BID CARDS

AGDplease · #1 01-30-2007, 08:35 PM

what are some cute ways to hand out bid cards?

need ideas & fast

FSUZeta · #2 01-30-2007, 08:44 PM

is this informal recruitment or formal?

AGDplease · #3 01-30-2007, 09:22 PM

informal spring

twinkle555 · #4 01-30-2007, 09:25 PM

we went to our girl's dorm rooms/ houses and handed them a plastic rosebush thing, their bid, and sang a song to them.

FSUZeta · #5 01-30-2007, 09:29 PM

you could get a little basket, add a few agd things(car window decal, pencils, note pad, etc.) and their bid card. tie one red, one green and one buff balloon to the basket handle .

KSUViolet06 · #6 01-31-2007, 02:04 PM

We usually invite girls who will receive bids to our house and suprise them! Usually our informal recruitment chair will call the girl and ask if she would like to come to the house for a movie night. Then when the girl comes over, we suprise her at the door with her bid day goodies (tote bag, shirt, cup, car decal) and official bid card and take her out for ice cream!

hazelle · #7 01-31-2007, 05:55 PM

Hey another spin of similiar nature....how about say 6 roses of your chapters particular type" yellow rose of Texas, pink kilarney, blush rose or whatever and instead of having the card to say who sent it....it would be the bid card?? but try and get a floral type envelope to fool them...

FSUZeta · #8 01-31-2007, 06:23 PM

agdplease, please come back and tell us what you did.

ksuviolet, i remember when youwent thru recruitment and got your bid.
a happy ending,for sure!

emily0325 · #9 01-31-2007, 08:44 PM

wow. i never thought of doing such cute things for giving out bids! All we ever do with informal is call the girls and if they want they go get them signed. Seems like it would help the unsure be less unsure.

#10 01-31-2007, 10:13 PM

I received my bid during informal rush years ago.

After Pref Ceremony, one of the sisters invited me over to her apartment so that she could "copy my Poli Sci notes". It was pretty late already, and I was wondering what the heck was going on because she was very stubborn (in a joking manner) and would not take no for an answer when I told her that I had to get home.

Sure enough, at around 8:30, I heard girls faintly singing "How I love those Alpha Gams" At first, I thought, "What the....?" and then the singing got louder and louder. Mind you, this was at 8:35 at night and the singing just ECHOED throughout the apartment complex and people were starting to come out of their rooms. Then the singing got even LOUDER.

Next thing you know, I hear a knock on the door and the sister who invited me over told me to go open it. It was 10 Alpha Gams in white muumuus with gold and white balloons and red and buff roses and they came to extend bids to both me and the sister's roommate.

I thought it was the cutest thing ever...and we had such a large audience!

DeltaBetaBaby · #11 01-31-2007, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by emily0325

wow. i never thought of doing such cute things for giving out bids! All we ever do with informal is call the girls and if they want they go get them signed. Seems like it would help the unsure be less unsure.

I dunno...it can be pretty embarassing to make a big display when a woman has not yet accepted. Really, if you are unsure, you should shy away from this stuff.

violetpretty · #12 02-01-2007, 02:10 AM

Yeah, I'd be pretty freaked by the celebration if I wasn't so sure about a chapter. Sometimes PNMs will hold out for others and it could be potentially very uncomfortable if you don't sign. It seems like this craziness is pretty prevalent though. What happens if someone doesn't accept?

blueangel · #13 02-01-2007, 01:37 AM

I heard some kind of noise on my door, a lot of giggling.. and a lot of shhhing!

Then I heard a knock...followed by at least two or more pair of feet running away.

When I opened the door, there was nobody there... but there was a big blue cardboard crown taped to my door with ZTA written in silver sparkles, a flower, and an envelope. It was my bid card.... a really sweet handwritten note which I still have today. I still have my cardboard crown, and the now pressed flower too.

That was followed up later in the night by a phone call from one of the sisters at the house asking me if I would accept.

I liked the way this was done because it didn't catch you "on the spot." You had some time to let it all sink in and give an answer.