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UCF is no frills--- when I went through back in the "day," it was the first year of no frills--- you went from frills with prom dresses and evening gowns everyday to ice water parties with minimal decor and pretty dresses-- now it is khaki shorts and a maximum of 30 balloons inside the house, no skits and minimal decorations.
Believe it or not, I love it this way! It shows the real side of the sisterhood--- conversation is what should motivate a member to join-- not a longing to join because someone pulled out all sorts of bells and whistles. We must remember-- these women are in college to LEARN-- why get all stressed out about covering the house in glitter and glam, and they have a BUDGET to maintain-- why spend it all on recruitment decor when it can be used for advertising recruitment, buying chapter house necessities, throwing great philathropy events and sisterhood retreats, social, etc.--- I am not saying the houses shouldn't be clean, the women looking alert and their best-- just that you don't need to have a tulle waterfall draped gracefully down your staircase and the entire house masked in fabrics. Let's get to the nuts and bolts-- the core of membership-- the members themselves-- invest in good conversation workshops and programming to increase their ability to successfully recruit and retain members!
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