Debt owed by a pledge and Collections

[Kevin]

My organization has a policy where a member is supposed to be automatically booted if they're 90 days late.

In practice, this doesn't always happen, but it's sound policy. Omega Fi allows the treasurer to keep tabs on how everyone is doing. I'd make it a point to let everyone know how they were doing -- when money did not come in, I'd be calling people, calling their parents, calling them just about every day until that stuff got paid.

I never had to go after anyone's badge because I always kept our A/R current.

Being treasurer is something that is a 7 day a week job. It's not like other officer positions where you are only "on" on the days you have activities. The treasurer needs to know at all times what's going on in their organization.

That the OP fell behind an entire semester is 100% the OP's fault. I hope that any chapter treasurer who reads this can at least understand that this is a sort of situation which is preventable. It is never fun having to send someone to collections, but it happens. Most of the time, it can be avoided if the treasurer is proactive.

But really.. .OP... your organization gave you 4 months to pay $755. That's not asking a lot. I'll bet you spent at least that much on beer (or something else which you didn't need). The excuse that "I just don't have the money" is pathetic.

Like I said, the OP needs to do the honorable thing here -- not because he's afraid of having his credit messed up, but because he made a promise. That should mean something.