A Different Kind of Live Recruitment Story

[ASTalumna06]

I found out that after the date auction on Thursday, a few sisters went back to their apartment and brought some of the newer PNMs with them to watch Grey’s Anatomy. And on Saturday, some of the sisters went to the mall and invited some PNMs to go with them, as well. I’m so proud of my girls... working so hard on doing smaller activities in order to get to know these potential members.

Tonight was philanthropy night and the girls made some cards for a local children’s hospital. Everyone seemed to be diligently working on their crafts, and the conversations flowed really well. One of the sisters was making her way around the room and saw that a few PNMs didn’t really have anyone to talk to. She grabbed another sister and said, “You’re coming with me,” and made it a point to go and talk to them. I was really happy to see them making a huge effort to make everyone feel welcome.

And the reason that every so often there were PNMs that were without someone to talk to one-on-one... there were 17 PNMs there! I understand that it’s never good to leave a PNM alone.. but without being assigned to specific PNMs, and without these infamous “bumping” systems, it makes it difficult to attend to every PNM (especially when a couple sisters were missing due to unforeseen circumstances). Still, I think everyone had a good time, and they tried to rotate and talk to as many people as possible.

And did I mention there were 17 of them?!

And another good note: One of the new members from last semester, for some personal reasons, was not willing and able to go through initiation. But some things have changed for her, and she will be initiated on Thursday! So that gives us one more sister!

While the girls are excited because of the possibility of doubling the chapter, they are also coming up with ways to handle a potentially large new member class. They are already 10 steps ahead of the game, and I’m confident that they’ll pull through... if it comes to that.

Only one week until bid day!