Recruit more girls

[mdgirly88]

My sorority had issues with recruitment as well. We pretty much required each sister to join another on-campus organization (something they cared about and were interested in... not just a random organization) and when recruitment came around they brought freinds that they made through the other organization. Worked well for us!

Originally Posted by mdgirly88

My sorority had issues with recruitment as well. We pretty much required each sister to join another on-campus organization (something they cared about and were interested in... not just a random organization) and when recruitment came around they brought freinds that they made through the other organization. Worked well for us!

Yeah, that couldn't happen in my chapter -- there was NWIH we could "require" members to join another organization.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by mdgirly88

My sorority had issues with recruitment as well. We pretty much required each sister to join another on-campus organization (something they cared about and were interested in... not just a random organization) and when recruitment came around they brought freinds that they made through the other organization. Worked well for us!

Odd that you would have to "require" members to join at least one other organization.
Also odd because in my experiences, there were very few members who only belonged to the sorority and nothing else. Most of the members were active in at least one (in many cases, several) other campus organization(s).

I am not sure what's more common, only doing the Greek thing and nothing else, or participating in a bunch of activities on campus?

ETA: My main point was that in my experience, Greeks tended to already be pretty active on campus, therefore making it "mandatory" seemed odd to.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Odd that you could or would "require" members to join at least one other organization. Who are you to control the outside activities of members? What happened if someone did not pursue other activities?

There are several NPC groups that have this requirement (I thought A Xi D was one of them, actually). I think it's a superb idea. It's not "controlling outside activities" any more than requiring a certain GPA is "controlling." The point is that the members should be well rounded and have other interests besides the sorority. It doesn't matter what, as long as they're in something. Too many women do nothing but their sorority and it's really detrimental at rush time.

You would hope that you are taking members who will be active in other things, and I think that is the more common scenario, but some people are lazy.

Oh, and to comment on the post below, for crying out loud, don't all 4 of you get an apartment together. You will kill each other in a very short amount of time. If one person has a place they are willing to have be the "home base" that's one thing.

[AlphaXi_Husky]

Originally Posted by 33girl

There are several NPC groups that have this requirement (I thought A Xi D was one of them, actually). I think it's a superb idea. It's not "controlling outside activities" any more than requiring a certain GPA is "controlling." The point is that the members should be well rounded and have other interests besides the sorority. It doesn't matter what, as long as they're in something. Too many women do nothing but their sorority and it's really detrimental at rush time.

You would hope that you are taking members who will be active in other things, and I think that is the more common scenario, but some people are lazy.

Agreed. And last I checked, AXiD does have the requirement of belonging to an outside organization.

[pinksirfidel]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Odd that you could or would "require" members to join at least one other organization. Who are you to control the outside activities of members? What happened if someone did not pursue other activities?

Also odd because in my experiences, there were very few members who only belonged to the sorority and nothing else. Most of the members were active in at least one (in many cases, several) other campus organization(s).

I am not sure what's more common, only doing the Greek thing and nothing else, or participating in a bunch of activities on campus?

It was never required for us to be involved in other organizations on campus. I just think greek women in general are social and highly involved on campus. This not only helps you as an individual, but if your sisters are involved on campus, it helps put your Sorority's name out there. I can't even begin to count the times I heard people say ... "Oh, she's a new student ambassador and she's in the ABC sorority" or "The new student body president is also a XYZ sister".

Originally Posted by lDoCvOe

well see since we werent recognized by the school till this year we couldnt really put out fliers and publicizing events. and since now were allowed to throught the school im looking for ideas for publicizing events and such

This may be far down your list, but does your university have a greek council? If not, I think it may be to your advantage to form one with the other greek organizations on campus. Maybe you can formally assist each other in recruitment. Schools that have a "unified greek system" are always stronger...in numbers, in quality members, etc. Just a thought.

[VandalSquirrel]

The only drawback I've seen about requiring or encouraging men and women of fraternities and sororities to join outside orgs. is that some do it to fulfill that requirement, and don't actually contribute to that org. I fully remember being in a student group and two women came, signed in for meetings, never came to any events, and though I know that was just those two frosted flakes, it left a nasty taste in the mouths of people who aren't Greek and passionate about that group.

I think a lot of things could count as outside involvement, but I'm just thinking of my own campus (peer mentoring, student government, internships, research teams, club sports, University athletics, etc.), and that it isn't just clubs.