[misscherrypie]

Originally Posted by racoonrevolutio

Hi everyone!

I've been looking into community based sororities and my research
Has lead me to Beta Sigma Phi.

Excellent!

I was wondering if you guys could shed some light about the new member process?

Does your question refer to: As in how to pursue membership or as in what new members do during their first several months as sisters?

I'll answer both:

If you are interested in Beta, you can either:

A: Contact the International Offices and they will pass your information on to chapter(s) that are located in your area. Chapter(s) will contact you and you may be invited to join by them.

B: Start your own chapter with six or more like minded friends.

My story: I was originally invited to join Beta by members in my hometown, decided to remain a member at large, and went the Option B route in starting a chapter.

New members of Beta spend time learning about the organization during their six months as pledges. How chapters do this is uniform in some ways, but in the end is really chapter specific. In my own chapter, we studied the materials issued by international as a chapter since we were all pledges at the same time, but also had other activities (cultural outings, socials with other Beta chapters in our area) that International requires all chapters to do and activities that our Beta City Council asked (but did not require) that we participate in.


I'm also a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, can I also join Beta Sigma Phi?

Yes, you can!

Thank you in advance for your input and advice!

Not a problem! Feel free to ask any other questions that you like.
Jen

Hope this helps!