Ranking/Scoring of PNMs between parties.

[JennRN]

Remember when you were little and you and your friends would take a piece of paper and write different things on it-like cars, jobs, and cities-and then you'd fold it up and put the first 2 fingers of each hand in and someone would pick a number and thats how many times you would move the paper around-and then you'd pull up the first flap to find the answer to the first question???


Ya, thats what we do.

[AXi1257]

Originally Posted by JennRN

Remember when you were little and you and your friends would take a piece of paper and write different things on it-like cars, jobs, and cities-and then you'd fold it up and put the first 2 fingers of each hand in and someone would pick a number and thats how many times you would move the paper around-and then you'd pull up the first flap to find the answer to the first question???


Ya, thats what we do.

I loved that game!! I'll have to tell my chapter we've got to change our ways...

[agzg]

Originally Posted by JennRN

Remember when you were little and you and your friends would take a piece of paper and write different things on it-like cars, jobs, and cities-and then you'd fold it up and put the first 2 fingers of each hand in and someone would pick a number and thats how many times you would move the paper around-and then you'd pull up the first flap to find the answer to the first question???


Ya, thats what we do.

Cootie Catcher!

[Benzgirl]

We played Craps. Instead of numbers on the table, we taped the name of PNMs to the square. The Rush Chairman shot the dice as the chapter cheered on their square. The Chapter President was the "stickman"

[Jimmy Choo]

We just always picked girls who would look cute in cat suits.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo

We just always picked girls who would look cute in cat suits.

But that goes without saying!

[navane]

In Gamma Phi Beta, we have "PNM Tokens" which are basically poker chips with the girls' numbers on them. Then, we have a wooden box with a slot at the top. At the end of each night, we flip the tokens at the box - the ones that fall into the slot are eliminated. That's what we mean when we say that "sometimes girls fall through the cracks".

.....Kelly

[gee_ess]

My turn again! (with a nod to Navane for inspiring me)

There is another method that involves putting the PNM's names on two lists. First, their names go on an A List. The members throw darts at the list and the girls whose names get hit with a dart are moved to the B List. The B List then becomes the Bid List. This is where we get the expression, "Don't worry. You will end up where you were meant to be."

[Zillini]

It's not that people choose not to respond to such questions, it's that to the best of my knowledge all NPC orgs are not allowed to discuss this with non-members. The membership selection process is confidential and bound by ritual. After all, we aren't called "secret" societies for no reason.

While I'm willing to bet there are similarities between groups' processes, each org developed its own methods. While it may not be patented, it is proprietory and private information. It is one of the things that makes a group unique and (hopefully) successful.

[gee_ess]

Co-sign with Zillini.

The humorous, tongue-in-cheek responses are our way of laughing at ourselves and poking a little fun at the whole process.

[srmom]

It's local bashing to automatically assume ALL locals discuss their MS practices, and to imply that it's wrong to do so.

No, bashing would be to say, "Hey, locals are terrible!"

I have read back through this (although, why, is the question), and don't see any bashing. The gal from the local clearly wasn't offended by anything said. In common practice, bashing usually elicits a negative response from the bashee.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Fixed that.

Anytime someone from a local comes on here and says something that doesn't jibe w/ national practices, everyone assumes that all locals are the same. They are not. Lumping them all together is the same as assuming all chapters of a national haze because one of them gets busted for it.

Fixed my post by bolding what I already said? OK...

Again, no one "bashed" this woman. The previous posters just explained that their inclusion in the NPC prevented them from discussing MS practices. No one put down locals. No one acted superior. I really don't see how you came to that conclusion

[33girl]

Because a lot of it is subtle. Sorry, but I've just seen this so much on GC and I get tired of it.

[SWTXBelle]

I think you are seeing something that is not there. Really, I went back over the thread, and there is no bashing. It may be that in past threads there was some, and perhaps that has made you hypersensitive, but I don't think this particular thread is bashing.

If NPC members on the op's campus ARE talking about membership selection, they are wrong.

[APhiAnna]

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. You are putting bitchiness in my words that was never even remotely intended. She said in another post she was in a local, she clearly stated she didn't understand why we couldn't talk about it, I explained. Maybe it was uninformed of me to assume that all locals don't keep membership selection private, but that is in no way "bashing". Please stop trying to point out the "subtle" way I was doing it because there were no such intentions. Everybody else sees my point. Stop fishing for drama.