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Originally Posted by adpiucf
Your house corp should pay to break leases for those sisters who have already signed with off-campus housing/on-campus residence halls, etc. This will cost them far less in the long-run.
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I agree that it would be far cheaper for your corp. board in the long run, and better for your chapter in
so many ways. Even if they can't step up to the plate and pay to break the leases (or give a short term loan to help their sisters), they could at the very least step up and help with the process itself. For some reason landlords pay a little more attention in college towns when an "adult" is involved, and it might help the members feel taken care of, that their house
needs them.
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Originally Posted by adpiucf
You also need to amend your chapter bylaws once the school year begins to address what you should do if the house is not full and the order of priority for members to move-in. In fact, review your bylaws now-- the guide may already be in there!
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Agreed! When I was initiated, we had 27 actives in a house that can hold 52. (We're closer to 70 now, hooray!) It was openly stated that our semester of initiation, we weren't expected to move in (although many Fall Formal Recruitment NMs did) but the following semester, we did. The house needed to stay full, and if there were vacancies, the actives were expected to be in-house. It was a responsibility of membership. If it were full, the Seniors had first choice to be out-of-house, and actually our corp. board happened to own the "residential" house next door and it would become the senior annex.
I digress... do review (and possibly modify) your by-laws and ask your alumnae to step up to the plate! Would your Greek affairs office be able to help with the lease-breaking? Just a last-minute thought...
Good luck, keep us posted!
