[19978] in APO-L
Re: Suggestion after a little more time
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen Kranzer)
Mon Jan 25 14:14:32 1999
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:14:12 -0500
Reply-To: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
From: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
At 11:41 AM 1/25/99 -0500, wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU wrote:
>I agree with Tom.
>
>I also remember hearing the average "lifetime" of an active brother is now down
>to around 18 months. Here in Region III, this means we generally consider the
>chapter to have had a membership turn over in about this time. With the
>lifetime of actives getting shorter and shorter, I would think this would give
>repeat legislation a better and better chance of being passed at one convention
>when it was voted down at the previous one.
There's nothing new about that 18 month average "lifetime" figure. Some
pledge and vanish, some stay active for 4 years. On average, most people
spend a term pledging and three terms as an active. It's been true for at
least 20 years.
Y.I.S.
Ellen c.c. Kranzer
Alum
