Mom involvement behind the scenes?

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by Delta-adpi

No, moms of the actives. I have no problem with a house mom being in her apartment during recruitment events. I just wasn't sure what to think about moms (that are not a d pi) in the house during the parties.

This varies by school. Most schools have rules that alumnae have the same silence rules as actives during recruitment. Some of the SEC schools have a long-standing tradition of moms helping with things like preparing or setting up meals and small tasks like making nametags or taking out the trash during recruitment.

I can only speak for my group, but I would presume that only official advisors are allowed to be around during voting and discussion.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by HQWest

This varies by school. Most schools have rules that alumnae have the same silence rules as actives during recruitment. Some of the SEC schools have a long-standing tradition of moms helping with things like preparing or setting up meals and small tasks like making nametags or taking out the trash during recruitment.

I can only speak for my group, but I would presume that only official advisors are allowed to be around during voting and discussion.

Same here. Moms might help with meals, or flower arranging, or setting up the party or breaking it down, but they would not interact with the PNMs (nor would the advisors). They would be strictly behind the scenes and would not be privy to voting or the tallying of votes.

It is especially nice for moms to assist when alumnae are not able to. I have never seen a mom try to exceed her "place"- they just followed thru on whatever their assigned task was.

[AnchorAlumna]

I only know about my daughter's chapter and mine.
At both, moms were welcome to come help with food, set up before and after parties, breakdown after parties were done etc. DURING parties, we sat quietly in a hallway or in the kitchen or on the second floor. We did not participate in the parties...I think a few nicely dressed ones carried trays of drinks or something out to the party floor and quickly returned.
We certainly did not sit in on nor were even near enough to hear discussion during the chapter meetings.

For instance...between philanthropy parties, we cleaned off the tables between parties, straightened items left on there, and put out new materials. Late that night, we installed draperies, stage and seating for skit parties, picked up Coke bottles and straightened chairs between parties, and then broke it all down again after the parties were done.