Okay - so many things to respond to here.
First, NPC (and this is all from the new edition of the Green Book or NPC Manual of Information) has come up with 4 types of recruitments that a College Panhellenic (CPH) can choose from based on their system. NPC realized that formal recruitment did not fit all chapters across the country and this was their solution. The 4 styles are:
Fully Structured Recruitment - FSR (as we all know and love
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Partially Structued Recruitment - PSR
Minimally Structured Recruitment - MSR
Continuous Recruitment (or no formal and COB only) - CR
In the Green Book, they have questions to help the CPH determine which style is right for their system. They are also advised to contact their NPC Area Advisor for help.
Second, NPC now recommends that (again in the new Green Book) that chapter total be reevaluated every year. Yes, that was EVERY YEAR. Advisors from the chapters should be part of this discussion as well.
Third, the new Release Figure Management (RFM) is to be used by all CPH's by 2006 during recruitment. This of course does not apply if you are not doing FSR or PSR.
So, many of our wishes have already been answered - the CPH's just need to implement them.