BID CARDS

blueangel · #1 02-01-2007, 01:37 AM

I heard some kind of noise on my door, a lot of giggling.. and a lot of shhhing!

Then I heard a knock...followed by at least two or more pair of feet running away.

When I opened the door, there was nobody there... but there was a big blue cardboard crown taped to my door with ZTA written in silver sparkles, a flower, and an envelope. It was my bid card.... a really sweet handwritten note which I still have today. I still have my cardboard crown, and the now pressed flower too.

That was followed up later in the night by a phone call from one of the sisters at the house asking me if I would accept.

I liked the way this was done because it didn't catch you "on the spot." You had some time to let it all sink in and give an answer.

GeekyPenguin · #2 02-01-2007, 01:42 AM

I am pretty sure my chapter still does this - they are at a small enough school that it's possible. We all pile into a few cars and drive over to the new member's dorm or apartment and one sister will go in and ask her to join us downstairs. If we're a dorm where there is more than one girl, a sister (usually the preffer) will go bring each girl down to the dorm, where we'll sing one nice song and then hand them their bid cards. After that we sing a rowdy, louder song and usually everyone in the dorm is looking down.

AlexMack · #3 02-01-2007, 01:54 AM

Haha, mine was pretty funny. I went to one informal event at Sigma Kappa and I wasn't sure about the chapter so I didn't go back again. After I was turned down by another chapter, I got back in touch with SK to see if they were COBing. They emailed back the same day, said they wanted to take me out for coffee and they came and picked me up.
We went to Starbucks and just hung out and I really really felt so comfortable with these girls.
In the car on the way back, the COB chair, Michelle told me they may or may not have dropped off my bid card before coming to get me (they wanted me after meeting me just once, how cool is that?!) and it may or may not be in the Greek Life office. They drove me there, I went in, found it, inwardly screamed, signed it and came out with a HUGE smile on my face.
I believe all the bids have to go to the Greek Life Office on my campus, at least during informal, but I thought the way I got my bid was pretty damn awesome.