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Originally Posted by susan314
I'm just curious as to how many people in this thread have ever had to be a part of recruitment with a struggling chapter. (Whether as an active member or an alumnae volunteer/advisor.)
I've had to go through the wringer with 2 chapters, and I tell you - unless you've been there, its hard to understand.
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And to me, it seems kind of jerky to say, well if you don't end up with quota, you just didn't work hard enough.
For 85% or more of chapters it might be true that saying "quality over quantity is just an excuse for not working hard at recruitment." But for a small percentage of chapters, their problems have been around longer than the present members, and are beyond the scope of what even four years of working harder than everyone else on campus at recruitment can correct.
I think one person mentioned the example of a group with 80 members when the average was around 200. Let's be honest, this group faces this choice probably even after doing everything they can: do we only put PNMs that we'd be proud of on the bid list and know there's no chance we will be close to quota or do we list everyone we can and get more new members but have some new members we're not crazy about? When you're down that far on as SEC campus (or any other highly competitive place), working hard might be the difference between missing quota by 15 instead of 20. But they're going to face the quality vs. quantity issue no matter what. Don't be jerks about how they present what they decided. It's not like they're delusional and haven't seen their return rates, but they are happy about the new members they got this year especially. Let them enjoy it.
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