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I live in a very large, major city in the south and I can tell you finding greeks can be extremely difficicult. The alum groups are hard to contact and receive responses from. Many do not respond at all. It seems like alums are not very active in my area. You would think there would be numerous Greeks out there and that it would be very easy to find alums to help, but it is not. Just because you live in a very large city it can be just as tough as a very remote town. It is tough for a PNM to get help - very tough. I have seen some ask numerous people and still come up empty-handed.
I am not one to get behind recommending someone if you do not know them. What is the point? You write a solid rec because you know the young woman and believe in them as a strong candidate for membership.
I often wonder if there is a better system. If we state that you need recs for every house it really puts out a false message. I know I don't want to read a rec that means very little just so a PNM says she has a rec to house X for the sake of having it. Maybe a personal rec may mean more from a teacher than from a stranger trying to speak on the PNM's behalf.
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