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Originally Posted by cheer04
we are NPC and if you are on a probation you are not allowed to vote...you still have to come to meeting and are allowed to participate but are not allowed to actually vote.
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There should be a seating method in your organization's bylaws. Check with your advisers. Also, adopt this into your chapter bylaws, if you have not already done so.
If you have members on probation who aren't permitted to vote, I think it would make the most sense to announce their names just prior to your meeting and make them sit together so they don't mistakenly vote-- maybe put them within eyesight of whomever would keep track of voting? Again, I'm sure your nationals has some set seating order that you should follow.
ETA: Once you straighten this out, ease the chapter into it. Phase it out and it will go over more smoothly-- people just hate change (it is in our nature). "Hey everyone, we recently learned that the sorority has a preferred seating arrangement process. You can learn about it by reading the (name the appropriate operational manual or bylaws). We're going to institute this new arrangement, but we're going to do it gradually over the next month, or 4 chapter meetings. This will give everyone a chance to get used to it. I know everyone is used to sitting with their friends, and this may be disappointing, but we have to follow what is in our bylaws." Maybe you can also, with the approval of your advisers, do open seating when you hold membership workshops that aren't business meetings. Let the chapter know this-- so while you are "taking" something away, you are also giving something back.
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