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I guess if a chapter is interested or impressed with the letter, they can have any alum write the rec (even collegians in some NPC orgs can write recommendations). Since there is often no requirement that the rec-writer actually know the PNM personally, this would be the functional equivalent of an alum writing a rec for a PNM they don’t know after checking with with a PNM’s neighbor, teacher, pastor, etc. Based on my reading here this seems like a fairly common practice, but IMO, over time this practice has eroded the relevance/importance of a “personal” recommendation.
Just speculating, of course, but this may be an effort to increase diversity in the PNM pool by encouraging girls who may not have or know family, extended family, or women in their communities who were Greek. Securing personal recommendations to so many chapters may be a perceived barrier to their participation in recruitment.
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