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Alright, I was hoping someone could give me suggestions for recruitment. We're a smaller chapter about 20 guys, and none of my guys seem to want to really recruit a lot. How can I motivate them to recruit and does anyone have any good ideas for recruitment in general? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Alpha Kappa Lambda, Alpha Zeta

It's February. It's a little bit late to be getting motivated to do recruitment.

Ideally, this is a whole chapter process, but realistically, you need just a core of men who are willing to go all in. Have a 5-man recruitment team and shoot for a pledge class of 10-15. If you start identifying and contacting prospects in the summer, this is very, very doable.

They could be doing spring soon, I suppose?

I suggest playing whiskeypong for rush with rushees.

Everyone wins.

actually rush for us goes for awhile, so we still have time.

you can't really motivate the guys who don't want to do things. the best you can do is take the few guys that are motivated to recruit and use them to drive your recruitment.

phired up has this Mule story thats a perfect metaphor for apathetic brothers.

I'd strongly recommend getting started, get 5 or 6 people who want to help make the chapter better (Executive Council members) and go out and meet people. Start putting together plans for rush in the fall. My chapter currently has 17 guys, but they all want to help with rush.

The key comment you made was that none of the members really want to rush. Do they want to be in a good fraternity? That is, if they had the chance to join a good fraternity would they do it, or are they happy being part of what you describe?
Here's an answer. Forget the conventional methods. Pick one man who wants the fraternity to be better and make him the rush god. Don't bring it up for a vote; just do it. A handful of good men must take over the chapter, let the ones leave who want to and organize the ones who remain.
Rush and pledge, rush and pledge constantly. If you have to have pledge classes, have two, three per semseter, staggered. Initiate as many as you can, quickly. Participate in exciting, fun activities like sports and inter-fraternity philanthropies.
Yes, it's true that there is danger in fast growth. But its also true that all wanted qualities follow quantity. Pledge quality as much as you can, but understand that quality will improve as size and overall strength increases.
There are no quality fraternities that are not size-competitive.
Don't worry about having 20 guys. Get one man who will rush like a demon and ask rushees to join HIM. In the short run you may pledge 10 and lose 5 existing memebrs who don't want to be in a competitive fraternity. But if you persist you will be successful.

thats what they taught us in rush school. Quantity drives quality.

Go talk to the campus leaders, the student government, pre-med/pre-dent presidents, people like that....If can convince guys like that to join you, then not only are you improving the current conditions of your chapter, you are also nearly guaranteeing perutual success.