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Originally posted by ktsnake
8 weeks is total crap.
Can you apply to your HQ for permission to act outside those rules? If not, find out what the procedure is to change a rule like that. With my organization, the undergrad chapters still retain a final say on any new rules by way of a vote at our national convention.
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There is a way to petition for an extension of the pledge period, but we felt that trying to incorporate it early would be better as we work towards more year round recruitment and also b/c we felt that the extensions would not be granted forever and eventually we would have to adapt, so why not just find a way sooner than later.
Delt has the same final say at our Karnea (our convention, which is our legislative body of the fraternity) so there was a final vote from every chapter. It was very close, but passed. It was strongly pushed by the smaller chapters, from smaller schools with smaller greek systems (small is not bad, just different than my particular chapter). Which I can see how it would help them bring in members and be benificial to them...but they wouldn't have the same issues as a large chapter such as mine (average 80 men) competing in larger greek systems (21 IFC and 7 NPHC fraternities). So the slight minority of larger chapters like mine are having troubles incorporating this while still trying to stay competitive on our campuses (again, they don't want us to hold an academic requirement for initation-we would be one of the ONLY chapters on campus to not have that standard)
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