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Originally Posted by violetpretty
I think the rec forms should only say if a PNM is a legacy to a particular chapter. Like if my imaginary biological little sister were going through recruitment and got a rec for ZTA, the rec would not list that she is a SK legacy. From all of the stories about legacies getting cut hard for no reason other than chapters making incorrect assumptions about the legacies' preferences, it seems that knowing a PNM's legacy status at other chapters does more harm than good. I know that the general registration has PNMs list all legacy affiliations, but with ICS, only your chapter's legacies are visible.
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I understand that from the PNMs perspective, you are right: other chapters knowing her legacy status doesn't really benefit her, but from the chapter's perspective is is helpful to know. On the most positive level, you know that she has an understanding of the involvement and responsibilities of Greek Life.
On a less positive level, release figures make a successful recruitment a guessing game even for the most successful chapters. You have to invite back the girls who you really want who also have your group as their number one choice, and some groups get very little cushion in terms of numbers. Any indication you might get that a pnm has an affinity elsewhere could helpful to know, in cases for which you have nothing else of merit to go with.
I think rec forms should tell the GLO everything that they can to add to the information the group could get about the PNM as long as it's accurate, and other legacies chapters is worth knowing, I think.