Phi Retro Recruitment

[SWTXBelle]

Thanks for sharing your story!

As to the issue of legacies - my collegiate chapter advisor had a daughter who went to the same school as she had - but went Chi Omega. I don't know the details, but I do know that Sylvia loved Gamma Phi for what it had meant for her, and she was an active Chi Omega mom because of what it meant to her daughter.
I love Gamma Phi Beta as an organization, and should a few collegiate members decide, for whatever reason, that my daughter would not be a good fit, I would still love Gamma Phi. I'd be an active mom to whatever org my daughter were to join.
I don't know what caused Gamma Phi to institute the policy they have, but it seems to me to be the one most respectful of a PNM's privacy, and it also takes a burden off of the chapter. I do think a chapter should write a note to ANYONE who writes a rec, especially a member who sends a legacy rec.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Thanks for sharing your story!

I love Gamma Phi Beta as an organization, and should a few collegiate members decide, for whatever reason, that my daughter would not be a good fit, I would still love Gamma Phi. I'd be an active mom to whatever org my daughter were to join.
I don't know what caused Gamma Phi to institute the policy they have, but it seems to me to be the one most respectful of a PNM's privacy, and it also takes a burden off of the chapter. I do think a chapter should write a note to ANYONE who writes a rec, especially a member who sends a legacy rec.

I agree about the follow up notes completely, and maybe they would accomplish all that the phone call could.

I tried to emphasize in my comments that what one chapter did would only affect my feelings about that chapter. I would still hold high regard for the organization itself, I think.

I admire your conviction that you could still serve the very chapter that had cut your legacy. I really don't think I could, but maybe I AM petty in this regard.

Cutting legacies represents what seems to me to be a potentially very hurtful act (really, it only matters if the girl wants the group), and I hope that all undergraduate chapters really think it through.