BGLO and GLO

[KAY10]

Hey, can somone clarify this for me. I've noticed that when WGLOs post pictures of their orgs. on the internet, why do some of them cover the faces of some of the members, as if their not members anymore. Can someone explain this to me?

Originally Posted by KAY10

Hey, can somone clarify this for me. I've noticed that when WGLOs post pictures of their orgs. on the internet, why do some of them cover the faces of some of the members, as if their not members anymore. Can someone explain this to me?

For the duration of formal recruitment, NPC sororities have women who disaffiliate from their organizations to serve as recruitment counselors to Prospective New Members. They assist PNMs by answering questions and leading recruitment groups.

They cannot reveal their sorority, so they remain neutral and don't influence their PNMs, and that is why their faces are covered on chapter websites. Their affiliations are revealed once recruitment is over, on Bid Day.

[KAY10]

Originally Posted by OTW

For the duration of formal recruitment, NPC sororities have women who disaffiliate from their organizations to serve as recruitment counselors to Prospective New Members. They assist PNMs by answering questions and leading recruitment groups.

They cannot reveal their sorority, so they remain neutral and don't influence their PNMs, and that is why their faces are covered on chapter websites. Their affiliations are revealed once recruitment is over, on Bid Day.

Ohhhhhhh O.K. Wow! That's interesting! I've always wondered about that. Thanks so much for clearing that up for me.

[elusive47]

Originally Posted by KAY10

Hey, can somone clarify this for me. I've noticed that when WGLOs post pictures of their orgs. on the internet, why do some of them cover the faces of some of the members, as if their not members anymore. Can someone explain this to me?

I'm not too sure about this, but I think the reason why, is that the women who have their faces covered up in pictures on the internet are Rush Counselors for their school's Formal Rush. From what I know, as long as they are guiding potential sorority pledges through Formal (Social [meaning not cultural] sororities hold one large scale Rush on their particular campus every year instead of several organization-specific rushes every year.) Rush, they cannot affiliate with their respective orgs. Meaning that they can't wear letters, or state that they are members of a specific GLO, nor can their respective GLOs claim them as members until after bid night. This, I think is to ensure that the potential pledges are not influenced to prefer one organization over the other because of who their Rush Counselor is or isn't.

If I'm wrong about any of this, would someone from one of the NPC orgs. on GC please correct me?

Originally Posted by elusive47

I'm not too sure about this, but I think the reason why, is that the women who have their faces covered up in pictures on the internet are Rush Counselors for their school's Formal Rush. From what I know, as long as they are guiding potential sorority pledges through Formal (Social [meaning not cultural] sororities hold one large scale Rush on their particular campus every year instead of several organization-specific rushes every year.) Rush, they cannot affiliate with their respective orgs. Meaning that they can't wear letters, or state that they are members of a specific GLO, nor can their respective GLOs claim them as members until after bid night. This, I think is to ensure that the potential pledges are not influenced to prefer one organization over the other because of who their Rush Counselor is or isn't.

If I'm wrong about any of this, would someone from one of the NPC orgs. on GC please correct me?

Originally Posted by OTW

For the duration of formal recruitment, NPC sororities have women who disaffiliate from their organizations to serve as recruitment counselors to Prospective New Members. They assist PNMs by answering questions and leading recruitment groups.

They cannot reveal their sorority, so they remain neutral and don't influence their PNMs, and that is why their faces are covered on chapter websites. Their affiliations are revealed once recruitment is over, on Bid Day.

Just an FYI, the official terminology used by the NPC is Recruitment. Rush is still used often, but we've been encouraged to use the proper terminology since 1999.