Rho Chi Disaffiliation - How does it work?

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

How does it work for campuses with Spring Recruitment? Do the Rho Chis have to disaffiliate for the whole fall semester (bummer) or do the PNMs just know which house the Rho Chis are in as recruitment is going on?

Our campus had recruitment before school started in the fall, so we didn't have this issue. The Rho Chis disaffiliated just for the summer, and of course re-joined their houses on bid day.

We had deffered recrutiment. When I was a Rho Chi (2000) we disaffiliated as of Fall Break (october) until bid day. Some days were harder than others when I saw my sisters out together or doing an event together that I couldn't particiapte with them at, but as Rho Chi's we formed a very strong bond with each other and did things together.

Disafilliation problems begins at different times for different campus's. My question is, with facebook and myspace now out there - isn't it easier to find out what org a Rho Chi (Pi Chi, Gamma Chi) is affiliated with?

[red10]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

We had deffered recrutiment. When I was a Rho Chi (2000) we disaffiliated as of Fall Break (october) until bid day. Some days were harder than others when I saw my sisters out together or doing an event together that I couldn't particiapte with them at, but as Rho Chi's we formed a very strong bond with each other and did things together.

Disafilliation problems begins at different times for different campus's. My question is, with facebook and myspace now out there - isn't it easier to find out what org a Rho Chi (Pi Chi, Gamma Chi) is affiliated with?

most people at my school have their facebooks set to friends only all the time. If they really don't want people to find them they deactivate their accounts during the silence period.

[violetpretty]

I was a Rho Gamma for Spring 07 formal recruitment. We had to disaffiliate from early October to bid day.

I think our rules are pretty lax compared to other campuses. We were allowed to go to everything internal with the chapter, meaning meeting, sisterhood events, Founders' Day, etc. I think we were also allowed to participate in Greek Homecoming activities (athletics, skits, Ms. Greek, etc.) because Panhellenic determined that it is an event that pretty much only Greeks go to. We are allowed to live in our chapter house, even during recruitment week.

Yes, it is hard to cover your tracks with facebook. Just because your profile is clean/blocked or even your account deactivated, it is hard to police all of your sisters' pictures with you in them. You can de-tag, but if they're still up, they can still be seen, particularly if a PNM is friends with one of your sisters.

Amazingly, none of my PNMs found out my chapter through facebook. A couple of them googled me and found a picture of me in the Sigma Kappa Triangle. Nothing I could do about that. A couple of them saw a picture of me in a scrapbook at SigKap. My face was covered, but I have short hair, and they were like, "You're the only RG with a bob." The only PNM in my group that went SigKap didn't know until revealing though!

I told my PNMs at the beginning that it is to their benefit to not know what chapter I am in, and therefore, to not try to figure it out. I assured them that I would remain unbiased at all costs, and I think they trusted me.

[KSUViolet06]

Our SRC's were disaffiliated from the week before school started until Bid Day in September.

Recently I think they've changed to so that the SRC's disaffiliate soon after training in May so that freshman PNMs who are on Facebook and such over the summer can't figure out what sorority they're in.

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

Disafilliation problems begins at different times for different campus's. My question is, with facebook and myspace now out there - isn't it easier to find out what org a Rho Chi (Pi Chi, Gamma Chi) is affiliated with?

Im a Pi Chi right now and I had to deactivate my Facebook May 1st....i feel as though part of me has died inside lol...come on Bid day!