas and totals for different houses would create nothing but resentment.

Theta is going to have to rebuild if they hope to survive. If their numbers take a nosedive, that's going to be it for them. Theta national won't hesitate to pull the charter of an underperforming chapter.

They have about 60 members I think

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