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Originally posted by Betarulz!
That is way tough...Theoretically, couldn't one member sabotage the whole pledge class? Or even one member for each potential?
I just mean that there are guys in my house that I don't like, and so to have just one person say no...that seems fairly easy. Do you guys have guidelines as to what an appropriate reason to vote against is, or is just not liking someone reason enough to drop a black marble? (For us, failure to get 85% of the members will prevent a pledge from initiating)
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One member could theoretically sabotage it... BUT we can propose a candidate for election as many times as it needs to be done. So we'll sort through it. There are definitely ways of dealing with this kind of thing within the rules. It's not so simple as I describe it but that's all it's ever come to in my chapter. No one has had to go outside the normal process.
The point is not whether or not you like the candidate but that you think he'll be good for the house. It's supposed to be a selfless decision. I'd drop the ball on my little if I knew he wouldn't do anything after he was initiated..
There are no guidelines or anything. It's a big trust issue basically.. And the benefit is that when a man is elected to be initiated he knows he has the entire house behind him. With this process will we ever be the biggest house on campus? Maybe not... but maybe that's not what's important.