Sigma Recruitment!!!

[Drolefille]

You'll always have some women who only attend required events, but it's ok to have some things be required that aren't just chapter meetings. As long as the whole chapter is required to attend it's not hazing. (For example a workshop on self-defense for women)

[SigmaPezY60]

It's really important to include the Alpha Class in the process of creating your sisterhood. When my sorority started out in 1992, the Founding members and the Alpha class pledged together so that everyone was on the same page.

A lot of what our founders and the Alpha Class did was work towards recognition from the IFSC at NJIT. But it went beyond the Alpha Class....each class helps make my organization what it is today. It is surely a different organization than our founding 14 years ago and even 2 years ago since I was active...but each class brings new ideas to the sorority and pioneers the next wave of changes to make the sorority even better.

You want to make sure that when you are recruiting new members, that they know how important they will be to the founding of your organization. And their input should be just as important as the founding members'. The women who step up and accept the challenge of being part of your Alpha Class are leaders who want to be part of something new and exciting on your campus.

One thing my chapter started doing last fall was having a sisters only retreat weekend. When I was active it was like pulling teeth for all of us to find time to have sisterhood socials on a regular basis, so it's nice to know that my chapter finally figured it out. They still have other sisterhood events but the only one that is mandatory is the retreat.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me, as we're still somewhat young, so my alum are able to vividly remember our beginnings and things that worked and didn't.