Dress code to reduce risk?

[scoobis]

i appreciate the feedback...the dresscode was a reactionary idea without alot of thinking. Last night we had the same group of people come to our house when we weren't having a party and stood in our parkinglot. When they were asked to leave they told us they had guns and, "Didn't give a fuck what we said." One of our brother's car had a window punched out and by the time the police came the guys ran away. I guess when we kicked these guys out the other night we were messing with members of a gang. So now our house is on lockdown, no parties, nothing to give these people an excuse to come near our property. And as for a fence...we have a small wire one that is constantly torn down by people coming through the back and our landlord refuses to pay for a privacy fence and with a house as small as ours it's nearly impossible to afford a quality fence with our limited funds. We've just moved into this new house and are working on managing the risk

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by scoobis

i appreciate the feedback...the dresscode was a reactionary idea without alot of thinking. Last night we had the same group of people come to our house when we weren't having a party and stood in our parkinglot. When they were asked to leave they told us they had guns and, "Didn't give a fuck what we said." One of our brother's car had a window punched out and by the time the police came the guys ran away. I guess when we kicked these guys out the other night we were messing with members of a gang. So now our house is on lockdown, no parties, nothing to give these people an excuse to come near our property. And as for a fence...we have a small wire one that is constantly torn down by people coming through the back and our landlord refuses to pay for a privacy fence and with a house as small as ours it's nearly impossible to afford a quality fence with our limited funds. We've just moved into this new house and are working on managing the risk

No offense, but you guys really need to get some more law/business-savvy alumni to spearhead your premises management. Contact your HQ about starting a house corporation right away. Even if you're just renting, this is something you really can't afford to be without.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by scoobis

We've just moved into this new house and are working on managing the risk

Was this house a "the only thing available" type thing or a bargain basement deal or what? Because it doesn't sound like the yard-crashers just thought of that concept yesterday. Were there students in it before you?

[violetpretty]

Even if you do change your dress code, what are you going to do if the same sketchy people come by dressed in a polo and khakis?

IMO, anyone who doesn't have their bedroom doors locked during a party can't complain if any of their property was stolen.

A guest list/showing a student ID with security is the way to go. This is standard at my school for registered parties. I don't know what your school's social policy is like, but if your chapter is having unregistered (illegal) parties, you can't very well hire security and expect not to get caught.

[scoobis]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Was this house a "the only thing available" type thing or a bargain basement deal or what? Because it doesn't sound like the yard-crashers just thought of that concept yesterday. Were there students in it before you?

Since we're a young chapter we have little alumni involvement and very little financial contribution because our alumni are just starting families so we had to negotiate moving from our old house that held 10 guys to this new one that houses over thirty. The house rent has had fraternities in it since the 70's but over the past few years they've only lasted two years or so because of drug problems and FIGHTS. The fraternity before us was known as a fighter house but i feel it is is the house itself. (alot of people call it a curse) but since it is the first house on fraternity row it's the first place all the random people are going to stop on their drunken walks down the row. Also alot of people that aren't college students and like to start these fights dont even know that the old fighter fraternity moved out and think we're the same people.

We've created a new risk management protocol over a long meeting on sunday and i think we can resolve this problem.