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Originally Posted by tld221

not that active members would disclose this to NMs, but dont "gifts" to NMs tend to come out of NM fees?

Not by us. The only thing that came out of NM fees were programs ran specifically for the NMs, NM pins, manuals, etc.

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

I guess it is hard for me to understand since we do not get ANYTHING until after we are members.

Neither did we. We got a ton of gifts after initiation from our big, president and NME but that was the first time we ever got anything big. We would get something small (usually a big/lil shot glass, candle or something along those lines) on Big Sis/Lil Sis night, and that never had letters on it. We weren't allowed to buy anything with letters on it until after initiation either, and that was the way that I liked it.