what do i have to give back?

[susan314]

Originally Posted by tld221

not that active members would disclose this to NMs, but dont "gifts" to NMs tend to come out of NM fees? of course it covers the NME and activities, but i do recall somewhere it could pay for "gifts" (i quote it because essentially you, as an NM would pay for your own stuff... which leads me to say - "hey give the girl her money back!")

I can't speak for all GLOs, of course, but I know that NM fees in my chapter went to things like Panhellenic new member dues (the per member fee that Panhel requires of each chapter), training materials (for example, workbooks w/fraternity history), social events (that the NM would typically be participating in), some meals at the house, etc.

Typically gifts were given from the sister-mother (or "big" to use other GLO terminology) to the sister-daughter ("little") and paid for out of the sister-mother's pocket. There may have been a very few token items purchased by the chapter (ex - a Bid Day shirt), but by and large the gifts came from the sister-mother.