Recruitment Fall 2007-Spring 2008

[SthrnZeta]

Campus rules usually trump the Green Book. At Mason, we adhered pretty strictly to the Green Book but some larger schools have modified the rules. I think only pledging to total would make FR a little more fair - at least for the smaller struggling chapters. I mean, why have total if you can go over it every year by pledging quota? The big get bigger and the small stay small.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

I think only pledging to total would make FR a little more fair - at least for the smaller struggling chapters. I mean, why have total if you can go over it every year by pledging quota? The big get bigger and the small stay small.

Fair? Why penalize the PNMs who wish to join by limiting the number of spaces to total? Quota is a number set based on need and desire for that formal recruitment period.

Think about what you just proposed...Let's say 400 pnms sign up...200 go to pref parties (4 NPCs) so quota is 50. Ahhh...too bad...each group can only pledge up to total.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Plus, it's a school rule and school rules trump sorority rules...

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

Campus rules usually trump the Green Book...

33, I think you have an apprentice!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

33, I think you have an apprentice!

I didn't say I agreed with it, I just said that it was. Ohio State apparently has a reason for doing things this way, I don't know enough about the campus to say whether it's rational or full of poo.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I didn't say I agreed with it, I just said that it was. Ohio State apparently has a reason for doing things this way, I don't know enough about the campus to say whether it's rational or full of poo.

I understand -- I was just pointing out the diction!

[LegallyBrunette]

I'm very happy to report that as of the end of 2007, Theta Phi Alpha at Creighton had regained recognition from the university. They recently completed their first informal recruitment, finishing with 27 pledge sisters. Congrats to the ladies of Chi chapter on their hard work & a job well done!

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Fair? Why penalize the PNMs who wish to join by limiting the number of spaces to total? Quota is a number set based on need and desire for that formal recruitment period.

Think about what you just proposed...Let's say 400 pnms sign up...200 go to pref parties (4 NPCs) so quota is 50. Ahhh...too bad...each group can only pledge up to total.

That would be unfair IMO. Could you maybe say limit spaces to total and then only go over if all groups are at total? However that brings up the issue of women who would rather not be in a sorority if the only choice is a smaller group.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Fair? Why penalize the PNMs who wish to join by limiting the number of spaces to total? Quota is a number set based on need and desire for that formal recruitment period.

Think about what you just proposed...Let's say 400 pnms sign up...200 go to pref parties (4 NPCs) so quota is 50. Ahhh...too bad...each group can only pledge up to total.

Would something like this work? Bid to total and then anything above it would factored into the quota?

For example, 4 chapters with house total at 100.

Start of formal recruitment

ABC: 70 returning members
DEF: 75 returning members
TUV: 80 returning members
XYZ: 85 returning members

The quota needed to get each chapter to total would be as follows.

ABC: 30
DEF: 25
TUV: 20
XYZ: 15

100 PNMs make it to the preference round. Now in theory, since all four chapters could only bid a total number of 90 women, this would mean 10 women would not receive a bid. However, something similar to "quota additions" would be factored into each chapter's quota. Take the remaining 10 PNMs and divide it by the 4 chapters. That would be 2.5. Round down to 2 and allow "quota additions" for the remaining two PNMs.

Thus the revised quota for each chapter would be as follows.

ABC: 32 (30 brings the chapter to total)
DEF: 27 (25 brings the chapter to total)
TUV: 22 (20 brings the chapter to total)
XYZ: 17 (15 brings the chapter to total)