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Originally Posted by 33girl

Every chapter of every sorority should have a list on hand at all times of unaffiliated women who might be interested in membership. This includes the chapters that have made quota and been at total every year since Lincoln was in office. Life is uncertain and you never know when or why your chapter might take a membership hit.

This, too.

When Panhellenic started using tiered total (basically total that adjusts by the semester instead of staying same all year after everyone reaches it in Fall FR), many chapters had open spots in the spring who had never had them before.

It was a real stretch to get them to see that this is why you should always be networking with unaffiliated women, hanging out with them, holding events every so often that unaffiliated women can come to (your philanthropy, service events, etc. should not always be (example) ASAs only) and keeping contact with the women who come. That way when you find that you have room in spring for 5 more women - boom. You can invite the 5 you already know to hang out and you're not doing BIG EVENTS to draw in unaffilaited women you've never met. (when you only have 5 spots to start with.)

Being at total doesn't mean you just stop interacting with unaffiliated women. You continue to network even if you can't give out bids right now.