New Members vs Actives

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From what I've noticed in the GLO's that I have experience with, either the new members have few or no responsibilities similar to that of actives, or they have excessive ones. By this, I mean that some require their new members to clean the house, do chores, et cetera which actives do not have to do. Others don't require anything of them - no community service, don't have to go to meeting if they don't want to, etc. Which one do you think is more appropriate for new members?

It's interesting, because when you DO shower them with gifts, let them do their own thing at events and whatnot, you often don't prepare them for the duties of an active. However, those organizations that require extra duties of new members tend to leave them with less time for homework and other things, and it's less..fun, I suppose.

Obviously it would be kind of nice to have exactly the same duties, but that doesn't really seem to happen too often. It would be more ideal, though.

And, I don't mean for this to turn into a hazing discussion, so let's not and say we did, yeah? Cool.