Hi everyone! Things in my personal life have started to hit a lull, thankfully, so I have time to catch up here
Our meeting on Wednesday was really, really great. We were expecting maybe a half hour meeting ... we were there for over two hours discussing everything under the sun. Benefits and negatives about Greek life and how best to describe them to the administration, issues about liability insurance, how many groups we should have (she thinks that having just one sorority colonize at first would be a bad idea, because A)we're a small school and if we had a couple smaller groups we'd be more analogous to the rest of the campus groups and b)they'd get so well established that they'd eat another group alive when they eventually tried to colonize as the Greek system grew .. she thinks two or even three at first would be much better, but anyway I digress!), how we could work on constitutions, etc. She was really supportive of how much we've tried to stress involvement and co-operation with both other Greek orgs (as we're looking for NPHC/NIC groups as well) and with non-Greek orgs, which I'm glad for - I know that will be a major draw for our administration.
She told us that, having lived in our town for so many years, she knows a LOT of people at my university .... including people on the board of trustees! Which could really be a huge help to us, if she could say a choice word or two in the right ear (and she said she'd be in touch with people about this!). She also said she would be very happy to come to our Meet the Greeks fair and that having Rho Chis come would be perfectly okay too. Yay! Everything seems to be falling into place well right now
She said she was impressed with all the work we had done and how passionate we were about this. She said something to the effect of "Women with this kind of drive are the essential sorority women and I know you can demonstrate that at your presentation." EEEP!
Sarah and I took that as SUCH an amazing compliment, and it really bolstered our confidence.
Tomorrow is our presentation and I am utterly terrified. Not terrified-terrified, though - just a swirl of anxious excitement and nervousness. I know we will do well. We know what we're talking about and it's obvious when we speak that we love and truly believe in what we're talking about. It's just very, very nerve-wracking to know that no matter how well we do tomorrow, we can be told no and that's it, I've lost my chance to be Greek. Well, that's NOT it - I know the three of us are as obstinate as horses and if we're told know we're going to want to know why so we can find out how to fix it and present again, lol! Like Sarah said the other day ... if I have to fight for this until 5 minutes before I walk onstage to get my diploma, so be it!
The presentation is 10am-11:30am tomorrow morning. Being the typical mom types Sarah and I are, we know that refreshments are important that early in the morning, lol!
So Sarah's coming to pick me up at 8:45 so we can go get a Box of Joe from Dunkin' Donuts. I have an assortment of teas in my own room I'm bringing (our advisor told us one of the Deans is a tea drinker and we want to be prepared!), and Sarah's mom is the absolute best and is getting us bagels (Sarah's family gets bagels every Sunday morning for breakfast, it's tradition, and her mom offered to get extra for us, which is soooo sweet of her). We all know information goes over a little bit easier when you've got a hot cup of coffee and something to nosh on.
I'll try and get on as soon as I can afterward to let you guys know how it went .. please keep us in your thoughts!
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