[DreamfulSpirit]

I'm not sure how your school panhellenic council works, but when my OphiA chapter joined Arizona State's panhellenic council (I believe as an associate member, don't quote me on it), we continued to do rush on our own, how we usually did things, and did not participate with panhellenic formal recruitment. Our sorority's policy on rush conflicts with how panhellenic does their recruitment.

I believe Phi Beta Chi at UNC, they're associate members of their panhellenic council, and I believe they do their rush/recruitment on their own as well.

Check with AOE's rush or recruitment policies and also with your school's panhellenic council's policies.