RFMs and QAs

Hi all. I haven't been very active with my sorority alumnae organization the last ten years . But I have a renewed interest in sorority life now that my daughter is heavily involved in recruitment at one of the most competitive universities. I also went to a much smaller university. What are RFMs and QAs? The whole process is like greek to me!

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by SECKDLady

Hi all. I haven't been very active with my sorority alumnae organization the last ten years . But I have a renewed interest in sorority life now that my daughter is heavily involved in recruitment at one of the most competitive universities. I also went to a much smaller university. What are RFMs and QAs? The whole process is like greek to me!

How nice that you finally remembered your sorority again now that it could benefit your daughter. Sorry all, but I'm sick to death of alumnae like this.

Why don't you use the search function to find these answers that have been posted about And explained ad infinitum.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

How nice that you finally remembered your sorority again now that it could benefit your daughter. Sorry all, but I'm sick to death of alumnae like this.

WTF?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

WTF?

I know that activity always picks up here during fall NPC recruitment, but man, this seems like the most brutal season in years.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

How nice that you finally remembered your sorority again now that it could benefit your daughter. Sorry all, but I'm sick to death of alumnae like this.

So you're basically sick to death of the 95 percent of your initiates who don't do anything with their organizations after they graduate.

Yeah, that would piss me off, too.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

So you're basically sick to death of the 95 percent of your initiates who don't do anything with their organizations after they graduate.

Yeah, that would piss me off, too.

That would be correct, but particularly the ones who don't have time for us until they have a college aged daughter. Then they want us to jump up and do everything for them. I'm tired of dealing with the calls about how snowflake legacy got cut even though mom "was" an XYZ. Never mind that she hasn't bothered to even pay dues for a couple of decades.

We're all busy. We all have lives. Most involved alumnae I know have kids. I had four of them and still managed to volunteer even in the years we lived in BFE. There are ample opportunities to volunteer that don't require your physical presence.

Deciding to be inactive is one thing. It's the coming back and giggling about how inactive you've been and expecting special snowflake treatment that sticks in my craw.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

That would be correct, but particularly the ones who don't have time for us until they have a college aged daughter. Then they want us to jump up and do everything for them. I'm tired of dealing with the calls about how snowflake legacy got cut even though mom "was" an XYZ. Never mind that she hasn't bothered to even pay dues for a couple of decades.

We're all busy. We all have lives. Most involved alumnae I know have kids. I had four of them and still managed to volunteer even in the years we lived in BFE. There are ample opportunities to volunteer that don't require your physical presence.

Deciding to be inactive is one thing. It's the coming back and giggling about how inactive you've been and expecting special snowflake treatment that sticks in my craw.

Which is not at all what the OP did.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Which is not at all what the OP did.

I'm sorry but I haven't been very active with my sorority alumnae organization the last ten years. But I have a renewed interest in sorority life now that my daughter is heavily involved in recruitment at one of the most competitive universities says to me that 1) I haven't been involved 2) Now tell me everything about RFM and QAs because now my daughter is involved.

[KD4Me]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

That would be correct, but particularly the ones who don't have time for us until they have a college aged daughter. Then they want us to jump up and do everything for them. I'm tired of dealing with the calls about how snowflake legacy got cut even though mom "was" an XYZ. Never mind that she hasn't bothered to even pay dues for a couple of decades.

We're all busy. We all have lives. Most involved alumnae I know have kids. I had four of them and still managed to volunteer even in the years we lived in BFE. There are ample opportunities to volunteer that don't require your physical presence.

Deciding to be inactive is one thing. It's the coming back and giggling about how inactive you've been and expecting special snowflake treatment that sticks in my craw.

Many very involved alumnae, even those who serve at the national level, do have times in their lives when they are not involved with the organizations. Life happens. When something sparks an interest and they come back, it doesn't do any good to jump on them for having been gone.

Welcome, SECKDlady.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

That would be correct, but particularly the ones who don't have time for us until they have a college aged daughter. Then they want us to jump up and do everything for them. I'm tired of dealing with the calls about how snowflake legacy got cut even though mom "was" an XYZ. Never mind that she hasn't bothered to even pay dues for a couple of decades.

We're all busy. We all have lives. Most involved alumnae I know have kids. I had four of them and still managed to volunteer even in the years we lived in BFE. There are ample opportunities to volunteer that don't require your physical presence.

Deciding to be inactive is one thing. It's the coming back and giggling about how inactive you've been and expecting special snowflake treatment that sticks in my craw.

IMO there's a big difference between "I haven't been an active alum & I'd like to learn about these new NPC policies/procedures." and "I haven't been an active alum, how could you drop my daughter???"

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by Zillini

IMO there's a big difference between "I haven't been an active alum & I'd like to learn about these new NPC policies/procedures." and "I haven't been an active alum, how could you drop my daughter???"

Perhaps. But right now "I'm not an active alumna" is making my head explode between dealing with lack of alumnae recruitment help and fielding uninvolved momma bear calls (three just today.) So this is a real hot button issue for me.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

How nice that you finally remembered your sorority again now that it could benefit your daughter. Sorry all, but I'm sick to death of alumnae like this.

Why don't you use the search function to find these answers that have been posted about And explained ad infinitum.

Remember to type this response for every username that deserves it.

I can understand how the first impression of the OP's post could warrant this response.

Originally Posted by Senusret I

So you're basically sick to death of the 95 percent of your initiates who don't do anything with their organizations after they graduate.

Yeah, that would piss me off, too.

Yep.

And cultures only change from within.

I was trying to brief and ask a question. I have actually contributed to my sorority foundation every year for thirty years and used to serve on the board of my alumnae association. I moved to a new state, had a very ill child and simply did not have enough time to be heavily involved with the chapter at the closest university. I do however go occassionally to alumnae socials. I just joined this greek chat because I read some wonderful advice from several alumnae to PNMs. I didn't expect such a response.
I could ask my daughter who is very gracious and certainly doesn't think ill of me for wanting to learn more about recruitment now that I have more time to devote to it.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by SECKDLady

I was trying to brief and ask a question. I have actually contributed to my sorority foundation every year for thirty years and used to serve on the board of my alumnae association. I moved to a new state, had a very ill child and simply did not have enough time to be heavily involved with the chapter at the closest university. I do however go occassionally to alumnae socials. I just joined this greek chat because I read some wonderful advice from several alumnae to PNMs. I didn't expect such a response.
I could ask my daughter who is very gracious and certainly doesn't think ill of me for wanting to learn more about recruitment now that I have more time to devote to it.

A lot of women have to take some time off from being active with their groups during the busiest times of their lives. I also know that a lot of women who are involved in with their alumnae associations/chapters/clubs don't necessarily understand the ins and outs of release figures and quota additions. I'm heavily involved with the operations/chapter development side of my fraternity and wouldn't understand all the new recruitment terms if I wasn't on Greekchat because we have recruitment specialists who focus on those things. You don't owe anybody an explanation

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AGDee

A lot of women have to take some time off from being active with their groups during the busiest times of their lives. I also know that a lot of women who are involved in with their alumnae associations/chapters/clubs don't necessarily understand the ins and outs of release figures and quota additions. I'm heavily involved with the operations/chapter development side of my fraternity and wouldn't understand all the new recruitment terms if I wasn't on Greekchat because we have recruitment specialists who focus on those things. You don't owe anybody an explanation

I'm the same way. I am an active adviser, but I would be lost with the ins/outs of recruitment without GC. Actually, I'm still kind of lost.