I was in one of the twelve chapters that originated the New Member program (go ZE!), and I must say, these ideas sound great. Our chapter really liked the shortened NM period, b/c we're on 10-week trimesters and that meant we no longer had to deal with a school break during the pledge period. We did NOT like the Kore thing. I was a sophomore when the NM program was initiated and my pledge class truly missed the demise of the big/little relationship. Big/lil week was always lots of fun and we were sad when the whole Kore thing started. We had big/lil matching about four weeks before initiation, but that was during the 12-week pledge period.
I think it's fabulous that you're including undergraduate members on this task force. It sounds like chapters will really benefit from the three ideas that you have so far.
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