[Zillini]

As of this moment in time there are exactly 991 PNMs registered for Bama. I just checked online. Recruitment starts on 8/16, a bit less than 3 weeks away. I'm speculating that we'll see around 1200 +/- and quota around 65 with 15 Chapters participating.

The University of Alabama administration has committed to significantly growing the student population over the next 5 years. This should translate into ever larger numbers going through Recruitment as well. Rumors were rampent in early spring that we would be looking at around 2500, but it doesn't look like that's going to be the case.

FYI - this year we will be using the new NPC Release Figure system. I suspect it will be very shocking to many houses when they see the number of invites they are allowed compared to past years. But I've heard most folks on campuses that have already gone to this say that while it was pretty scary at first, it all seemed to work out in the end.

We will also be using the new NPC Quota Setting formula where quota is determined by the number of PNMs that attend Pref night. As I understood it, quota used to use the total number of PNMs that went through Recruitment. It didn't factor in drop outs and women that didn't get return invites.