Alabama Recruitment Prediction (Fall 2008)

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I thought that even if a girl started pledging a colony and quit, she wasn't bound by the one year rule because the colony wasn't a chapter yet. If I'm all wet let me know - the example I'm going on is from many o' moons ago.

When I went through recruitment, all of the chapters on my campus were colonies recruiting more girls through formal recruitment (frills and all). When it came time for preference card signing, they sat us all down in an auditorium and had someone from NPC tell us about how seriously we should take the preference card process - that this bubble sheet in our hands would indicate from which houses we would accept a bid, and that if we got a bid from one of the chapters we bubbled in, we COULD NOT accept a bid to another organization for one calendar year. So, unless what NPC told us then has been changed, NMs of colonies are held to the 1-year policy as well.

Now, if I may say something about all of the "there's always Alpha Phi" comments. Alpha Phi will have the pick of the litter for girls who, for whatever reason, did not pledge during formal recruitment. I would expect the competition to get in that chapter will be high, and I would anticipate they WILL go for as many girls as possible given the importance of numbers at Bama. Please be cautious when you encourage girls about Alpha Phi, because not all of them will be able to join and it's also unfair to Alpha Phi.

Finally, women that didn't go through formal recruitment should also consider Gamma Phi Beta as an option if they have COR events.

[33girl]

^^^but if all your chapters went NPC at the same time, that's a little bit different than the one colony on campus situation they will have at Alabama.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by 33girl

^^^but if all your chapters went NPC at the same time, that's a little bit different than the one colony on campus situation they will have at Alabama.

I'd say the real difference is that the bids extended to new members of Alpha Phi won't be through formal recruitment. I think that's the real issue, not the matter of it being a colony.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Now, if I may say something about all of the "there's always Alpha Phi" comments. Alpha Phi will have the pick of the litter for girls who, for whatever reason, did not pledge during formal recruitment. I would expect the competition to get in that chapter will be high, and I would anticipate they WILL go for as many girls as possible given the importance of numbers at Bama. Please be cautious when you encourage girls about Alpha Phi, because not all of them will be able to join and it's also unfair to Alpha Phi.

I don't think people are suggesting girls check out Alpha Phi because we think they're more likely to get a bid to the colony. We're simply suggesting it because it would be a great opportunity for them to check out. We know that competition for the colony will be high, and that not every girl who's interested is going to get a bid. But I don't think there's anything wrong with telling girls they should find out more about it.