Slating - yea or nay?

speedsters · #1 06-11-2008, 05:46 AM

Our chapter is like lilzetakitten's and I like slate. When selecting a the slate committee, you know you are putting the chapter's future in these women's hands and they usually pick the right women for the positions. Though every year slate never gets passed on the first try, its funny how we end up having 4 hour elections and maybe only 1 person has changed.

I think it make sense to have a slate committee who overviews all the applications and then conducts interviews, rather than the whole chapter, so it doesn't end up being a popularity contest.

33girl · #2 06-11-2008, 11:23 AM

I think a lot of it also depends on the size of the chapter. If you have 150 people, slating is the way to go. If you have 30 people, all of whom know each other and each person's skills pretty well, the amount of work and preparation can be a little ridiculous.

honeychile · #3 06-11-2008, 12:27 PM

When I was an active, we had a nominating committee plus nominations from the floor. To this day there is one sister who doesn't speak to me because I won "her" office.

Now, we have a very different system, which includes interviews with the Advisors. It works SO much better, there isn't as much friction, and the officers seem so much more together.