Dealing with "bad apples"

[ree-Xi]

1. Take down any identifying info about your chapter as well as specifics that can identify particular members. This is the sort of thing that should be handled within the chapter and/or IHQ/HQ.

2. Contact your chapter advisor, your standards or academic board, anyone who has power to move this up the flagpole and/or take immediate action.

3. Do whatever you need to get the ball rolling to revoke or suspend membership. If the person(s) attempt to gain entry to an event, you can call campus security. If they are not students there, or not invited guests, then they are tresspassing.

4. Notify your school that the members are no longer allowed to attend events.

5. Update your bid standards.

6. Be discreet.

[PANTHERTEKE]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

5. Update your bid standards.

I can't agree with this more.

You're not supposed to a bid a guy who you can't see as your brother. A bid isn't supposed to be a "chance" for a guy to prove himself or "see if it'll work out."

If the guy is an idiot/douchebag/socially inept loser/etc., but you think he has potential, DON'T bid him... Potential doesn't mean shit.

About the bad apples..check your bilaws, and if a brother hasn't maintained the standards to be active, he can be descrolled. Not that being descrolled is something to take lightly, especially with the brotherhood our Fraternity values, but how good of a brother are YOU and your eboard if they keep a guy around who is obviously not able to keep up with school because of TKE?

When it boils down to it, just recruit better men. Have your best brothers recruiting, because good men recruit good men and vise versa.

And check your PMs.