Snap bids at Bama

UGAalum94 · #1 08-21-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

As was already said in the other Alabama thread, snap bids are not publicized and a woman getting a snap bid isn't going to know that she was "snapped" versus simply being on the original bid list. If women were "snapped", it happened on bid day.

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group [or panhellenic, I guess.]

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't* pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to get a bid [from a house that she didn't list on her bid card.]

(Although, I guess, at campuses that distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

*ETA: this should really be changed to might not have preffed the house, I guess.

irishpipes · #2 08-21-2007, 07:15 PM

[QUOTE=AlphaGamUGAAlum;1505826]

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Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group.

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to getting that bid.

(Although, I guess, at campuses who distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

A girl can be snapped if she preffed the house.

UGAalum94 · #3 08-21-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

A girl can be snapped if she preffed the house.

I didn't think there were any rules against it, but wouldn't she have matched through normal bid matching though, making a snap unneeded?

#4 08-21-2007, 07:23 PM

Dude, what's up with the quote function today?

Low C Sharp · #5 08-21-2007, 08:34 PM

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wouldn't she have matched through normal bid matching though, making a snap unneeded?

Not if she were low enough on the list.
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UGAalum94 · #6 08-21-2007, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

Not if she were low enough on the list.

But under what conditions would they need to snap bid her if not that they didn't make quota? And if they didn't make quota, wouldn't they have exhausted the bid list, thereby having a chance to bid her offering her a regular bid already?

I'm sorry to seem so moronic, like it this were a real conversation that you all would have to talk slow,

but if a girl preffed a house and was on the bid list, how would the group end up not making quota and needing to snap before they passed her name?

Are you all thinking about snapping to total after regular bid matching? It makes sense in that case that SmartBlondeGphB is complete right; the woman and the average member of her group wouldn't need to know that she was part of the group that came in after quota but before total, like a quota addition.

I can completely see how a women could be snap bid by a different group that she didn't pref, but then it seems like the phone call to her is needed.

Zillini · #7 08-21-2007, 09:07 PM

Here's the nutshell as it has been explained to my by one of our NPC Delegates a few years ago:

If a Chapter isn't at Quota yet and there are still "girls on the table" that are on their Bid list (meaning they came to Pref), then they would be matched through straight bid matching.

Snap bids are issued when all the women on your Bid List have been pledged to other Chapters or have voluntarily withdrawn from Recruitment and the Chapter is still not at Quota.

Quota Additions are when there are PNM's who went to pref and maximized her options (i.e. didn't suicide) and all the Chapters she preffed are already at Quota by the time her name is reached on any of their Bid Lists. Panhellenic will then add her to one of the Chapters she preffed. They try to spread the additions around so that no single Chapter gets like 20 additions while another gets none.

Any Chapter that does not achieve Quota through Formal recruitment is entitled to take enough new members through out the year to reach Quota. This is regardless of Panhellenic set Chapter Total. If at any point in time prior to Initiation a new member quits, a Chapter is entitled to replace her to get back up to Quota. There is some contraversy in terminology here as some folks consider these situations as still snap bidding while others call it COB.

Once a Chapter reaches Quota, their next concern is Panhellenic Chapter Total. If any Chapter is below or falls below Chapter Total (graduation, transferring schools, etc.), they are entitled to COB until they reach Total.

Zillini · #8 08-21-2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group [of panhellenic, I guess.]

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't* pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to get a bid [from a house that she didn't list on her bid card.]

(Although, I guess, at campuses who distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

*ETA: this should really be changed to might not have preffed the house, I guess.

That has always been my understanding, at least in regards to Bama.