I hear ya...but I don't agree with ya. I don't think any of us are at a loss for membership this day in age due to perception. I think young ladies now more than ever have the opportunity to investigate their interest. Graham's book was completely biased. It was not a report at all. He gave no statistical data. It was one person's feelings/perception about the Black uppercrust. Many would say his very writing was a violation to begin and thus makes him a wanna be. Somethings we just don't discusss in public. But this is only one sister's opinion.
NPHC does not have formal or informal recruiting. The non- NPHC orgs...you really cannot compare the process to becoming members at all. Culturally it is completely different. We have subjective and objective criteria. We do not have a matching system. And we will never have a matching system in the NHPC, which is the basic set up of the others.
I'm not impressed, as its well documented on this very site by any chapter that brings in large numbers. Its a non-issue to me. And to most who go Zeta as well. As typically we do not have lines in excess of 35. And although we all like to see membership growth, I am more concerned if my Sorors are upholding the principles of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. BTW, the person who started that thread is not a Zeta either.
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Originally posted by sigmadiva
True, but it is the PERCEPTION that hooks people, whether it is actually true or not. I've done recruitment, formal and informal, and the young ladies go by what they *think* is true or what they heard. And, since in NPHC we can do a better job of honoring legacies admission into 'their' group, then increasing membership in the other orgs happen. Unfortuantly, the young ladies don't investigate other possibilites. Graham's book is just a 'report' on Black culture based on what people said. Granted, I think his reporting was a little biased. Now, I am about to go off topic, so bear with me.
Actually, it is a loss for all four NPHC sororities because there is no consistent measure to take young ladies. Yes, we all have qualites we look for, but if I recall it was on this forum where someone asked about the largest lines and some of the answers were in the 50's to 100's, which is impressive. Yet, you can not tell me that within those high numbers there were not some less-than- quality people. Sometimes we get so obsessed about numbers that we take people just to say we have 30 or whatever 'on-line'. I don't fully understand the NPC recruitment process, but it seems that each group must meet a quota. From what I've read on GC it is usually in the 20 to 30's. Yes, that system will not fully ensure quality people each year, but it will make that chapter think about who they are taking because if
100 young ladies want in and there are only 25 spots, then the chapter will carefully consider each person. I think if NPHC did something like that then we may not have as much hazing/chapter suspensions/member suspensions problems as we have had in the past.
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