making pledge program

[SecretPsiOmega]

As a new chapter, we are writing a pledge program, from scratch, for the first time. There are some major problems, however.

There are no "written" rules which the director of greek life wants us to follow, but there are unwritten rules which the director has pulled out of his ass.

He has to approve of your program before it is used. There are several rules I can think of right now.

Pledges should be at home, in bed, by 12 PM.
Pledging can't start until 9 PM.
Pledging can't be off campus (this campus is less then 1 square mile)
No hazing, hazing as interpreted by the director of greek life.
Everything must be optional, and no one is required to attend anything.

In any case, we did not know how to formulate an effective program based within these guidelines.

We talked to several of the older groups and were told that the programs everyone submits to the office of greek life are 100% fabrocated and are not the real programs.

This is because, the director basically wants new members to learn the pledge manual, and then be initiated. As you probably already know this is impossible... because the fraternity will not hold together without bonds... I know this, because I was in a colony, and without pledging, people come and go like water.

Bascally anything requiring a challenge, sacrifice, or effort is declared as hazing.

The real programs are extremely short here. The shortest of the fraternities is 9 days, the shortest of the sororities is 4 weeks.

Anyhow, we're deliberating how to structure the actual program at this point. Any opinions?