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Hello all,
I honestly did not ever realize that this would be so much work. I truly realize now how much easier it is to follow in the footsteps of others rather than try to forge your own path. I've been doing alot of thinking about this whole situation, and I'm realizing just how much work I have cut out for me. The fact is, I need more women to be able to have a strong base to appeal to NPC. To get more women, we need to hold a rush. To hold a rush, it seems, we need to have money, and money is what none of us have right now. I would feel awful if I got a bunch of pnm's and then couldn't give them tshirts and bumper stickers and all the fun stuff associated with the beginning of going greek. Thus, I've been working my butt off trying to find ways I can make customized stuff for cheap. Luckily, my co-founder Wendy has a brother in law who is a carpenter, and he's going to help us out alot with paddles and letters and so on. I'm also looking into to finding some cheap silk screening and/or iron on letters so we can make some cute t shirts. Some stuff, such as picture frames and mugs, etc, seem like they should be pretty simple to do it yourself, but things like bumper stickers, license plate frames, and other fun stuff aren't that easy to come by. On top of all this is the fact that I don't even know what to do once we have women involved. I figured the first night we could have an informational meeting, letting everyone know what our deal is, etc etc. And then the second night I wanted to do something charitable- Gamma Phi doesn't do this with their rush and it was disapointing to me, because giving back to the community is one of the best things about going Greek in my opinion. The clothing exchange seems like a fun idea, but in case that doesn't work out, I'm trying to think of something else also. And then for a third night I thought maybe we could have sort of an ice cream social or something kindof laid back, just some fun stuff to make sure everyone can get to know eachother, etc. But then after that, what do I know about initiations and ceremonies all that? The only examples I have to follow are from really cheesy movies of the week that all inevitably have girls signing their names in blood and being hazed beyond all belief, which is obviously not what I want to do. But I honestly have no idea what to do. I want it to be special, but how do I make it work? And even though there is so much that I can make by myself or do to cut costs, the bottom line is that we have like zero funds to start with and so how in the world can we afford any of this? I'm scrimping and saving my projected Christmas money already and I'm still concerned. Is taking out a loan a common practice in this sort of situation? And what kind of pledge fees or whatever do we charge these girls? What is that money even supposed to cover? Aaaaagh so many questions. Thanks for listening, this kind of venting sort of helps me get my thoughts in order, although right now I don't feel like I really have things under control! It's nice to know at least that I'm not in this alone.
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