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In my chapter/on my campus. Mixers were from 8-10, and after 10 they would open to the whole school. We were encouraged to arrive on time and stay until the mixer opened. It wasn't mandatory, and some people did arrive late/leave early, but as long as a good number of girls were there from 8-10 it was fine. It does look bad when the E-boards of both orgs put so much effort into time/place/theme/drinks and only 5-10 girls show up, or even worse everyone shows up, gets drunk in 30 minutes and then bugs out. Was your sorority having trouble with this? That could be the reason for the new rules, and I can understand Pres/Social Chair being really pissed if that's happening. Although it really should go through the whole chapter.
We did have to attend certain things to be able to go to mixers/formal. Does your sorority have a point system? We implemented one (if you want to PM me I can give you more details about the way it worked), and it really cleared up a lot of the attendance problems we have. Essentially, suggest that whatever it is girls MOST want to go to (formals were usually ours) needed a certain number of points to attend. This MIGHT help your chapter.
But mostly it sounds like your entire chapter just needs to talk about this, probably with your academic or GL advisor mediating (GL Advisor would know more about the rules, academic advisor would be more impartial and might come up with some outside-the-box ideas).
Just some thoughts. But yeah, if I were required to stay at an event until 1AM, I wouldn't go. But I don't think a one or two hour attendance is unfair.
ETA: I can't speak to the DD/bus situation, since we solved the problem by doing everything within walking distance. Busses cost money, walking is free! We did have DD's for those that needed them, but only used busses for out of town formals.
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