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Originally posted by shadokat
[B]bets--
do you all have any rules about "replacing" yourself?
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Yes, we always talk about that, but it's not a RULE, persay.
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It seems that you are getting girls to the house, which is half the battle, but closing the deal isn't happening. What sort of activities do you do at COB? Any idea why the girls who come don't end up pledging?
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Our events consist of every member and pledge being responsible for bringing 1+ PNM to an "open sisterhood." So they come "just to hang out," not to get "rushed", because thats basically why these girls aren't in sororities, b/c they don't like rush. We go to play lazer tag, do philanthropic events, rollerskating, any activity where you get to be dorky and casual. Through
the evening, you get to know the girls, and in casual conversation (sometimes a formal welcome) we let them know that if someone is interested, we can start to get to know them with the prospect of them pledging. Then we put those girls on a make believe "list", and we make sure they are invited to EVERYTHING they can come to for the next few weeks, like intramurals, games, 1 social, sisterhoods, anything so that they feel like they are a member. We even invite the fence-sitters to come to a pledge meeting to see "what's up". Somewhere along the way, after the chapter has expressed interest, we (myself and the NM educator) take girls aside and offer them a bid, giving them a deadline to respond if it is needed. The other girls that never said that they were really interested in pledging, we still invite to stuff, but mostly we just invite them to other sisterhoods, because we can keep a better eye on them at those.
It is a combination of factors as to why the girls don't rush. Part of the reason is b/c of finances, many of the girls that come to our school are working HARD to pay for college, and a sorority would break their back. Part of it is time restraint, b/c our greek system has a MAJOR problem with overprogramming. The whole "they don't know it yet thing" is really true, and so we try really hard to convince them, but it is in the end our fault b/c something we do) or don't do, doesn't sign the deal.
But we're not giving up! While we try to get new girls, we are becoming SUPER tight as a chapter, because we are always spending time with each other as a whole chapter.
Shoot, I don't know the answer, b/c if I did, there would be no question!