I don't think anyone here was implying that RFM isn't a positive thing.
And I re-read my comment from yesterday and I think I came off kind of snarky and b****y. That's what a few drinks late at night will get me
Seriously, there are times that I shouldn't be allowed near a computer…
Sorry if that's how I came across!
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Originally Posted by SydneyK
If NPC truly wants to provide a level playing field - which I assume was part of the decision to adopt RFM - providing an "out" for women who were offered bids during COB seems to blatantly diminish the value of those bids. Now, I don't want to speak for 33, but I imagine that chapter/situation mentioned above is precisely the type of chapter/situation 33 was talking about. It may not happen on every campus, but it definitely still happens.
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Originally Posted by Titchou
So your answer is to penalize women who accept a COB bid because a few campuses still have not reached parity? There are always going to be places where a chapter struggles. That's just a fact of life. And it isn't always the fault of RFM or recruitment issues per se. Some chapters need to go. Some schools need to decide if they really want Greeks or not. But RFM has done more to level the playing field than anything in the past.
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I think the solution is similar to this one:
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Originally Posted by Titchou
Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be average chapter size. While that's the preferred number, NPC allows other options. Alabama is going to average chapter size minus 5%.
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There should be options.
Not all schools/sororities/chapters are equal. I think the COB/year rule should come with exceptions.
All I'm saying is that it seems crazy that a PNM who goes through formal recruitment can accept a bid and drop on bid day, and she has to wait a full year, while a girl at another campus who hung out with a chapter for weeks on end and received a bid can pledge up until a day before initiation and drop out, and then receive a bid from another chapter a month later.
There has to be a happy medium.