Moms & Recruitment

[gee_ess]

There are definitely moms,etc at Arkansas for Bid Day.

The PNMs are taken to the Greek Theater in their gamma chi groups. The moms,sisters,fathers, friends, etc are all waiting in the Greek Theater. PNMs are taken to the middle and then there is a countdown when they are allowed to open their bid cards and join their respective houses who are waiting in the stands.

Also do not show up empty handed. The Greek stuff sold that weekend would blow your mind. Even if you can't be there (and let's face it, not all moms can be) Get in touch with one of the stores selling Greek stuff and send her something. You can call that day or later in the day once you have heard where she pledged and they will get it to her.

[BraveMaroon]

My experience at UGA in the 1990s is that if your Mom was an XYZ, and you pledged XYZ, she would certainly be there for your initiation, and if she lived nearby, maybe she'd be there for pledging.

Our experience was that Mom and Dad would come for the next home football game, or even Homecoming, and we'd encourage our pledges (because that's what we called them in the dark ages) to have them come check out the house, meet the sisters and make sure their baby hadn't sold her soul to the devil.

We had a nice parents weekend in the Spring, and we encouraged parents to send flowers to the house during Rush (which is what we called it). But bid day was for the pledges and the sisters, who all needed time to decompress.