Green Book Policy...

ThetaPhiAngel · #1 10-08-2003, 11:16 AM

I don't have access to the Green Book, so I could really use some help from someone who does. I need to know what the exact policy is on bids being valid for a year. We had a girl receive a bid last fall but she was unable to accept it due to school and family problems. Is her bid only valid for last fall and the spring (one academic year)? Or would it be valid from the date she received it (one full year)? Or is it valid from last fall to this fall, regardless of the exact date?

33girl · #2 10-08-2003, 11:18 AM

Did she receive her bid during regular fall rush, or at an odd time (i.e. did you have an open bid party in November and give her the bid then)?

ThetaPhiAngel · #3 10-08-2003, 11:22 AM

Well, we only ever have informal rush, so she would have received her bid in early October of last year. I wasn't a sister then, so unfortunately I don't know exactly when they were given out.

AEPhiSierra · #4 10-08-2003, 11:24 AM

The bid is valid for one academic year. It is valid for the semester it is given out and the following semester. The Green Book points out specifically that they mean academic year and not calendar year - the bid doesn't expired exactly 365 days later.

Hope that answers your question!!

Little E · #5 10-08-2003, 12:31 PM

I've never heard of this. Is this in the Green Book or is this determined by our nat'l orgs? btw, where in the Green Book is it?

33girl · #6 10-08-2003, 12:42 PM

Signed bids are valid for a year according to the Green Book. If you offer someone a bid and she turns it down, I think that you have to rebid her. I know that my friend was offered a bid and she turned it down, then realized the next semester she would like to pledge there, but she was SOL as the sisters were tired of her indecisiveness.

As I reread I realize I got the question wrong - TPAAngel, did she actually sign the bid and was unable to start pledging or was it just offered to her?

uwwsweetie · #7 10-08-2003, 12:45 PM

So if it's only valid for one academic year then a girl could accept a bid during formal rush this year - change her mind and accept a different bid during formal rush next year, correct?

GeekyPenguin · #8 10-08-2003, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by uwwsweetie
So if it's only valid for one academic year then a girl could accept a bid during formal rush this year - change her mind and accept a different bid during formal rush next year, correct?

Yes.

33girl · #9 10-08-2003, 12:48 PM

yes, that is correct, as long as the timing of formal rush isn't changed (i.e. it doesn't move from fall to spring)

aephi alum · #10 10-08-2003, 12:51 PM

So does the "academic year" rule apply to the rule that you're bound for a year if you depledge?

My understanding is: In FR, if you sign a pref card and get a bid from one of the sororities on your pref card, you're bound to that sorority for a year (whether or not you actually pledge). In COB (and maybe also snap bids?), if you accept a bid, pledge, then depledge, you're bound to that sorority for a year dating from when you pledged. If you receive a bid but don't pledge, you're not bound.

So, say a woman goes through COB rush in October, is offered a bid to XYZ, accepts, pledges, decides it's not for her, and depledges. If formal rush is in August, can she rush again at that time or is she still bound to XYZ?

honeychile · #11 10-08-2003, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by aephi alum
So does the "academic year" rule apply to the rule that you're bound for a year if you depledge?

My understanding is: In FR, if you sign a pref card and get a bid from one of the sororities on your pref card, you're bound to that sorority for a year (whether or not you actually pledge). In COB (and maybe also snap bids?), if you accept a bid, pledge, then depledge, you're bound to that sorority for a year dating from when you pledged. If you receive a bid but don't pledge, you're not bound.

So, say a woman goes through COB rush in October, is offered a bid to XYZ, accepts, pledges, decides it's not for her, and depledges. If formal rush is in August, can she rush again at that time or is she still bound to XYZ?

My understanding (and what was practiced) is that the woman would be permitted to accept a bid in August. It goes Formal Rush to Formal Rush.

Little E · #12 10-08-2003, 03:05 PM

I'm confused. You have to either accept or decline a bid, you can't defer, or can you? Also, we only opperate under informal rush, so w/out the formal rush portion when does the year committment expire?

I guess I just don't understand how bids can be held for an aca yr, w/out being declined or accepted...????

33girl · #13 10-08-2003, 03:16 PM

If you sign a bid - either by signing your bid card at formal and that corresponding with a sorority offering you a bid, or by signing an open bid given directly to you by the sorority - it is good for a year. You cannot pledge any other sorority during this time. If something comes up that you cannot pledge the semester you are given the bid, you are permitted to pledge the next semester.

Example: Mary signs a bid for ASA in Fall 2002. Mary then finds out that she is losing all her student loans for the semester and will have no extra $$ to pledge. Mary can wait till Spring 2003 to begin pledging.

If you are only offered a bid, and do not sign it, it is gone. It doesn't carry over. If you realize 3 weeks later you really wanted that bid, tough beans.

Example: Mary is offered a bid from ASA in Fall 2002. She does not sign the bid. The next spring Mary decides that ASA rocks (DUH!

) and decides she wants to pledge. But unless ASA wants to give Mary a new bid, Mary is screwed.

Under informal only, I would say it starts & ends when you begin the pledging...the fall 2002 bid expires when the fall 2003 pledge class commences.

PenguinTrax · #14 10-08-2003, 03:54 PM

Per the NPC Unanimous Agreements

VI. College Panhellenic Association Agreements
3. Preferential Bidding

A signed Membership Recruitment Acceptance or a Continuous Open Bidding (COB) Acceptance is binding. If a potential member receives a bid under the preference system, she is ineligible to be pledged to any other NPC fraternity on the same campus for one calendar year. If a potential member does not receive a bid under the preference system, she is eligible for COB.

The best and most accurate answer would be from your regional NPC advisor. You can find out who that is on the NPC site: www.npcwomen.org

ThetaPhiAngel · #15 10-08-2003, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by 33girl
As I reread I realize I got the question wrong - TPAAngel, did she actually sign the bid and was unable to start pledging or was it just offered to her?

33girl: "Mary" accepted her bid through informal rush (the only kind we have) and realized after that she would not be able to pledge that semester due to family problems and a conflict with her school schedule. These family problems carried over into the spring, which is why she did not pledge then. However, she was under the impression her bid is still valid and rushed this semester with the intention of accepting.

I just wanted to clarify when exactly her bid exprires. All the formal rush posts confused me (

). From what I understood, it would be valid for one calendar year - from when she accepted last fall until when we give out bids this fall. Is this right?