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Originally posted by KLPDaisy
I don't know if you'd be allowed to do this by your campus Panhel, or if you'd want to, but last year, during informal recruitment, a chapter on my campus was struggling with numbers so what they did was invite EVERY SINGLE PNM to their pref, even the ones who didn't attend any of their events, anbd they just automatically gave bids to all of the girls who came to their pref.
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I have to agree with what others have said... this is a very dangerous idea. With this approach, you may get a lot of warm dues-paying bodies, but they could be anyone... people who can't make grades, people who get drunk every Thursday and stay that way until Monday, the campus ho, or a group of people who don't fit in well with the sisters and don't uphold the sorority's ideals. Plus, you come across as desperate and willing to take anybody. In the case that KLPDaisy described, it looks like that didn't happen... if so, that chapter is very lucky.
I also agree that holding rush events with fraternities is a bad idea. You might find your PNMs (and your sisters!) treating it more like a mixer rather than a rush event. Plus I think there may be NPC unanimous agreements about that... certainly no men are allowed at formal recruitment, I'm not sure about informal. Plan some sisterhood-like events, like Must See TV, cookie baking, going out to a movie (chat on the way over to the theatre), etc.
As for getting women to come out, get your sisters out in the community and into various activities where they can meet unaffiliated women. Make sure your sisters are wearing letters. If there are women you want to encourage to rush, personally invite them - don't wait for them to see a flyer.
Good luck!
