It's tough. At the very least, it requires a very strong Alumni base, a concerted effort from National, and Student Life actually promoting and working with the organization.ipmcc wrote:Out of curiosity, and quasi-rhetorically, how does a house survive that?
I sort of understand the logic of Student Life's four year mandate. They want four years because it ensures the organization will be getting a fresh start, since presumably no brothers could reactivate. On the flip side of that, it also ensures that institutional knowledge like how to build a buggy and so forth doesn't get passed down. They're willing to sacrifice the organization's ability to immediately contribute to the campus to ensure that the bad operational knowledge doesn't get passed down.
DTD is apparently up to 55 brothers already, so it can be done. They're not analogous to PiKA/PhiKap/KDR though, since they weren't exactly active on campus in the years leading up to their demise. Since we're likely coming back first out of the three mentioned above, I suspect we're going to have to figure it out and advise the other two on the finer points of hitting the ground running.