NPC Terminology
 

Since I don't have The Green book, I was wondering if the NPC website lists the correct, new terminology for recruitment?

I don't believe the NPC website lists new terminology but it is in the Green Book. I don't have mine right now (it's at work and I'd be happy to look anything up that you might need to know when I'm at work), and I'm not sure exactly what kind of "terminology" you're looking for, but reply to this post or PM me and I'll look up whatever you're looking for when I'm at work.

Are you looking for the new types of recruitment? or just recruitment terms in general?

Just the terms in general. I'm probably being anal retentive about this, but from what I understand "Potential New Member" is the new term for "Rushee" and "New Member" is the new term for "Pledge".

I'm an advisor for my chapter and I have a feeling they may be using the terms wrong, and I think it's important that if there are new terms that everyone is using them correctly.

You know what I find interesting? While one is no longer a pledge, but a new member, in AGD, at least, you still "pledge" the GLO and the new member pin is called the pledge pin (according to my 2003-2004 New Member Guide, anyway). I guess you can't turn new member into a verb, but I find the terminology for the pin interesting.

From the 1999 edition of The Green Book:

"Rush" was replaced with "membership recruitment";
"Rushee" was replaced with "potential member";
"Pledges" was replaced with "new members";
"Preference card" was replaced with "Membership Recruitment Acceptance".

Just as a side note, at my campus, the first three have become our first choice for terminology- I wouldn't call it rush unless I was talking to someone who has limited sorority knowledge. However, I would still use the word "preference card".

ETA: The term "suicide" in regards to Membership Recruitment Acceptance is now known as Single Intentional Preference, or SIP for short.
Although the 1999 edition of The Green Book still refers to COB, or Continuous Open Bidding, I have recently heard CR used (Continuous Recruitment). I am not sure if this is a new "official" term.

also it is no longer the "green book" but the manual of information. :p

Mine's green.............:p :D

LOL as I was putting it away, I was just noticing that... although it IS still green.

Hahahaha...if I actually had a manual of information I would know that.

Thanks everyone for the info.

Just when I replaced "COB" for "COR," it's now "Continous Recruitment" or "CR"... but there is still COB, right? I am so confused!

BTW ... just as a note .. anyone can order the manual of information from the NPC website ..

http://www.npcwomen.org/store/s_order.php

Anyone know in what year the 14th edition was published?

In all of our manuals, ADPi refers to COB (Continuous Open Bidding) as COR (Continuous Open Recruitment).

COB and COR are the same thing--- recruitment that is not part of a formal recruitment cycle!

2005. That's the new edition that's being released this spring. It's being made available on CD Rom for the same price.

In DPhiE, we finally decided that our new members "affilliate" or participate in new member orientation. I've had to resist the urge to say they are "orienting" or "new membering." :)

Our pin is a "new member pin."

My head is now spinning from reading this forum and all these terms!

I think I gave myself a headache.

We also switched to NM pin to replace pledge pin

but I don't know about how you replace the verb 'pledge' I guess affiliate works but... I just like pledge more, cause technically you are pledging yourself to an org, affiliate seems like less of a bond. I'm just glad I'm not active, makes it a little easier :D

lol

that seriously cracks me up! hehehe new membering!

Re: Manual of Information
 

OK, I thought ya'll were just kidding around with the "manual of information" thing.. and then I followed the link to the NPC website, and it really IS "the manual of information!"

You know what I find interesting? While one is no longer a pledge, but a new member, in AGD, at least, you still "pledge" the GLO and the new member pin is called the pledge pin (according to my 2003-2004 New Member Guide, anyway). I guess you can't turn new member into a verb, but I find the terminology for the pin interesting

Yes, it's all interesting! Pledging is now something you do (as in sign a pledge to be loyal to the organization), not something that you are.

the COR and CR stuff is what is getting to me now!

What I find interesting is that our chapter is so bent on getting used to using the new terms, if you say:
"rush" instead of "recruitment" or
"pledge" instead of "new member" or
"pledge class" instead of "new member class,"
it's $.50 from your pocket to a jar in the kitchen.

Difference between COB/COR and CR
 

As I understand it there is a difference between COB/COR and CR.

COB (Continuous Open Bidding) and COR (Continuous Open Recruitment) are used interchangeably. This is a process used by chapters at schools with formal or fully-structured recruitment when they have spots they need to fill. COb/COR refers to events that take place outside formal recruitment but formal recruitment DOES happen at that campus.

CR (Continuous Recruitment) is a style of recruitment endorsed by NPC (the three styles are fully structured, partially structured and continuous recruitment) whereby recruitment is a continuous process for all groups on campus. Formal recruitment does not exist on that campus at all.

Hope that makes sense!

If I read the article in The Crescent correctly I thought they were replacing the term Continuous Open Recruitment with Continuous Recruitment.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!

There was definite confusion about that...
 

which is why NPC adopted another resolution last year changing COR to CR, and clarifying that CR is a recruitment style, NOT intended to replace the term COB. COB is still alive and healthy, CR is one of the recruitment styles, and COR is used for whatever purpose anyone wants to use it for!