Bid question

[NeonPi]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Bid matching is done. If you receive a bid, you can either accept it or decline it, but if you decline it you can't accept a bid (even from the same sorority) for a full year. Your signature on your pref card indicates your agreement to that rule..

Thanks, aephi alum - that's an excellent re-cap of the Bid Card process. But in regards to the above quote, NPC does allow this as some girls have declined and 2 days later realize they have made a mistake, and a chapter stills wants her as a member.

The NPC Membership Binding Agreement (aka Bid Card) Statement #5 supports this (see p.88 in 13th Ed.) - it states:
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"Once I sign this Agreement, I am bound by the National Panhellenic Conference calendar rule. This rule states that if I receive an invitation to membership from any group I have listed and I choose not to accept it, I am ineligible to be pledged to any other inter/national fraternity on this campus for one calendar year."

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[The original wording from previous editions was "...but if I am bid by one of the fraterntiies I have listed above and do not accept, then I am ineligible to join any other NPC fraternity on this campus for one calendar year."]

Obviously, if a girl has declined then wants back in, a chapter does need to re-vote to offer a new bid - and in some cases, the chapter is hurt they were turned down, and may not want her back, but some do want these PNM back. I have seen this happen at a few chapter/campuses I have worked with in both the US & Canada, and when it as brought to the NPC Area Adviser(s) for interpretation, it was ruled that the same group could re-offer a bid.

If these women do "re-join", there may be some hard feelings, but these PNM's usually are even better members as they are more cognisant of what they almost lost - some have gone on to be excellent members, even presidents of their chapter.


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