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Originally posted by exlurker
A couple of posts have mentioned encouraging pledges/new members to get signatures from members who are seldom around.
My question is: WHY should it be such a big deal to track down and get to know a pretty uninvolved member? I realize there may be some stellar members whose academic commitments, work demands, volunteer activities, and other pressures on their time limit their hanging-around time. But if there are members who are basically ghosts and don't associate with the chapter, I don't see any special value in prodding or requiring new members to get to know them.
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Well, I could see two reasons:
1. if that 'seldom around' member does decide to get more active, no one will know who they are, which may lead them to not bothing to get active. This way newer members will have some idea who they are.
2. having pledges track them down just may inspire them to get more active.