[FSUZeta]

lowering your campus total makes sense to me. none of the chapters are at total, only one(chapter A) has hit total recently and is no longer at total. this makes me think that for your campus, right now, total is too high. it also makes no sense to bring another sorority on board, until all the chapters are at (or very near)total and stay at total for several semesters.

if your campus does not change recruitment styles next semester, and there is no set quota, then chapter A will only be able to pledge 2 girls. if they graduate 8 seniors in the spring, then they can fill those spots in the fall when everyone returns to school. if your chapters are not holding informal recruitment in the fall, there is the answer as to why no chapter is at total.

if you are only ever allowed to pledge up to total, at some point in the year all the chapters will be playing catchup. you can never go over total and creat a membership cushion(the # of members above total).

structured recruitment can work for a campus with three sororities. the chapter i advise is on a three sorority campus, with no greek housing. they hold recruitment after classes have been in session for a few weeks, in the fall, and week night parties cannot begin until 9:30, due to night classes. all three chapters pledged quota plus. incidently, we had formal recruitment when there were just two sororities and both chapters pledge quota.

it should be spelled out in the campus recruitment rules when "silence" begins and ends. that would cover when members need to stop wearing things that identify them as members of a sorority and when they can and cannot speak with pnms.

if it is not written down, i would challenge what she says. the three sororities cannot be expected to remember rules if they are not written down. if there are no written recruitment rules, i would suggest that you contact advisors from the other two chapters and together approach the greek life advisor(after you all have met and have a game plan) to work with her, under the guidance of the area panhellenic advisor, to formulate recruitment rules. with the three sororities and their advisors working together, you all can get done what needs to be done.