What I liked: I lived around the corner from my RC, and she really had an open door policy during recruitment. I always felt welcome to go in and talk through my pros & cons about the chapters. I didn't feel judged, and I had no idea that she was a member of the sorority I didn't click with and dropped after the first round (dropping chapters was fairly unusual at my school, but hey, I was an ignorant freshman!).
What I didn't like: One of the chapters at the time was really low in numbers and if that chapter lost its charter, so would the others. Thus they were all VERY passionate about getting people to join the smaller chapter. That really turned me off and made me like the chapter less because they seemed so desperate to push several of us in that direction. So... if there is an agenda for the year of boosting a chapter or something, or even encouraging women to maximize options or other more common issues- state your case and talk to the PNMs about it, but don't overdo it or they'll play their ignorant freshman cards and rebel
We didn't really do much in the way of pre-recruitment activities, although each freshman dorm was supposed to have at least 2 activities during fall term. They happened, they just weren't well attended. The RCs also did a night during recruitment for only RCs and PNMs of just having fun, getting to know you, playing games, icebreakers, etc. But... I also don't really remember that. We also weren't super involved during recruitment in terms of fun little prep bags or anything- after all, there were only 20-25 PNMs and three chapters. It was pretty low-key. I was actually an RC for fall term my senior year but had to switch off with someone for actual recruitment, so I didn't get to experience the recruitment part of being an RC. So really all I did was plan some events with my fellow RCs, attempt to get people excited/interested in recruitment, and be unaffiliated (publicly anyway) for a few months. I'm glad things wound up the way they did (I became the chapter President somewhat unexpectedly), but I wish I could've had the other part of being an RC during recruitment and helping the PNMs find their places. So... enjoy it!