[khlkcca]

I loved the structure at GMI many years ago. During a three week period the three chapters had a party on a different prescheduled night each week (9 total parties). You were required to attend each group at least once. The parties were not typical formal rush parties. I can remember one party was a tie dye party.

The real fun was the rest of the three weeks. The chapters would have socials doing all kinds of things canoeing, luaus, drive-in movies to name a few. These events might overlap so you chose whatever you wanted to go to, or none at all. At the very end you were invited to a pref type party by 1,2, or all 3 of the chapters. In reality, by that time everyone pretty much knew who was going where because people tended to attend most of the socials at their favorite group the third week.

I loved this because you got to know people in a more natural environment like you would hang out with friends.

I'll tell you about my least favorite later on.