Snap bids at Bama

[UGAalum94]

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]

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Snap bids are issued when all the women on your Bid List have been pledged to other Chapters or have voluntarily withdrawn from Recruitment and the Chapter is still not at Quota.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

[UGAalum94]

Wow, so if any new member quites before initiation, the group can replace her with COB even if they are at chapter total without her?


Is this true everywhere or just at some schools?

Is it true even for groups who got quota additions?

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Wow, so if any new member quites before initiation, the group can replace her with COB even if they are at chapter total without her?

Is this true everywhere or just at some schools?

As I said that was the explanation given to me by an NPC Delegate. However I think we've all seen that of many these policies can vary somewhat from campus to campus. As someone pointed out in an earlier post, the Green Book in many places says "can" and "may" as opposed to "will" and "must". But the basic definitions of Snap Bidding to Quota, Quota Additions and COB'ing up to Chapter Total are the same.

Is it true even for groups who got quota additions?

No, since the Chapter would still be at or possibly above Quota. Unless enough new members quit to push them below Quota.

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Wow, so if any new member quites before initiation, the group can replace her with COB even if they are at chapter total without her?


Is this true everywhere or just at some schools?

Is it true even for groups who got quota additions?

The way I read the green book is that you can only replace a new member who depledges (unless the group is under total) is if she refuses her bid and does not participate in the new member ceremony.

Quota additions are not eligible to be replaced, unless the chapter goes under total.

Quote from Green book but not marked as Unanimous agreement

When a woman negates her signed membership recruitment acceptance agreement and refuses to accept her matched bid at the conclusion of membership recruitment and does not participate in a ribbon or formal new member ceremony, this space in the chapter's pledge quota was not filled. Therefore, the chapter may immediately bid and pledge another woman, even if the chapter is over total.

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Quota Additions do not raise or increase the number of quota, and this process is used only during the bid matching process itself. Quota Additions do not create quota vacancies under any circumstances. Quota additions are never involved in Continuous Open Bidding.

[kk_bama]

This thread makes my head spin!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by kk_bama

This thread makes my head spin!

I thought I was the only one!

[MaggieXi]

This thread makes my head hurt.

Bottom line though: Does anyone believe that Snap Bids, COB, etc. will be going out for any chapters this semester? I think people just want to know if their kids are going to get bids.