When to do rush

[BlueEyedButrfly]

i agree with lauralaylin re: your post sounding uneducated.

i am in a local but we are currently seeking npc affiliation because there are so many more things that are offered by beng national. just because one campus has npc sororities that you do not feel are "accomplishing" things doesn't mean you should stereotype the entire npc organization. also, since you are not a member of any of those npc organizations you really have no idea as to what they do or do not accomplish.

what is your sorority classified as? are you social, service, multicultural?

[MaryAmanda]

Actually, my local has been in pursuit of NPC extension on our campus since our founding in 2001. Even with the infamous ratio here at Georgia Tech (3 guys to every 1 girl), it's still hard to fathom that there's only 6 NPC sororities represented on this campus. Tech hasn't had a successful expansion since the 80's, when there were far less women on campus.

Last week, a committee gave a presentation at the Panhellenic meeting recommending pursuing extension after recruitment in the fall, so hopefully it will happen soon! Even though I graduate in December, I look forward to the prospect of AI and being a part of something even bigger.

[lauralaylin]

OmegaPDPrez, I just want you to know that as a very active alum, I've worked with a great many chapters at a great many schools. And I've seen many chapters from other organizations than my own. And I must say that I think sisterhood is universal. Sure, there may be a chapter here and there that need some work with it, but I really feel they are few and far between. And I do not believe that locals or NPCs are better or worse with their sisterhood. There are definitely differences between the two, but all are real sororities. I do not know what campus you are from, so I cannot speak of them. But across North America, I believe you'd find that NPCs do have strong sisterhood like locals, and generalizations based on your campus experience alone may be incorrect.

MaryAmanda, good luck with your pursuit. I am a charter member of my group (joined after we chose an NPC), and a huge amount of alums from our local came back to be initiated as AIs. It was great to meet them and see how much they still cared about us. Many are still active in their alum groups too.

[OmegaPDPrez]

I'd really like someone to explian why my posts are so uneducated-PM on this-
IF i must go into more details for you all, I will.

I never said all NPC sororities were bad, and I did not make any generalized negative comment about them.

I did, however, make a statement about why women may want to join a local, based on Greek life activity here at my school. HERE AT MY SCHOOL!! GEt It???

And to tell me that I dont know what the groups are *supposed* to do, is not exactly true.

Each year, our IFSC gets together and all the groups make decisions on a number of things, and sometimes things fall through, but it happens to much. It has gotten to a point that it seems our Greek life here isn't really about accomplishing much anymore.

So now you know how I know.

I still won't go into much detail simply because this isnt the thread for it.

To bring back the topic, I will say this, My sorority is a social and service group our rush takes place after PanHell recruitment both fall and spring semesters, and it is very successful.

[33girl]

OmegaPDPrez, you took a post made by my sister and completely misinterpreted it and responded in a way that's insulting to a lot of people on here.

What AF was saying was that for locals, perhaps rushing after the national groups rushed wasn't a good idea, because instead of getting women who truly wanted your group, you would run the risk of getting women who attempted to join a national sorority and weren't successful, so they figured "I guess local is better than nothing" and treated their sisters and membership accordingly. SHE DID NOT SAY SHE HAD THAT OPINION OF LOCALS HERSELF.

It's no one's right to judge the quality of another group's "sisterhood" just because they're different than your own group. We've had a zillion discussions on here where people completely dissed locals and said they were "fake sororities" and a good number of posters smacked them down for this very wrong opinion. However, reverse prejudice is no way to go. That is where the "uneducated" comment came in.

[KSUViolet06]

If you can, I would suggest participating in Panhellenic recruitment. I think it's the best way to avoid being seen as the "fake sorority" or "the sorority for girls who don't get bids during formal rush." Even if you don't get as many women as the Panhellenic sororities do, you will have the experience of participating in it and knowing how it works.

[OmegaPDPrez]

i actually dont do any type of formal or informal recruitment. right now two of my friends are 'pledging, rather learning, about my sorority and next fall i think i will do something close to a formal? recruitment ( not sure the difference between formal and informal; like i know what makes them different but i dont think the names fit them well but, thats a whole nother topic) anyway.
next semester i will have a rush period, and then i will introduce new members to the organization through our education period which will produce, hopefully, new sisters into the group. but the difference is i will not advertise as panhell does- which is really creative this year was really cute- simply because 1. my school probably wouldnt like for me too ( thats all in another thread) and 2. because i dont want it to become that group where people 'sludge' to just to 'get letters' cause i do believe that sometimes that could be the case ( see alpha, i totally get your point!) 3. i cant advertise to 2000 women and not expect to get alot of attention as anew group
i think what im trying to say is my recruitment will sortof be underground. My goal isnt to recruit alot of women since we're small and the idea is to keep it not in the spolight so to speak ( i think im making this complicated, which im talented at doing) but anyway, i like the idea of just going to a few interested women on campus and asking them to join us for an interest meeting and then pretty much going from there. which is also one of the reasons why i rather recruit after NPC so then who ever wants to really get to know NPC groups has that chance and if they dont find what they like they can conctrate completely on my group.

