As if you weren't already sick of the quota questions....

GammaPhi88 · #1 02-13-2009, 12:22 AM

I have my Green Book right here with me! (The joys of having a nasty cold on Thirsty Thursday!)

The Green Book states that quota is the number each member fraternity may pledge during formal. Under the Vacancies in Quota section, the Green Book states that if a bid is not accepted, this space in the chapter's quota was not filled, and the chapter may bid and pledge another woman as soon as they can.

PeppyGPhiB · #2 02-13-2009, 05:09 AM

What I think confuses a lot of women is actually the definition of "accept," as in to accept a bid. Some PNMs are given the impression (incorrectly) by their recruitment counselors or greek life office that they may choose to accept or decline a bid after it's been given to them on bid day through the traditional formal recruitment process. What they SHOULD have been told is that by filling in your bid card after preference, you are agreeing to automatically accept a bid from any organization you list/bubble/select. The only bid that can be declined on the spot with no consequences to the PNM or chapter is a snap or COR bid. You may decide after you get a formal bid that you don't want to join after all, but you still would be counted in the number pledged to the NPC in recruitment, and you will still be held to the "calendar year" rule. If a chapter gets no-shows on Bid Day from the women who decided to toss out their bid, then the chapter can pursue COR up to quota or total, whichever is greater.

jwright25 · #3 02-13-2009, 08:45 AM

The different terms referring to Quota are time-sensitive:

If a chapter MATCHES Quota, then they matched to Quota during regular formal recruitment bid matching.

If a chapter MAKES Quota, they can do so either by MATCHING to Quota, SNAPPING to Quota, or CORing to Quota.

Let's say Quota is 30. A chapter can match 30, but then 2 decline. They still matched Quota, and they can still COR the 2 missing ones to replace the declines. Thereby making Quota.

Snap Bidding occurs only during the time between formal bid matching and bid day ceremonies. So Snap Bids will attend bid day festivities and no one else in the pledge class will know they are snap bids unless they tell. If a chapter still has fewer pledges than Quota after bid day ceremony, they are able to COR to fill those positions.

Because of this, bids that are declined must be replaced by COR rather than snap bidding. There might be a rare campus out there that informs PNMs of their bids way way in advance of bid day ceremonies. But there are also some interpretations of the term "snap bidding" to mean taking place in the time between matching and the DISTRIBUTION of bids. So once bids go out, no more snapping.

groovypq · #4 02-13-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jwright25

If a chapter MAKES Quota, they can do so either by MATCHING to Quota, SNAPPING to Quota, or CORing to Quota.

Let's say Quota is 30. A chapter can match 30, but then 2 decline. They still matched Quota, and they can still COR the 2 missing ones to replace the declines. Thereby making Quota.

I never realized that before - so that's AWESOME for my chapter, after COR we've made quota!

OneHeartOneWay · #5 02-13-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

You may decide after you get a formal bid that you don't want to join after all, but you still would be counted in the number pledged to the NPC in recruitment, and you will still be held to the "calendar year" rule.

One slight correction as I understand it- this woman would not be counted in the number PLEDGED to the NPC in recruitment. You are only "pledged" if you go through the formal pledging ceremony of the NPC. If you receive a bid in FR and decline it, you will be counted in the number "matched" to the NPC as explained above.