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Originally Posted by kddani
The facebook thread referenced earlier demonstrates the extreme lack of knowledge of many alumnae with regards to today's recruitment realities. It seems that most of our groups have tried to address it delicately in communications with alumnae, but many just don't get it. I think many just don't want to "get it" and would rather rant and rave.
I love the alumnae who spout off that they're no longer going to volunteer with the sorority or support it financially. I would hazard a guess that most of those complaining are not involved with their sorority on any level more than receiving the magazine a couple times a year and certainly not on a monetary level.
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I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they may be very involved in their alumnae organizations as they said, but from experience with my alumnae chapter, most of the women have no idea what goes on in the collegiate chapters anymore. There is a disconnect between collegiate and alumnae activities, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it makes it difficult to keep alumnae up to date with the realities of recruitment. One of the main problems with the "anecdotal" stories provided is that there is a lot of power associated with "my daughter and ALL the daughters of ALL my friends have been cut." It stirs up a lot of anger and fear, but provides very little real information for mothers to really know what the likelihood that their legacy will have difficulties at little public school in tiny town USA.