My Rho Gamma training was a sham. We were selected in late September, began disaffiliation in October, and we had 6 Rho Gamma classes on Wednesday nights in the fall semester (we do spring FMR).
The first two classes we did a few icebreakers, but none of them stuck out to me.
I do know that we spent the third class learning about counseling skills with the [Chi Omega] house director of a fraternity on campus. And then the fourth class, we learned the
same exact thing from a sorority woman who works in the counseling center.
The fifth week, they tried to teach us about recruitment as a numbers game (ie release figures, bid matching, quota additions, etc). I was already considerably knowledgeable about the subject, so I started asking Green Book type questions that the Rho Gamma coordinators didn't even understand. (The Panhellenic advisor was able to answer my questions). Most of the Rho Gammas barely had a grip on what the difference between total and quota was. So then the PHA VP Recruitment finally says, "Ok you guys don't really need to know this, let's focus on counseling. If one of your PNMs asks you a question that you don't know the answer to, you can ask us." That's fine if you want to be bombarded with questions or have your Rho Gammas giving out information that they THINK they know but is actually wrong.
I know one of my sisters who pledged a year after me said her Rho Gamma told her she had to suicide. She went to SigKap, Tri Delta and KD for preference, and she is a KD and Tri Delta legacy. Her dumb Rho Gamma told her that she had to suicide SK if that's what she wanted, because even if she put KD or Tri Delt below SK, she'd get whichever one was higher because they wanted her more. NO NO NO NO NO! Thank God she matched with us even though she suicided.
I had one of my PNMs ask me a similar question. She attended preference at her legacy chapter, along with two others. Her legacy chapter was not her first choice and she asked me if that would mean that she'd automatically get her legacy chapter if she listed them regardless of her choices. Fortunately, I told her that if it is indeed true that this chapter puts legacies on their first list, you'll still get your first choice unless they fill quota before getting to your name. You will have a "spot" at your legacy chapter until you match elsewhere. She ranked all 3 chapters and got her first choice
Ok, sixth class, we did nothing other than put labels on postcards to be mailed to the homes of all unaffiliated freshman and sophomore women over winter break advertising recruitment. Sure, it was great use of 34 pairs of hands since we got it done in about 30 minutes. My complaint is that the Rho Gammas were not armed with enough knowledge to answer questions that PNMs will have. Their attitude was "If you know too much, you'll probably tell PNMs things that they shouldn't know."
Make sure your Rho Gammas are knowledgeable.