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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
I understand what you're saying. From what I've seen here, when there's a chapter that is struggling WAY down below the other chapters in numbers, it doesn't matter if they are 50 members smaller or 100 members smaller; keeping total at 150 where it's been forever isn't going to help them. And if they DO have a really rockin rush and can make up a good chunk of that difference, holding total artificially low means they can't catch up as far as they might otherwise. Let's say total is 150 but most of the chapters are really at 200. And the small chapter is at 100. They have a FANTASTIC rush and get to 150. They are now at total and can't do anything to get to the 200 that the others have because they have met total. They might feel better that they achieved that goal, but they have their hands tied against achieving actual parity. And we've seen chapters double their size twice in 2 years, so this is an actual problem a really motivated chapter can encounter.
RFM works when you use the entire program, including adjusting total annually to reflect the real numbers in play. At some point that will mean adjusting total downward, which will probably freak people out, but will keep the madness under control when the bubble inevitably bursts. Without a history of annual adjustments, people will freak out at the change.
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Originally Posted by HQWest
The other advantage of reevaluating total every year is that it means about half of the chapters would be eligible for COB each year. This increases the opportunities for upperclassman to pledge, and it reduces any stigma about COB if its not always the same one or two chapters doing COB.
That doesn't mean that a chapter that needs to get 24 COBs when everyone else needs 3 or 4 is not still going to have problems, but it gives them a chance to catch up
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This is why I think when everyone's above total already it has it's place.
What I've seen happen is the chapter that is at 100 gets to a number after bid day that, if nothing changes, they could have a legit shot at hitting total by end of year through COB. But when total is shifted several stronger recruiting chapters become eligible and essentially "steal" the pool. (Yes, I know not really.)
My thing is that PNMs that are interested enough in greek life to consider the WRC could easily be attracted to one of the SRC. If they didn't have the other options they may have been happy to join the WRC and helped lead to its long term success.
If girls are avoiding the WRC like the plague it's not fair to keep the total down for too long, I get that. But again, I think every other year seems reasonable as a balance.
eta: Does anyone have a copy of the MOI prior to 2009? I would have sworn that back in the day NPC discouraged annual adjustments, which is why I was shocked when I came across it for the first time (before 2009).
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