NMs and Actives

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kansas City

And stay away from the active interviews by new members unless you want to require everyone to play the same game. The chapter I advise has pledge class dinners. The new members will have dinner one week with the sophomore pledge class, the junior pledge class the next week and then the senior pledge class the following week. This seems to encourage new members (and active members) to bond with their pledge class while meeting with other sisters.

The reason interviews are better than big group activities is that not everyone is good in a group - pledge OR sister. Some people are quiet and their voices never get heard, and at the end of the dinner the 4 most outgoing people have had a blast and are BFFs, but the rest of the group (who didn't get a word in edgewise due to the 4 bigmouths monopolizing the conversation) learned nothing about any of the new members and didn't get to know them at all, and considers the evening wasted.

I like ASTalumna06's ideas - and turn it around so the sisters are rewarded for finding out things about the pledges as well.

And you have problems with actives who don't want to show up to things - begin their termination proceedings. Dead weight drags you down.

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The reason interviews are better than big group activities is that not everyone is good in a group - pledge OR sister. Some people are quiet and their voices never get heard, and at the end of the dinner the 4 most outgoing people have had a blast and are BFFs, but the rest of the group (who didn't get a word in edgewise due to the 4 bigmouths monopolizing the conversation) learned nothing about any of the new members and didn't get to know them at all, and considers the evening wasted.

I like ASTalumna06's ideas - and turn it around so the sisters are rewarded for finding out things about the pledges as well.

And you have problems with actives who don't want to show up to things - begin their termination proceedings. Dead weight drags you down.

I totally agree but just wanted to caution that the interviews cannot be one sided. All members (new and active) can be required to participate in the interview "game" but requiring it ONLY of the new pledge class is considered hazing in my organization. My comment was intended as a word of caution and my suggestion of dinner is just an example of what works well for the chapter I advise.