Dysfunctional Chapters

Dysfunctional chapters are usually weak in many or all of these areas:

1. Weak in alumni/parent relations;
2. Poor alumni volunteer and/or undergraduate officer leadership and a need for leadership development;
3. No passion for excellence within the chapter;
4. Lack of written goals & written programs for all areas of chapter operations that are evaluated often by chapter officers, alumni volunteers and the chapter as a whole;
5. Absence of trust between chapter members & its leadership and/or undergraduates and volunteer leadership;
6. Missing a firm grip on priorities;
7. Missing the right Big Brothers;
8. Members not involved enough at the National and local campus level;
9. Relationship with school administrators and Fraternity Regional & National leadership missing;
10. Recruiting for excellence – finding the right members missing;
11. Finances not in order;
12. Lack of a commitment & focus on risk management areas;
13. Avoidance of accountability by undergraduate leadership towards its members and/or between alumni volunteer leadership and the chapter;
14. Academics, campus & chapter leadership, service & membership development are not the focus but social is;
15. Inattention to results by undergraduate officers towards fellow officers & committee chairs, and/or by alumni volunteers towards the chapter, and/or regional volunteer leadership and advisors.