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Originally Posted by Blondie93
Well, if she went through formal recruitment, signed a preference card with that chapter listed on it, then she in effect accepted the bid by signing the card. In that case she is bound for a full year.
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According to NPC guidelines, if she signed the MRABA (Binding Agreement) and was matched to that group but decided not to actually join, she is bound to that group for one calendar year. Now...during that year she can sit and do nothing (and not join a sorority at all), or she can be repledged to that group as long as doing so would not put them over Total.
NPC does not specify what it takes to be repledged to a group...that is up to each individual organization. Many organizations have in their Inter/National Constitutions and Bylaws that in order to be repledged to a group that originally offered you a bid, the chapter must vote (voting percentages and procedures differ) to repledge you, and they may also have to seek approval from a regional/district officer. In other words, the repledging is not automatic. There is a procedure involved.
Also, declining/not accepting a bid is not the same thing as "I want to wait and think about it". Most Inter/National Organizations do have a limit as to how long someone can sit and think about a bid precisely to avoid having 5 people think about a bid for a semester and therefore blocking 5 other women who are ready to join to do so.
Another question...did your GPA or student standing at the University change between last semester and this semester? Because if your GPA dropped below the minimum for joining, then you cannot become a NM. In order to be repledged, you have to meet the criteria for becoming a NM.
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