[pinksequins]

Tabling Santa Clara, Princeton and Harvard for the moment. Kevin's proposal may work for fraternities at some schools, but it doesn't work well for Panhellenic member organizations.

The NPC made an informed and intentional decision to follow rules that determine how its member groups may establish collegiate chapters. Unlike fraternities, NPC groups cannot colonize at will (exceptions for interest groups that petition). Each step of the process (voting to open for expansion, requests for packets, presentations and selection) are designed to help ensure that each member organization can evaluate growth opportunities and that the new group has bandwidth for success. If an NPC group departs campus (absent an agreement to return, which would not happen under Kevin's proposal), it must wait for an opening and then risk not being selected. An NPC group with a healthy, well-performing chapter is not going to depart that campus to make a point.