Alice's Spring 2008 Recruitment

[barnard1897]

Originally Posted by AliceDreams

the girl became slightly frustrated with me because I could not do the stupid origami to save my life. Their video was the best of the three houses but I wasn't pleased with them at all. I left with a slightly bitter taste in my mouth.

Hmm. As a former recruitment chair, recruitment adviser, and former contributor to my GLO's recruitment manual, I'd have to say that origami would not be MY first choice of an arts and crafts project. The point is to get people to interact with the buffer of an activity, NOT to make people feel uncomfortable or inept. I wouldn't sweat it. I'm sure you weren't the only one feeling frustrated.

PS.Martha Stewart's staff once admitted that the dumbest arts and crafts project they ever conceived of in the magazine was an origami project., which looked fab, but no could do, not even the staff who tried to go back and make it. Nothing against origami, mind you. My dad is king of that--he can just look at a picture and do magic with his hands to make origami animals. But it takes a LOT of time and patience. Not something conducive to a recruitment event.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by barnard1897

Hmm. As a former recruitment chair, recruitment adviser, and former contributor to my GLO's recruitment manual, I'd have to say that origami would not be MY first choice of an arts and crafts project. The point is to get people to interact with the buffer of an activity, NOT to make people feel uncomfortable or inept. I wouldn't sweat it. I'm sure you weren't the only one feeling frustrated.

I'm trying to figure out what philanthropy/charity it is that has a burning need for origami.

hijack

The whole idea of doing something to contribute to the sorority's philanthropy is a nice one and was conceived with the best intentions, but honestly, I think it would be better and make more of a real impact if all the sorority members and PNMs got together and built a house for Habitat for Humanity or something.

/hijack

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Philanthropy round can definitely be tough. My bet is they were trying to be trendy to compete with the chapter doing dreamcatchers. There is nothing that deters a good conversation and can put a bad taste in a pnm's mouth than a hard philanthropy project. It is the bane of many a chapter. It's hard to find something compelling and interesting that's easy to do. Many chapters on my alma mater often struggle on this night for one reason or another trying to keep things interesting by being too out there.