How to motivate girls to go to social events!

[33girl]

Just the title of this thread makes me sad. You can't get girls to go to SOCIAL events??? What are their excuses?

Are the events all dry? Is that part of the problem? (If they aren't dry, it may be that they cannot make them mandatory.)

Are they weeknights or weekends? Are your sisters all in very demanding majors?

When you vote on whether or not you're going to have a mixer, put it in the bylaws (if you can, if not just have the social chair state it very strongly before the vote) that if someone votes Yes - they are committing to being there. None of this "oh, I thought other people would like it, so I voted yes even though I have no intention of going." Better to have two really awesome mixers a semester with the majority of sisters there and everyone having fun, than to try and have a full social calendar and doing what you have done now, which is run your rep into the ground because no one shows up.

After typing all this, I reread your post. Do you mean MIXERS (your sorority and a fraternity having a private party, no outsiders) or do you just mean regular old fraternity parties? If it's the latter, there really isn't jack you can do if it's not a voted on event. Just think about this the next time rush comes around and don't pledge a bunch of bumps on logs.

I would also have your social chair and programming VP (or whatever she's called) contact your HQ. If this is your first year, more than likely your HQ had a part in selecting the current members of your chapter. Let them know they have selected some members who are missing a very important component of being a well rounded young woman.