The Junior League

irishpipes · #1 02-23-2006, 03:30 PM

The Tulsa JL has a $120 annual membership fee, a $90 additional Provisional (first year) fee, and as a Provisional Member (i.e. pledge) you have to buy 4 cookbooks at $25 each and you have to work 2 3 hour shifts at a particular fundraiser. Sounds like hazing to me, but maybe Hoosier would know for sure.

PhiMuLady150 · #2 07-20-2006, 10:35 PM

I am happy to say that I received word today that I have been invited to be a part of the 2006-2007 Provisional Class of the Junior League of Asheville!

FSUZeta · #3 07-21-2006, 08:10 AM

congratulations!! you will meet so many interesting and dynamic women-in your provisional class as will as the league itself.

dekeguy · #4 07-21-2006, 10:12 AM

Ladies,
May I ask you all about JL membership procedure? My Great-Aunt was a JL member and then sustainer in New Orleans years ago. In her day one did not apply to join but was proposed by a member and went through a selection process that was much tougher than her experience as a Pi Phi, which she told us was really challenging and selective. On top of that, she told us that members were only allowed to propose one candidate per year, no exceptions.
The process sounded very much like proposal to a club like the Boston Club, Pickwick Club, Stratford Club, Bienville Club or Louisiana Club (to use New Orleans examples).
My Cousin, a Newcomb/Tulane Pi Phi of a few years back told us that the system described by my Great-Aunt was essentially unchanged in New Orleans, and I believe Baton Rouge also, at least when she went through.
Has all of this changed rasdically? What was described to us sounds very different from the process described in this thread. Would someone please bring us (my Sister is curious as well) up to date on how it works?
Many thanks.

jhujenn · #5 07-21-2006, 11:05 AM

I think the process is different depending upon where you live. Every league can choose their provisional process so there isn't a uniform answer.

aopirose · #6 07-21-2006, 11:05 AM

dekeguy,

Good to see you again! Times have indeed changed since your relatives were involved. It is different from what it was 6 years ago. If you go to the JLNO web site, it lays things out pretty much like these ladies have explained. http://www.jlno.org/?nd=joinjlno Now, what they do in private maybe another story.

If you go to the letter from the Provisional Committee Co-Chairwomen, they actually state that a Sponsor Group (2 members now, it used to be 4) will be found for you if you don't know anyone in JLNO! An older neighbor, she's 80, about fell off her chair when I showed it to her. She said that she tried to get into the "right" circles so that she could join but an invitation never came.

Regarding the Boston Club, I was in the library the other day and came a across a BC membership book. It was published in 1950 and had the history constitution, by-laws, and the name of every member to date. I found a similar book for the Orleans Club too.

FSUZeta · #7 07-21-2006, 11:13 AM

i believe that some leagues require the prospective new member to have a sponsor(s) while some accept applications from any interested women. the best answer would come from contacting the local league office.

imcurious · #8 07-21-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i believe that some leagues require the prospective new member to have a sponsor(s) while some accept applications from any interested women. the best answer would come from contacting the local league office.

FSUZeta is correct. In addition to contacting the league office you might want to check out a specific league's web site. Most will explain the requirements for joining that particular chapter. In my experience, the ones that do not list this information are the ones that are more selective!