[FSUZeta]

quota is different than total.

quota is the maximum number of new members a chapter can pledge. to quote the green book again:

"quota is set each year during formal recruitment by vote of the college panhellenic council. npc recommends that in order to be flexible in quota setting one of the two quota methods outlined be used:

quota setting method 1

quota shall equal the number of women accepting at least one invitation to the first or second round of invitational events divided by the number of fraternity(womens) chapters.

example: registered number of pnms-350
#accepting first invitational event-300
# of NPC groups=6
300 divided by 6=50
quota will be 50"

which means that every chapter may pledge a maximum of 50 new members. each fraternity regardless of size, is entitled to pledge the full quota at any time during the year even if by doing so, the allowable total chapter size is exceeded and the formal recruitment period is over.

the alternative method (2) uses an average percentage of the women pledged during the last three years, divided by the number of fraternity chapters. quota equals the number of women registering and attending the first membership recruitment function, multiplied by the average %, divided by the number of chapters.

now i do know that some cpcs, to maximize the number of women the chapters can take, and thusly maximizing the odds that the remaining women will recieve a bid, will take the number of women who attended preference parties divided by the number of chapters as quota.

"reasonable Total" means a total that the majority will be able to achieve and sustain. in other words, if no chapter is a total, then cpc should not raise total-perhaps they should reevaluate and lower total. if all chapters are over total, then total should be raised, or cpc should think about inviting another sorority to come on to campus.