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I apologize if you already do this, but if you don't already have an outlined plan for new member ed and initation, with set dates from bid day to initation, DO IT. It will help you in integrating your new member classes.

Let's say that the time you take to initate your new member period is not to exceed 6 weeks from Bid Day and no less than 4 weeks from Bid Day. Meaning you can initiate them at Week 4, 5, or 6 of their pledgeship.

Using this model, you can set up three groups of new members, Track A, Track B and Track C. The three groups will all be called your new member class and can have activities together.

Week 1: Formal Recruitment's Bid Day, Track A has Lesson 1
Week 2: Track A has Lesson 2, CR events
Week 3: Bid Day for CR Events, New Member Retreat (Track B has Lesson 1 & 2 Cram Session) and both tracks have Lesson 3 together at retreat. They're now all caught up.
Week 4: Lesson 4 for A&B
Week 5: Lesson 5 for A&B, CR, Bid Day for Track C and Lesson 1 for them. They'll still get to be with the earlier tracks.
Week 6: Initation for Track A (6 weeks) and Track B (4 weeks), Lesson 2 for Track C
Week 7: Lesson 3
Week 8: Lesson 4
Week 9: Lesson 5
Week 10: Initation for Track C (6 weeks; hold a retreat somewhere in their 6 weeks; you can even do CR and have a Track D start new member ed in this time span.)

Hope that made sense!!! Basically, you can integrate your new member classes and play catch up to a certain point depending on when they pledged or hold them for the next set of initations.