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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I think I understand what you are saying from an overall perspective kind of thing: preference numbers drive the rest of the releases. But, what I'm trying to get at is that if a group can't effectively re-invite, how do they compensate from too many PNMs not returning to a given round if their target number is already getting too small?
If they got dropped by girls after second, but could re-invite them for third, they'd be in better shape for pref, right?
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Well, two things help with that situation.
#1 - A chapter won't be releasing down to their Preference number on the first round. So if a chapter underperforms (as compared to previous years) in that first round, they will be asked to either not release any the next round or to release fewer than originally planned. If they underperform the night before Preference, they are in a bit of trouble (if they use A/R rather than Priority - see next). But this underperforming is rare.
#2 - Flex Lists. These are used only with Priority as opposed to Accept/Regret. They are the backup plan and in all actuality are re-invitations. So if a chapter has too few PNMs accepting to the next round, some extra PNMs can be added back to the invitation list. Flexing is done before invitations are given to PNMs, so they never know if they were flexed or not.