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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
Agreed. The formal recruitment round robin approach makes sense for getting to know a lot of chapters in a short amount of time. Do you get to know their hopes and desires, what makes them tick? Maybe, maybe not. But often you don't do that for several weeks, months, or even years anyway. My school only had three sororities and it was plenty of time to for the mutual selection process to take place; larger systems may make that more difficult (more options, sometimes shorter rounds) but all things considered, it's a fairly practical way to do it. Otherwise recruitment could last all four years and we'd get nothing done! 
Informal recruitment makes sense for getting to know the chapters on a more "typical" basis- doing things they normally would do together, outside of the formalities and chants and structure. I like that both are options, both appeal to certain audiences, both enable you to get to know aspects of sorority life. I'd be curious if anyone has any other ideas for a system that would be more efficient and productive? |
Defer recruitment until spring. PNMs begin to sign up for recruitment the first day of fall semester. Allow chapters/Panhellenic to invite registered PNMs to philanthropy events, to watch Greek Week/Homecoming events, Panhellenic speakers/programs, etc. basically anything that wouldn't be weird to have non-members attend. Registered PNMs bring friends, friends register, they bring their friends. A semester of authentic interaction (and a semester to prove yourself academically on the college level) and then formal recruitment for efficiency.
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