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Originally Posted by chords1423
psusue, I completely agree with you about cracking down on the participation. However I do have some questions -simply out of curiosity. When you said that during your first chapter meeting, you were in awe of the formality and respect? How do you think that can be brought to a chapter where a large part of the girls simply do not seem to take the chapter seriously.
Also, for your big/little program, are there requirements for a big in order to take a little? Because I find that in my chapter, a problem is that some of the girls who really don't care at all end up receiving a little. Then the bad attitude rubs off on the little.
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It was simply that our chapter followed Robert's Rules of Order while conducting meetings, that our parliamentarian and president were good at nipping side chatter in the bud, and because of that the tone it set for our chapter meetings. We as NMs knew it was something to be respected, so we did so.
I would contact your chapter adviser/regional support team if you have questions about this. Like the other posters have said, there is no reaosn to reinvent the wheel.
In terms of who gets a little, that is up to our big/little chairperson. But they've never prevented anyone from getting a little because of their lack of participation. It just usually happens that those people are not as interested in taking a little because of their disinterest in the sorority. Our vice president though (NM educator) is in charge of pearl sisters, and those are seen as more of a privilege, typically given to sisters who are active, involved, and contributing. Your sorority may already have a similar mentoring program in place.