Something like that! I hope i didnt confuse us all

[SigmaPezY60]

If there are a lot of locals on your campus, do you have a council for them? You could organize a formal recruitment for the locals on your campus similar to the NPC recruitment process.

My chapter is one of the 3 largest sororities on campus, along with the 2 NPC sororities. NJIT doesn't have a traditional formal rush process and all GLO's have recruitment at the same time. We all take around the same number of new members each semester.

I do agree that you should try to recruit along with the Panhellenic. It's only difficult to compete if you allow it to be difficult. If you don't get as many new members you can always do COB the week after.

[MaryAmanda]

Our Collegiate Panhellenic only allows one local sorority on GT's campus at any given time. We have filled that spot since 2001. It is also by their decree that the Associate Members (ADChi, AOE, and LTA) and Local (us) have a designated week in which we are allowed to rush, always one or two weeks after NPC recruitment.

Only the 6 NPCs represented on our campus have a vote at council meetings, so we're ultimately just subject to their will. Recently, the presidents of ADChi, AOE, and Coyote wrote a bill to give limited voting rights to Associates and Locals, but the motion failed when brought to a vote last week.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by OmegaPDPrez

i actually dont do any type of formal or informal recruitment. right now two of my friends are 'pledging, rather learning, about my sorority and next fall i think i will do something close to a formal? recruitment ( not sure the difference between formal and informal; like i know what makes them different but i dont think the names fit them well but, thats a whole nother topic) anyway.
next semester i will have a rush period, and then i will introduce new members to the organization through our education period which will produce, hopefully, new sisters into the group. but the difference is i will not advertise as panhell does- which is really creative this year was really cute- simply because 1. my school probably wouldnt like for me too ( thats all in another thread) and 2. because i dont want it to become that group where people 'sludge' to just to 'get letters' cause i do believe that sometimes that could be the case ( see alpha, i totally get your point!) 3. i cant advertise to 2000 women and not expect to get alot of attention as anew group
i think what im trying to say is my recruitment will sortof be underground. My goal isnt to recruit alot of women since we're small and the idea is to keep it not in the spolight so to speak ( i think im making this complicated, which im talented at doing) but anyway, i like the idea of just going to a few interested women on campus and asking them to join us for an interest meeting and then pretty much going from there. which is also one of the reasons why i rather recruit after NPC so then who ever wants to really get to know NPC groups has that chance and if they dont find what they like they can conctrate completely on my group.

Something like that! I hope i didnt confuse us all

I'm rather confused... are you part of a sorority, or is this your own personal fanclub or something? All of this "I" and "my". What happened to all of this based on "sisterhood" stuff you've been talking about? How is it a sisterhood to say all of this as your own personal decisions, and not that of a group?

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by kddani

I'm rather confused... are you part of a sorority, or is this your own personal fanclub or something? All of this "I" and "my". What happened to all of this based on "sisterhood" stuff you've been talking about? How is it a sisterhood to say all of this as your own personal decisions, and not that of a group?

i'm not sure about this, and OmegaPDPrez, please feel free to correct me, but it appears there are only two members based on the website for this sorority - the poster and her sister, presumably the vice-president.

Also OmegaPDPrez, I'm curious - I checked out your myspace profile, and it lists you as having started seven years ago in Canada and then suddenly again in PA? What does that mean/could you explain?

[OmegaPDPrez]

should i make a thread?
First,
There are four members,
two of which founded the organization
and we are preparing to do a bigger recruitment in the fall with six members (counting my two friends that are in the education process right now)
Second,
The i thing is kind of selfish, i get what your saying, its not my personal fan club, but thats how i typed it...sorry
Third,
The canadain school is a very long story... but the letters were thought to have belonged to another group... and they released them ( really long story) which made it possible for us to use them but since they were a group we thought it would be nice to recognize that they once existed.

and yes, we were allowed to do that.