Is it time to change who we think of as legacies?

[EEKappa]

Originally Posted by AGDee

On how many campuses is this really an issue? It sounds like it is mainly the SEC. I know for sure that it hasn't been a problem at any of the chapters I've supervised (Northeast region, primarily). If most of the northern chapters get 2 or 3 legacies going through recruitment, they are thrilled.

Great point! The chapters that I hear of the "more legacies than quota" issue are in Texas, and no where else. As a regional alumnae officer, I'm cc:d on the chapter reports in my region (northeast) and legacies going through recruitment are rarely more than 8 or 10 per chapter.

Kappa's legacy definition is sisters, daughters, granddaughters and great granddaughters. "All other relatives are considered to have special ties to Kappa but are not recruited as a legacy."

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by EEKappa

Great point! The chapters that I hear of the "more legacies than quota" issue are in Texas, and no where else. As a regional alumnae officer, I'm cc:d on the chapter reports in my region (northeast) and legacies going through recruitment are rarely more than 8 or 10 per chapter.

I can't speak for any other sorority, but I know that the ADPi Chapter at Auburn University has this problem every year. I've heard they typically have about 1 1/2 x quota worth of legacies go through Recruitment. Alabama's ADPi legacies is increasing each year as well. I believe last year we had nearly 1/2 of quota, the most ever.

ADPi's legacy policy includes sisters, daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters. Being adopted doesn't matter. If a pnm was adopted into a family, she is part of that family and entitled to the legacy status.

Steps can be a little tricky. Our general policy is to consider them legacies but leave it up to the individual Chapters to make their own determination on a case by case basis. The vast majority of the time we consider them legacies, but every once in a while a unique situation pops up.

Here's an example I believe I've shared on GC before but it's worth repeating. A few years back we had an active whose father married a woman with a daughter in a whirlwind courtship the previous year. The active barely knew the woman or her daughter and she didn't like them at all.

The pnm step sister didn't tell the active step sister she was going through Recruitment. The pnm reported on her registration form that she was a legacy through the active and had alums write recs identifying her as such without the active's knowledge. The active came to me and asked that she not be considered a legacy. After getting approval from a higher up, we abided by the active's wishes.