npc expansion

[luv n tpa]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Y'all have FIFTY girls who went through rush at 4 sororities and didn't get a bid?? Do y'all have the kind of rush where rushees can decline invites to 2nd Round (or later), and those 50 girls only accepted invites to the groups that were close to total, and declined the smaller group's invites?

If not - I know we have the right as GLOs to be picky - but the smaller groups couldn't find ANY of those 50 girls that met criteria?? The only other reason I could come up with is that those 50 were all under GPA requirement.

No no no no!! Barely ANY of them went through recruitment. The girl who started the second group wasn't bid and asked the 6-8 or so other girls not bid if they wanted to form some sort of interest group. It expanded from there with a Facebook group with freshman who have not been permitted to go to recruitment yet [deferred rush] and other girls who have never gone through.

Round 1 is mandatory; round two is not. We don't do invites to round 2, so they can choose whichever parties they wish. We tell girls if you don't go to all four, it's probably gonna bite you in the butt. Next round is pref; they can choose up to two, and we still recommend not suiciding. This was also informal recruitment, so girls who were pref'd are *not* guaranteed a place on a bid list, as they usually are for formal.

[AlphaFrog]

I'm sorry - I misunderstood. I read it as she rallied the girls who didn't get bids, and that was the complete makeup of that group of 50.

Are y'all allowed to do informationals with the Freshmen??? It might not be a bad idea to get all of the Greek-hopefuls together and let them know that these two groups are NOT university approved and NOT NPC groups, and do not (yet) have the approval to become NPCs. If you're a freshman and can't wait to rush, someone luring you in with "join our group NOW because you can" is probably pretty tempting if you are only fed BS and don't have the whole story.

[luv n tpa]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Are y'all allowed to do informationals with the Freshmen??? It might not be a bad idea to get all of the Greek-hopefuls together and let them know that these two groups are NOT university approved and NOT NPC groups, and do not (yet) have the approval to become NPCs. If you're a freshman and can't wait to rush, someone luring you in with "join our group NOW because you can" is probably pretty tempting if you are only fed BS and don't have the whole story.

We've never done anything like that [as far as I know]. We are concerned about them being manipulated about all of this, and although these groups aren't even Greek [yet], a stretch is to consider it dirty rushing. The freshman girls were told that should something happen this semester, they wouldn't be included since they don't have the credit & GPA requirements yet, but they will be included in future semesters. They were told all of this, mind you, after we cracked down on the groups for not telling them those rules and even for using the letters of the organizations they are 'going to become' on their web pages.

Formal begins the middle of February and we get back to school at the end of January, so I'll see if I can arrange some sort of informational session at the beginning of the semester. I just want these girls to actually come so they can hear it all.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by luv n tpa

Formal begins the middle of February and we get back to school at the end of January, so I'll see if I can arrange some sort of informational session at the beginning of the semester. I just want these girls to actually come so they can hear it all.

Maybe make it "mandatory" for any woman who is considering going Greek (including future Greek groups). I'm sure if you include some anti-hazing/PC junk in there, your Greek Life director will agree to it.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by luv n tpa

They were told all of this, mind you, after we cracked down on the groups for not telling them those rules and even for using the letters of the organizations they are 'going to become' on their web pages.

Do these organizations know these groups are using their letters with the claim of becoming a chapter? I would think most if not all NPC groups would make complaints to said group(s) about that. Arent our letters copyrighted material?

[luv n tpa]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Do these organizations know these groups are using their letters with the claim of becoming a chapter? I would think most if not all NPC groups would make complaints to said group(s) about that. Arent our letters copyrighted material?

We advised the girls to remove them, and they did. I believe that they truly didn't know that it was wrong and weren't aware of the proper sequence of events. After talking to them and had they not removed it, I would have gone further up.