Partially Structured Recruitment

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it is slightly annoying to not know how many pnm's will sign up, especially if you have the monday party! but we are pretty constant with about 80ish girls signing up, last year i was on panhel, and we plan for 100, so when we made the booklets and bought tshirts we did 100, then sold the extra shirts to sisters who wanted them.

for refreshments, its usually something like cookies and punch that fits into the theme, last year we had a camp theme, so we did smores along with cookies. and with things like nametags, invites, booklets on our chapter and sisters, and goodie bags we make about 100, it isn't really that difficult.

the panhel tea on sunday to start recruitment, is crazy! i hate the way it is done, and this is one thing we are looking to change. it reminds me of the scene from finding nemo, with the pelican's - mine,mine,mine,mine...
after pnm's filled out forms they went upstairs to the room where all the sisters were, and each sorority would have 4,5 sisters at the door, pretty much grabbing you and pulling you over to their table, after talking with 4-5 sisters, you could head over to the other ones. i only went to all 3 tables, because i knew girls from crew in all 3, so wanted to say hi to the ones i knew, even though the only sorority i liked on my campus was ZTA. but its really so crowded, with about 200 people in the room.

it works with our campus, and it is nice to have off two nights during the week, and be able to have an extra day for prepare for pref (if you aren't wednesday), i do like a lot of things about the formal system, and we've talked about changing it, but it would be more difficult.

it is really just finding which system works for your campus.