GreekBill

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I hate this stuff and am absolutely 100% against it.

But apparently we don't have a choice, we'll be using Omega in the fall. I don't personally see a need to bring up the possibility of ruining credit scores, for instance. You're putting a lot of responsibility and faith into the VP Finance to really make sure no promissory notes get lost for instance...because ruining someone's credit score before they leave college because they're a month late on dues is NOT sisterly in any way to me.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl

I hate this stuff and am absolutely 100% against it.

But apparently we don't have a choice, we'll be using Omega in the fall. I don't personally see a need to bring up the possibility of ruining credit scores, for instance. You're putting a lot of responsibility and faith into the VP Finance to really make sure no promissory notes get lost for instance...because ruining someone's credit score before they leave college because they're a month late on dues is NOT sisterly in any way to me.

I dont know about your org, but the way Omega is set up for Alpha Xi Delta, is that the only way it gets sent to collections is after 4 consecutive late bills. 4. not 1. If you're 30 days late on a car note, or credit card bill, you can guarantee you'll be sent to collections. omega gives us FOUR TIMES that amount to work with this sister to clear this up.

I was FVP for 2 1/2 years and never had to send anybody in my chapter to collections or suspension for failure to pay. Unfortunately, in my 8 months as financial advisor for another chapter, I've already sent 3.

It's called responsibility. you have 4 months to set up a payment plan. With us, as long as you are on a plan, and meeting those requirements, even if 4 months have gone by, we can waiver the collections process until you start not fulfilling the payments obligations.

Omega works. The people are great, and I really like the system.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

I dont know about your org, but the way Omega is set up for Alpha Xi Delta, is that the only way it gets sent to collections is after 4 consecutive late bills. 4. not 1. If you're 30 days late on a car note, or credit card bill, you can guarantee you'll be sent to collections. omega gives us FOUR TIMES that amount to work with this sister to clear this up.

I was FVP for 2 1/2 years and never had to send anybody in my chapter to collections or suspension for failure to pay. Unfortunately, in my 8 months as financial advisor for another chapter, I've already sent 3.

It's called responsibility. you have 4 months to set up a payment plan. With us, as long as you are on a plan, and meeting those requirements, even if 4 months have gone by, we can waiver the collections process until you start not fulfilling the payments obligations.

Omega works. The people are great, and I really like the system.

I just don't like placing something as important as a sister's credit score in someone else's hands. I am all for personal responsibility and rarely have sympathy for people that just don't want to pay, but there are always special circumstances. And though I take my membership seriously, I still see it as a sorority, not as a legally life changing experience, like a marriage or divorce...or credit score change.

[expandingman]

Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl

I just don't like placing something as important as a sister's credit score in someone else's hands.

As I remember, a member isn't sent to collections unless the chapter specifically instructs Omega to do so. They don't send accounts to collections willy-nilly -- the chapter has to start that process.