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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne
Kappa Delta works pretty similarly to Tri Sigma, from what KSUViolet posted. Sisters can request inactive status for medical or financial reasons (with documentation) for a semester or two at most, if I remember correctly.
When I was a collegian it was a HUGE deal to resign membership at my campus. It just wasn't done unless there were extreme circumstances. Depledging happened but that really wasn't seen as a big deal at all and didn't carry much of a stigma if the girl went through Rush again.
Back to what Honey said about the new, shorter new member periods, I remember talking to Kappa Delta's National President about this a few years back. She said that since the shortened periods resignations had gone up something crazy like 700% across the board Panhellenically. (one of the reasons the shortened time-frame irritates me.)
Whether it was the shortened period, just a different campus culture or the fact that this was nearly 18 years after I was a collegian I don't know. But when I worked with another KD chapter at a different campus resignations were rampant. I'd say about 20 a year. The girls thought nothing of it. I was baffled....and annoyed.
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I agree with KSUViolet and Leslie Anne. In Phi Mu we are able to take inactive status for sisters going abroad or if they have medical problems. I'd be willing to bet that both Tri-Sig and Kappa Delta work the same in that they have to be voted on. For instance, before we had a sister go abroad to London the one year she had to send in a sheet and have it signed off by Nationals and then voted on. If she waited too long to send in that paper-then oh well on her....When you go inactive for that semester you don't have to pay dues. I can understand this because if you are abroad in another country you aren't exactly participating in recruitment, formals, socials, etc. That I understand. Girls that just want to drop membership and regain it every other semester would not fly with pretty much ANY PHC org. I would assume. I also agree with Leslie Anne that it's frustrating when girls drop or depledge. I remember a girl I was friends with dropped a PHC org. and the girls of that Org. harrassed her continuously because then she joined a local service sorority and just ditched them. Was harrassment the right thing to do-No, however, I can see how those girls were hurt and it upset them. It wasn't my sorority, however, I can honestly say when a girl dropped my chapter after either pledging or initiating-I stopped talking to them (not harrass them). It was a tough pill to swallow that these girls had no respect for the organization I love so much. There were certain orgs. on campus that each semester they would lose ALOT of pledges or new initiates. I feel for them because personally I think that sucks! Can't we go back to longer pledge periods???