As far as recruitment goes don't worry about stereotypes. You can't change who you are. Concentrate on recruiting girls who are diverse. Focus on women who are already active on campus or even campus leaders. Any of your sisters on a sports team? Try recruiting some teammates!
I'd personally disagree w/ the "good, large pledge class" plan. While yes a large pledge class can be good, and you always want a good class of women; if you take on more girls than the number of sisters can handle, you can sabotage yourself. I'm more of the steady growth of good women camp.
Assuming all the pledges get initiated, you'll have a sisterhood of 9 for the fall. I would think if the new members are properly integrated w/in the chapter this semester and over the summer they should be able to handle taking on leadership roles such as Bis Sis rather quickly. If you get 6 pledges in the fall then you'll have 15 by spring. Take 10 girls then and voila total! "actual results may vary"
When I joined by chapter in Spring 98 we graduated like 10 girls and had only 22 going into fall rush. Total was still at 80 then. We doubled our size that year. We took 3 pledge classes a year, one/quarter. Total was lowered to 70 that fall after another chapter closed. Now in Winter 2003 my girls are sitting pretty at total. And they're all great girls. We were always focused on getting girls w/ potential to take leadership positions and help the chapter thrive. It works!
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