interesting
I think it's interesting you vote on pledges every week.
We vote to bid to would-be new members (i.e. pledges), and if I remember correctly it was a 2/3rds majority vote to get a bid.
But once you've received a bid, you're pretty much in. You are of course required to meet all of the requirements the chapter has set up for your pledging, including attending meetings, completing projects & passing tests. If you don't meet any of these requirements, then the new member educator speaks to the entire chapter, who can vote:
A) extend your pledge period to make up for it- you initiate at the end of this period
B)you can attempt to pledge again the following semester, but are not initiated until then (you go through rush, but are guaranteed a bid)
C)you're out- you can rush again, but no promises
I never saw any of these things happen. Once we had a new member who failed a test, and we were about to vote on what to do, when she decided to de-pledge (our new member ed. came rushing in right before the vote). It was a sticky situation because she was a student from abroad, and we had to decide how much of her difficulty was based on her lack of English skills. And then match that against her involvement during her pledge period. It would have been a tough decision. She didn't join any GLO's, but we remained friendly with her.
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