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Originally posted by TxGirl
In the original post it was said that if the new members didn't get the interviews they didn't get to "join". I assume this means be initiated.
As for signatures, the guy I dated in college had to have the signature of every member on his 5 ft. tall paddle before he could be initiated. And these were really just the persons signed name. Some would right their "words of widsom" in addition, but most didn't. Some of the guys made them "earn" the signatures, some would make themselves unavailable to the new members until just hours before initiation. If they didn't like the new member, they would refuse to sign it. I don't know if the new member educator could override the signature thing or not, I doubt it.
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Well, this is why my chapter and others have a couple of clear policies regarding signatures.
1. we never require pledges to get EVERY signature. A majority is good enough.
2. we never allow for pledges to have to 'earn' a signature. That sort of behavior is considered by most groups to be hazing.
To get the pledges to make an effort to met the 'seldom around' members and the like, we make a fun challange of getting the most signatures. But in no way are they penalized or prevented from joining because they didn't get all or X number of signatures.
And yes, our pledgemaster would be having a talk with the chapter Brother who refused to give a signature, and I would hope any pledgemaster/pledge trainer would do the same.