I would first see if other people are bringing significant others. When we surveyed our chapter about doing "couple" events, they didn't want to. They consider Gamma Phi to be a "just the girls" thing. I would guess, some men are coming, but you might be surprised.

I would suggest wearing capris to the picnic/blanket thing -- easier to be lady-like!;)
And I would not want to bring fiance -- yet -- let the alums get to know YOU first before your fiance is in the picture

Just my two cents!

OK, heres an update:

Group 1: I called the alum chapter president and told her that I would like to try and come to the event on June 27th at the museum. Just waiting for her to call me back.

Group 3: Their alum service coordinator gave me the name and email of the alum chapter president in my area. I emailed her and told her that I was interested in learning more about them and possibly participating in some of their summer events.

That's about it! I'm nervous about meeting Group 1-do you guys think I should see if the president and I could like, go to lunch before the event??

I think that would be an excellent idea! If if she says no, which I couldn't imagine, at least it would show interest!

I love all this AI stuff...I am going to try SO hard to get my mom to do it next year.

I'd agree too on lunch............

Well, I wrote a long message last night, but it got erased, so now I have to do it again...Grrr....anyways, here goes, and I apologize in advance if it's lengthy!!

Group 1: I talked to the alum chapter pres yesterday, and she is so nice!! She told me alot about the group: appearantly in my area there was one alum group, and then in November, these girls split off from them to form the alum group in Raleigh. All the girls are around my age, either engaged or married-like me! She told me that, unfortunately, alot of people are out of town, so Friday's event might get cancelled-but that there is still the baseball game in July, and also a book club meeting in July, which she invited me to as well. And she encouraged me to bring my fiance to the baseball game-and then offered to carpool with me to both events, so that I'm not wandering in like, who is everyone?? She was really nice, very friendly-and very informative!! She said that if I like all the girls, and vice versa, and I feel like I "fit", then she and I would sit down together and discuss what the sorority is about, the commitment, the bonds, etc-basically stuff I would learn in a pledge period. And if I feel comfortable and ready, then we could proceed with AI!! I am so excited to meet her and the other girls, and start going to their events!!

Group 3-I also talked to the chapter pres yesterday, and she was very nice too! She told me that, since it's summer, most people have crazy schedules and vacations, so they don't have many events-which I would expect. She told me about the group-the age range seems to vary with some girls having just graduated from college, and some people being married with kids. She said that she would keep in touch with me, and let me know when any summer events come up, but said that most of their events are from Sept-May, and then invited me to the September one. So, I look forward to hearing from her, but also am sort of bummed about not being able to get involved now. But like I said, I know it's summer, people go on vacation, and I understand that ut's hard to get people together.

So thats it for now!!

That's great news, Jenn! It sounds like things are going well with both groups! :)

That's sounding good! I am in the same boat as you are with the group that does not meet in the summer. It is really hard to wait!!

Girl, I am feeling your pain too! http://superbabies.homestead.com/files/agree.gif
Going thru the same thing now...folx on summer vacation! G-d gimme patience and I want it NOW! http://superbabies.homestead.com/files/lol3.gif

Hey guys! I know it's been a while, but here's an update:
I have an event tonight!! Woo-hoo!! It's with Group 1, and I am so nervous-and so excited! I've been getting Group 1's emails each week: mostly about the summer events and also about community and health issues. Needless to say I am really excited to meet the girls-there are going to be about 6 girls tonight, and some are bringing signifigant others(the president of the chapter encouraged me to bring my fiance along too, so I am). So, I will definately let you guys know how tonight goes!!

By the way, the Guessing thread cracks me up!! I will say that some of you have made a couple of correct guesses, whether it's about groups contacted, or about groups I'm leaning towards......;)

jenn have fun at your event!!! i am glad to hear that things are going so well!!

Best of luck!!! I hope you have a great time! :)

Yeah! It sounds promising.........

Have a great time tonight - good luck!

Best of luck Jenn! Have fun!