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Would it be possible to take all this talk about "signaling" and the like to another Alabama-related thread? Or even quit it altogether?

It's beginning to get detailed and that's bordering MS discussion. I'd hate for a future PNM at Bama to read this thread and base her decisions on where she was told to sit at the chapter house.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by OTW

Would it be possible to take all this talk about "signaling" and the like to another Alabama-related thread? Or even quit it altogether?

It's beginning to get detailed and that's bordering MS discussion. I'd hate for a future PNM at Bama to read this thread and base her decisions on where she was told to sit at the chapter house.

A big, fat thank you.

[Bamarox]

That is ridiculous and don't think that the rushees don't know what you are up to. I bet you lose a ton of top girls this way. Frankly it sounds disgusting.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by Bamarox

That is ridiculous and don't think that the rushees don't know what you are up to. I bet you lose a ton of top girls this way. Frankly it sounds disgusting.

I think it only serves to make the rushees uncomfortable, whether it's true or not... for example, in this thread I talk about Sis being unable to fully enjoy herself at a house she previously really liked just because she heard a rumor about sitting in a certain location and was too busy counting rows from herself to that spot to let loose and have a good time. I'm sure the houses who do it have their reasons, but I wish they would keep it quiet so it didn't get passed around as tent talk that could upset PNMs.

On a happy note, Sis is really hoping to have the girl who rushed her day one for a Big! She is loving KKG!

[bamabelle99]

Originally Posted by Bamarox

That is ridiculous and don't think that the rushees don't know what you are up to. I bet you lose a ton of top girls this way. Frankly it sounds disgusting.

Funny, when I went through rush it was common knowledge. I think it would be ridiculous for the rushees not to have some idea...

[UGAalum94]

I'm sorry for undermining what OTW said, but I'm really curious HOW you do it? Do girls get matched by name to a rusher who knew in advance who she was getting at the start of a party and knows, then, how to treat her?

I'm used to a system where until pref, you just kind of pick up a girl from the PNM pool. Unless you made the whole chapter actually memorize 1200+ girls, how would a member know when her guest should exit during the first round or second round?

Similarly, unless you match up rusher and pnm in advance, how could you prearrange skit seating really, without it just being weird that some girls were seated in back rows while other front row seats were held for 'top' girls?

Is this kind of stuff MS? Does the national organization know that your chapter has made up a local system of treating pnms according to a prearranged pattern of status in the public aspects of rush?

I understand that chapters have to work to get their top girls, but dumping some guest out of the party early just seems jerky, especially considering that you've designated a rusher to her already. A VIP room, as long as other PNMS are also given a fair consideration, is no problem to me, but other aspects seem counterproductive to having a good reputation for hospitality and friendliness on campus.

[RollTide08]

Nevermind, I decided to PM instead. Congratulations to your sister for pledging Kappa! They're great girls.

[MVisKD]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

I'm sorry for undermining what OTW said, but I'm really curious HOW you do it? Do girls get matched by name to a rusher who knew in advance who she was getting at the start of a party and knows, then, how to treat her?

I'm used to a system where until pref, you just kind of pick up a girl from the PNM pool. Unless you made the whole chapter actually memorize 1200+ girls, how would a member know when her guest should exit during the first round or second round?

Similarly, unless you match up rusher and pnm in advance, how could you prearrange skit seating really, without it just being weird that some girls were seated in back rows while other front row seats were held for 'top' girls?

Is this kind of stuff MS? Does the national organization know that your chapter has made up a local system of treating pnms according to a prearranged pattern of status in the public aspects of rush?

I understand that chapters have to work to get their top girls, but dumping some guest out of the party early just seems jerky, especially considering that you've designated a rusher to her already. A VIP room, as long as other PNMS are also given a fair consideration, is no problem to me, but other aspects seem counterproductive to having a good reputation for hospitality and friendliness on campus.

The houses have lists of what girls are coming to what party. At my house, before each party the Rush Chair would read us the list of girls coming through and you would raise your hand as to who was going to pick her up. Now, this only worked with the girls we already knew (top rushees or hometown girls) so the other girls were just picked up by whoever. All of the girls we didn't know prior to rush were definitely given a fair chance. Sometimes we found Rush Finds by looking through our hometown recs and choosing girls we wanted to meet. Hopefully that doesn't give too much away and doesn't seem mean...

[UGAalum94]

I've gotten a couple of answers in pm and they make sense except for the pure logistics of it. But I'm from the last days of lawn chants and parties with 50-75 pnms each (and maybe even bigger 2nd and 3rd round, since it was before you had to release a lot unless you wanted to) and not much time between them. Other than only assigning your best rushers to rush at all, and having a fairly limited number of VIPs, it's just really hard to figure out how a member would know how to treat her guests in the kind of elaborate hierarchy of desirability.

I guess though, even though I think most of the techniques have been around a long time, that release figures probably makes the numbers easier to handle after 1st round.