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If we are brothers/sisters why do we have to pay lol?
I would take two apporaches similar to what has already been mentioned.
One is public humiliation. I would have either/or a big poster board made up that tracks how current everyone is and have it as the first thing people see when they enter the room. I would distribute a fact sheet with everyone's exact financial staus at the beginning of each meeting, and make that the first item on the agenda. If you aren't paid up at the bginning of each event, you can't attend.
A lot of times people can avoid paying dues because people don't officially know how behind they are. And they don't see it consistantly enough.
Another thing to look at is the relevance of your programming. We lose a lot fo interest from people junior and senior years and I can't help but sympthize with people that don't feel that the chapter is meeting their needs anymore because a lot of the programing is geared for freshmen and sophomores.
Keep in mind also that there are often two kinds of delinquent accounts: The guy that just stops coming to anything, and Mr./Ms. Social that comes to everything, is everyone's best friend but somehow never has dues money.
I think the second person is more dangerous than the first.
Also you might want to think of creating a paid inactive status for people that just don't find the chapter relevant anymore. Committment is for life sure, so why expell them because they don't want to do the same things their senior year?
If some people don't want to play anymore let them pay the minumum national dues and insurance so they can graduate and still stay on the roster. If they want to come to some stuff from time to time make them pay a set fee.
We need to stop punishing people for our own failures in social programming.
I was appalled at how bad the retention is from Pledge class to sernior year in some of our larger Greek Systems. Especially among the Sororities. Thats a programming failure.
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