A Very Untraditional Recruitment/Expansion Story - Page 5

NutBrnHair · #1 01-07-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by alum

This is a really interesting story. Do the rejected groups ever get or ask for feedback as to why they weren't chosen? I think it would be very eyeopening for Directors of Expansion of the 3 groups that weren't eventually chosen to read this.

Thanks to Greek Chat -- not only will they get to read it, but we ALL get to read it!

alum · #2 01-07-2008, 01:43 PM

Mustard couldn't be Chi O. However, in light of the WFU/Fidelis issue occurring only a few years before and the fact that the WF chapter was holding on to local rituals over a decade after they had been absorbed by a National, was Mustard concerned that the same thing might happen at Carnegie Mellon?

LucyKKG · #3 01-07-2008, 09:06 PM

Wow, Mustard sounds so disappointing! Ugh!

justabostongirl · #4 01-08-2008, 02:56 AM

That's really disappointing about mustard, I expected more from them from how you said they were your top choice on paper.

AlwaysSAI · #5 01-08-2008, 08:28 PM

Dear Klk,

I would realllllyyyyyyy like to hear about Ketchup. Pretty Puhweese!

violetpretty · #6 01-09-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

Dear Klk,

I would realllllyyyyyyy like to hear about Ketchup. Pretty Puhweese!

Seconded.

klk112 · #7 01-09-2008, 05:17 AM

Ketchup was our last hope. We knew that if we weren't happy with any of the groups who presented to us, we could go back to the drawing board and pick even more groups. We did like them on paper, though, so we'd have to see what happened during their presentation. The presentation was the day right after Mustard's, at 9:30 PM.

They gave us a lot of good information during the presentation, and a lot of the things they told us set them apart from other groups. We would keep our officer positions and move into comparable positions in the Ketchup model executive board. They also wouldn't actually start the colonization until about a month after we would contact them, so that they could get organized and get the Zeta alumnae on board, too. They said that it would be disrespectful to appoint an advisory board with only Ketchup members, and wanted to include some of our alumnae initiates as well. They also didn't have a resident consultant with them, because they wanted to meet us before they decided who to hire.

They did bring the executive director, a regional consultant, a regional manager, several alumnae from the Pittsburgh area, collegians from one of their oldest chapters that's very close to Pittsburgh, and the national president. The national president was a cute Texan woman, complete with accent... and she even knew the mother of one of our collegiate sisters! They went to the same school and were both presidents of their respective chapters. Talk about a small world!

One of the amazing things about Ketchup was the sense of sisterhood that I felt from them. They were all happy and enthusiastic, and I'm pretty sure they all smiled the entire time they were in our house. And not a fake smile... a genuine smile. They were extremely articulate and intelligent, too. After I went upstairs to finish up some homework, people were still milling about in our living room. My big came upstairs at 1:30 AM and told me that she had spent a long while talking to the regional people about a lot of different things, including her study of art history. I could tell that she was completely in love with Ketchup.

AlwaysSAI · #8 01-09-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by klk112

They said that it would be disrespectful to appoint an advisory board with only Ketchup members, and wanted to include some of our alumnae initiates as well.

Now, see, that is what I'm talking about! If I was you, I would fight hand, tooth, and nail for Ketchup. Just sayin'.

LucyKKG · #9 01-09-2008, 05:27 AM

Yay! I love ketchup, too! I love how much they talked about including Zetas alumnae in the future of your chapter.

alum · #10 01-09-2008, 10:16 PM

6th floor of Morewood Gardens was great, especially those corner rooms with the vaulted ceilings.

AlwaysSAI · #11 01-11-2008, 10:06 AM

So....

Who'd ya pick???

jojapeach · #12 01-11-2008, 12:12 PM

Did anyone really not pick Ketchup after the experience you described? I'm sure no one could have gone with Mustard. Really.

I really did love Ketchup's vision of making sure Zeta alumnae were involved.

violetpretty · #13 01-11-2008, 12:24 PM

I thought you guys liked Mayo pretty well, especially after seeing members of a local that they had absorbed, so I was surprised to hear that you viewed Ketchup as your "last hope" after Mustard's flop. I think it's obvious who Zeta picks, but I'd like to hear how you went about voting.

jojapeach · #14 01-11-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

I think it's obvious who Zeta picks, but I'd like to hear how you went about voting.

That's exactly what I wanted to ask, but I didn't want to possibly be out of line for asking for those details. Can't wait to hear it!

klk112 · #15 01-11-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

I thought you guys liked Mayo pretty well, especially after seeing members of a local that they had absorbed, so I was surprised to hear that you viewed Ketchup as your "last hope" after Mustard's flop. I think it's obvious who Zeta picks, but I'd like to hear how you went about voting.

I think some people thought that Mayo was not what we needed at that time because the chapter kept a lot of things--for example, they still displayed their local letters on the wall and had some other old things from the local. We liked them, but we weren't in love, and I think a lot of people were expecting to feel in love when we found the right group for us.