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Originally Posted by 33girl
Pre-internet, ours were printed in our national magazine (which obviously isn't secret). What did other groups do?
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Yes, so were ours. Not secret, but only members received the magazine.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
Did you have to request the forms from HQ or an alumnae chapter?
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Only if you couldn't find your magazine. Or couldn't remember your log-in info once these were available on the internet (if your org's site required a member account to access forms).
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Originally Posted by AZTheta
No advantage or need to keep them "removed from public view". No harm in transparency - why shouldn't the PNM know what questions the form contains?
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Perhaps a good point -- I guess it depends on the org -- some must consider (or did consider) limiting access to members only through verified member accounts.
I suppose there exists some potential for fraud with printable paper copies on the internet, unless someone verifies with nationals that the signature and contact info on the rec is actually a member, as well as a member in good standing. If a national org doesn't notice that the same alum or two write most of the recs for an entire pledge class just before bids are distributed (referencing the back room alums writing recs en masse mentioned earlier in the thread), then I would be surprised if they check the cred of every alum on every rec that winds up at HQ.
In the vein of transparency -- is there a list of NPC orgs that require a rec to pledge a new member? Which orgs require this and which do not?
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