|
The only time it seems to be a big deal comparing one set of chapter gifts to another was on bid day. One chapter was giving out a pile of gifts and most other chapters were giving a couple of small things in a bag and a t-shirt or two.
A proposal came up in Panhellenic meetings to include these gifts in recruitment budget and put down a per new member gift price limit. It failed. What the rest of the chapters did realize then was that the money does come out of their dues and so it turns out that most of the chapters all have pretty close to the same price in about the same place anyway. (and THAT chapter has higher dues.) Another chapter was like getting their cupcakes donated and spending the extra money on a little bit nicer gifts.
We have gone to a system where if you take a little you donate a fixed amount into the pool and all of the new members get some of the same gifts. We send an email home to the parents to ask to pay for flowers for initiation. We save a lot of money by preordering and buying the items in bulk. Any leftovers from this year can be sold to older girls in the chapter or given as prizes for games or thank you gifts.
|