I do not think I stated that very well- I meant the group I was mentioning early may have to release less people than others in the beginning. Cuts are not a concern, I mean no one likes to get cut- but it is just a given in the process--not everyone will like you, want you, have room for you. :) Thanks again for your input.

No, you stated it fine. She was just reiterating the process for the benefit of lurkers and others who might be reading in.

That's what I thought. Thanks for confirming.

Sidetracking, but this is actually not true. I wanted to correct this for anyone else reading.

From the most recent MOI (Green Book) ---

Women who have been pledged but not yet initiated into a chapter whose charter has been rescinded or relinquished or of a colony that has been dissolved shall be eligible to pledge another NPC fraternity immediately following the official release by the NPC fraternity. {Page 31 under Unanimous Agreements}

In other words, if you're a new member (as in, you have NOT been initiated) and your chapter closes, you are eligible to pledge another group IMMEDIATELY.

You don't have to wait a year. If XYZ closes on Monday and you're one of their NMs, you are free to attend ABCs recruitment event Tuesday night if you so choose.

Not trying to be nitpicky but I'm all about people having correct info.

There are still a decent number of campuses that have one or two NPC chapters only. In those situations, RFM just doesn't make a lot of sense.

As an example, there are 12 chapters (roughly 9%) in Gamma Phi Beta that do not use RFM, and only one of those is on a campus with more than two NPC chapters.

^^^ Is it Indiana?

No, Indiana actually does use RFM. The school I was referring to, that to the best of my knowledge does not use RFM yet has 4 NPC chapters, is Alma College. :)

I had to laugh. People always assume it's Indiana when recruitment dysfunction comes up. But no, in this case, we are not the special snowflake. :p

From the MOI that I have:

If through the primary recruitment process a potential member accepts a bid and then has her pledge broken by an NPC fraternity or breaks her pledge, then she is ineligible to be pledged to another NPC fraternity on the same campus until the beginning of the next year’s primary membership recruitment period.

That's probably a different section. It doesn't particularly mention a chapter closure. This paragraph just describes what happens if a woman de pledges or is depledged.

That's not the most current version. The 2013 MOI has two additional sections added to the Panhellenic Compact. KSUViolet quoted #12, which did not exist prior to the 2013 version.

Page 132 of the edition you quote has the same verbiage I posted.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Yes, the section you quoted is in the 2013 edition. It's on page 132, and it's on page 31. But it doesn't nullify or otherwise trump the section that KSUViolet quoted, which is, in fact, the correct and applicable section to the hypothetical question that was posed.

You quoted the MOI just fine. But you quoted the wrong section.

I think it's conflicting because one is in the UA section and the other refers to the UA section (out to the side). They need to clean it up is the point I'm trying to make - thank you so very much!