Advice...

rhosigmazeta · #1 07-19-2003, 09:10 PM

My friend and I are starting a sorority Rho Sigma Zeta. We wanted to know about such things as how to get people interested? Should we make the people interested pledge even though we aren't official yet? Where can we get Lavaliers and Pins for a good price being a local sorority and all? Should we have a badge? Should we affiliate? There are so many more questions I have but can't think of at the moment. Anyways any advice you could have would be great! Thanks everyone I appreciate it.

Lauren

Oh yeah if you want to check it out here's our website so far http://geocities.com/rhosigmazeta and can someone see if the guestbook works someone said it didn't but i don't want to look like a dork if it does and have some stupid remark in the book...

decadence · #2 07-19-2003, 09:26 PM

I know you'll get lots of help on your other questions

. I've just a few quick comments on the website.

The Guestbook didn't work for me. I made an entry and it said my entry had been submitted but when I went back to View Guestbook it still displayed no entries. I'm guessing you have the Guestbook set up in a particular way to approve posts before displaying them? You can view the Help section for the feature at: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/geo/gbook/gbook-05.html

There's a slight typo on the links page, the word sisterhood. Also, it's often better to have the links open up a new window, the idea being that keeps people on your site

. You'd have to edit the HTML website code though... The code for that would be
<a href="http://geocities.com/whatever.html" target="_blank">
In other words inserting the words target="_blank" after the webpage address before the closing >. (there's usally other stuff like font size etc in there too but that can stay.

Generally speaking I liked it, nice site.

-- Richard.

mmcat · #3 07-19-2003, 10:22 PM

go for it...make sure you get as much info out to your campus on what you are about, what you are looking for and how someone could get involved. use whatever it takes. networking is a biggie. your website is lovely.

ChaosDST · #4 07-19-2003, 10:59 PM

Nice website.

I did not know it was a common practice to advertise a sorority that hasn't been "founded" yet. I thought you and whomever else would get together, establish the sorority, then make the sorority public. So, maybe the sorority has already been "founded," but isn't a recognized organization on the campus of Purdue yet??????? Just curious.

Are you the sole founder?

Your "purpose" seems cool, but the "history" seems a bit shaky to me:

Rho Sigma Zeta is currently in the works to be "founded". We wanted to start a sorority that broke from the traditional pledging rituals. We also want to make an impact on children and the community, and at the same time have fun.

Question 1: Who is "we?" On the website, there's only one
person indicated (Lauren H.)

Question 2: "broke from the traditional pledging rituals" ???
Sounds strange.

Question 3: "Make an impact on children and the community, and at the same time have fun." So, your philanthropy will be "children and the community" and you will have "fun" doing so? Orrrrr, are you saying that you all will be a service and social sorority??

Good luck

rhosigmazeta · #5 07-19-2003, 11:48 PM

well we wanted to get it out there we are finding more people interested in it this way then we did just through word of mouth i guess and there are other girls who are involved i just haven't got their pictures up and loaded yet and until we are offical we won't have much of a history

silly_me · #6 07-20-2003, 12:48 AM

i agree with chaosdt on this one... what you may want to do instead of listing a bunch of facts about the intended sorority, you might want to use it as an ad to invite other people to be part of it.

i would HIGHLY discourage having girls pledge if you're not official. they might not take it seriously. for the people already involved in your group, you may want to be doing comm. service and fundraising and social things so that you have something to show to people. establish yourselves first on campus and work from there. concentrate on solidifying your philanthropy--do you want to work with a large organization? you should be worried about things like these before worrying about pins/laveliers etc.

rhosigmazeta · #7 07-20-2003, 01:23 AM

we actually have most of that figured out we just haven't either a)put it up yet or b)are making sure they're solid anyways we are trying to get prices together for dues and what not... thanks for the help so far everyone

doubleblue&gold · #8 07-20-2003, 01:50 AM

I like your website.

But.....PEZ?
Isn't that a candy?

rhosigmazeta · #9 07-20-2003, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by doubleblue&gold
I like your website.

But.....PEZ?
Isn't that a candy?

yes but thats not y we picked our letters we have maning behind them and then after we chose them and put them together they spelled pez and we decided just to keep it cause it was cute

ASUADPi · #10 07-20-2003, 02:08 AM

First off good luck with you local sorority.

Secondly, PEZ would technically be Rho Epsilon Zeta.

Unfortunately, symbol is the only font in word that I have found that makes Greek letters, and I can't seem to do that here. But anyways, Sigma isn't an E. It would look like an E, but it's not.

Sorry, kind of a stickler when it comes to the letters because it took me forever to learn the entire Greek alphabet.

BTW, I totally think Rho Sigma Zeta looks cute in letter form.

Brianna
Alpha Delta Pi

doubleblue&gold · #11 07-20-2003, 02:27 AM

OF COURSE Sigma isn't an E when it comes to the Greek alphabet, I've been Greek for over 20 years!
But all the independants on campus are still going to read PEZ and think of it as an E.

ASUADPi · #12 07-20-2003, 02:42 AM

doubleblue&gold

Obviously there has been a misunderstanding. By your post , what I got from it was that somehow the Sigma symbol had been replaced by an Epsilon symbol.
I do realize that Rho Sigma Zeta, does look like PEZ and I understand that. Just because I haven't been greek for 20 years doesn't mean I don't understand and that I don't know what I'm talking about.
Again, my perception of the post was taken completely different than I think you intended it. That is why I pointed out that E is for Epsilon.

Brianna
Alpha Delta Pi

rhosigmazeta · #13 07-20-2003, 10:13 AM

lol is it that big of a deal?

CarolinaCutie · #14 07-20-2003, 10:33 AM

Well, it kinda is a big deal. I don't know what school you're from. But I can definitely see the possibility of others thinking that you're less than legit because, after all, your letters spell PEZ! (not that I am suggesting that you're NOT legit in any way) But, depending on the friendliness of your already established Greek system and the attitude of the administration and independent students, you might have to prove yourself a little more. I think that's really stupid, but that's the way it *could* pan out. I do like the sound of Rho Sigma Zeta though... More GLOs should use Rho.

At the very least, I can't think of any vulgar nicknames that could be derived from PEZ... but I'm not as creative as some

Good luck!

Rio_Kohitsuji · #15 07-20-2003, 10:33 AM

Hello RhoSigmaZeta!!!

First things first, the best thing you can do is to go to the Chapter Operations and check out my threads (*has a group and is starting a local sorority as we type* or the ProspectiveRushee threads (anyone know the title??). Many of us on here are founders or have helped in the founding of a GLO.

You can PM me anytime about it, because right now we're coming down to the wire of getting our sorority recognized on campus by fall semester.

Oh, one thing did bother me..."We wanted to start a sorority that broke from the traditional pledging rituals."... So...are you implying that -all- GLO's haze and whatnot during pledging? You may really want to reword that...because it does not sound good.

...and another thing, you may want to think about rearranging your letters, if you are coming onto a campus and you petition to be RSZ you have the chance of not to be taken seriously. Also, be ready to be thought of as being pledge-dodgers, it's like dodging the draft but worse...