Big Problem!!! Need Help!!!!

LoveMyKeyKKG · #1 06-20-2007, 02:50 PM

It seems to me that she needs to talk to the rest of her pledge class about reimbursement. Did they buy the gift for the chapter yet?

I think that the pledge class should have given her the $200 back out of the funds raised selling jewelry and then used the rest to buy the chapter gift. how much money did they raise total?

CrimsonTide4 · #2 06-20-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by LoveMyKeyKKG

It seems to me that she needs to talk to the rest of her pledge class about reimbursement. Did they buy the gift for the chapter yet?

I think that the pledge class should have given her the $200 back out of the funds raised selling jewelry and then used the rest to buy the chapter gift. how much money did they raise total?

I agree. It was a gift from them and by now they should have enough money to each kick in a portion of the cost for the gift.

ladygreek · #3 06-20-2007, 02:55 PM

Wow, I was expecting a real catastrophe.

CrimsonTide4 · #4 06-20-2007, 02:58 PM

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Wow, I was expecting a real catastrophe.

me too -- like death or flunked out of school or the like

AlwaysSAI · #5 06-20-2007, 03:01 PM

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Wow, I was expecting a real catastrophe.

It is catastrophe when you can't pay your bills because you are waiting on reimbursement.

But, then again, me and my little can kind of be drama queens....

Kevin · #6 06-20-2007, 04:27 PM

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But, then again, me and my little can kind of be drama queens....

We believe you.

ladygreek · #7 06-20-2007, 05:15 PM

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It is catastrophe when you can't pay your bills because you are waiting on reimbursement.

But you said her family is able to help her with money, which is why she footed the bill in the first place.

ETA: Glad it was resolved, but believe me it didn't cause me any stress.

ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl · #8 06-20-2007, 05:23 PM

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But you said her family is able to help her with money, which is why she footed the bill in the first place.

ETA: Glad it was resolved, but believe me it didn't cause me any stress.

Mom and dad can have their own financial problems when there's an illness in the family, or something in the house that needs to be immediately repaired, for instance. I personally know that can change quick and drastically.

Mom and dad might also have assumed they'd be getting reimbursed and weren't happy when they weren't. I've been in that situation as well.

adpiucf · #9 06-20-2007, 05:24 PM

So she put out $200 and they only made $177 which was then put in a chapter account? Now your little is being reimbursed her original $200....Sounds like there wasn't much of a fundraiser there... they ended up costing the chapter $23.

Can't they just get each girl who want to voluntarily chip in $5 to get the chapter a gift? We did this when I was a new member of ADPi. We got the house a gift from our class. Anyone who couldn't afford it didn't-- most of the girls contributed, however.

AlwaysSAI · #10 06-20-2007, 05:44 PM

She is only for some of it because that is what the class agreed on. They agreed to donate some of the supplies to the chapter.

Her parents are willing to help with some things but not others. It's a family thing.

And, I told her that she was still eligible to join a panhellenic sorority. She is the type of person that focuses her energy on one thing and she is a music student, so that puts her short on time. She told me that she preffed at AXO, ADPi (she's a legacy here), and Chi-O. I told her that AXO started as a music sorority. She seems to want to be apart of an org that focuses on music.

And, hey, she's great and I love her so that's fine with me!

rufio · #11 06-21-2007, 04:04 AM

so moral of the story, save your receipts. what your chapter could do is credit the amount owed to her dues so you dont take a direct hit. although 2 bills is kinda just change.

Tom Earp · #12 06-21-2007, 04:09 PM

Well, some people try and some people are trying.

Maybe she tried, went out on a limb for the love of the GLO?

Been there and has cost a lot more than that!

Ilaria Ame · #13 06-21-2007, 04:47 PM

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Well, some people try and some people are trying.

Maybe she tried, went out on a limb for the love of the GLO?

Been there and has cost a lot more than that!

trust me, i know all about it. i can't tell you how much i've given out of pocket just to make things work. but i did it with the understanding and acceptance that i would probably never get it back. the difference is, this girl was lead to believe she would be reimbursed and no one told her different. i'm in no way criticizing the girl who was pledging; i admire her for being willing to help. but someone along the way should have warned her before she gave the money.

ForeverRoses · #14 06-20-2007, 03:04 PM

I was the fundraising chair in college and we ALWAYS took out the cost of the fundraiser from the money collected before we turned in the money. For example- one fundraiser was a raffle for a $100 JCrew gift certificate. So we took out the $100 plus the cost of the raffle tickets from the money that we raised (we did keep reciepts for those items), so instead of turning in $1500 we turned in say $1390 plus two reciepts- one for the gift cert and one for the supplies (tickets).

I guess it is too late in this case, but I would recommend that if a fundraiser is a manditory activity for the pledges/new members, that someone put together a manual on how to run fundraisers. It would cover this plus other things such as getting unversity approval (if needed), and maybe even ideas for what works and doesn't work.

Coramoor · #15 06-20-2007, 03:15 PM

Dude...it's $200. That's like 3 kegs, not even enough to have a decent tailgate.