what do i have to give back?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

*Termination is irreversible (if you terminate your membership OR you ARE terminated by HQ, you cannot join again).

Believe it or not, some girls have terminated, CHANGED THEIR MINDS, and asked to rejoin! We were pretty stunned. WTF?! You SIGNED THE PAPERS!

Is this your national policy? I know that my org allows re-instatement, and I guess I just assumed that was the norm. Maybe I should start a new thread to poll.

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

What you're saying makes sense. I can't really tell you too much detailed information, however - before my time

Our chapter has had two houses on campus. Here is the public information about the second house, from the chapter website (which needs to be updated):

At that time, there were enough members to fill the house. Unfortunately, levels dropped temporarily so that we do not now have the house.

This is the key difference right here. Your org went on, and possibly got membership back up to the old level, and is still a strong chapter. In an NPC group, losing the house would be a death blow, if every other chapter had housing.

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

A friend of mine is a Chi Omega and she said that it's Chi Omega's policy not to initiate new members until after that semester's grades were in- so the fall class would be initiated at the very beginning of second semester.

What if the university says initiation must happen within 8 weeks?

[susan314]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

This is the key difference right here. Your org went on, and possibly got membership back up to the old level, and is still a strong chapter. In an NPC group, losing the house would be a death blow, if every other chapter had housing.

This is what has me worried - as I mentioned, the chapter I advise will not be having housing next year. All of the other NPC groups will. Kappa Delta went for a year without housing on that campus for a year recently, but it was because of a recolonization. As far as fraternities go, Pikes recently dropped their housing and doubled in size within a year (so I've been told anyhow) - apparently it was appealing on that campus for fraternity pledges to know that they wouldn't be "forced" to live in b/c there was no house. Whether or not that same type of benefit for NPC rush remains to be seen.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Is this your national policy? I know that my org allows re-instatement, and I guess I just assumed that was the norm. Maybe I should start a new thread to poll.

That's correct. If you are initiated, and voluntarily terminate your membership or have your membership terminated, you cannot re-join.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I'm pretty sure we do check grades, like a progress report, before initiation. I know we sign a grade release form during the first round of information we get at our first new member meeting. I remember that much. I could be wrong, though. I know we've had grades situations before...it is, indeed, possible to make below a 1.0. I did not know that until my second semester here. I still don't see how it's done but...

Anyway, it's extremely unpleasant, because unless there is another situation they are still on our Panhellenic Council's roll and count towards our chapter's GPA that semester. We don't have many not make it because of grades, because there are alternatives to just dropping, and usually we have enough sisters who are good tutors to help bring grades up.